Kaitlin's FFA District Record Book Interview...

On Wed. March 5th Kaitlin went to Jacksonville, IL to give her record book interview at the District level. As you know from early blog posting she won 1st place at the Chapter level. She needed to win at District as well to progress on to the State level. Unfortunately, she came in 2nd at the District level. She was kind of bummed, she knows her stuff, but they judge you interview and book on what you have done over this year with your project. And as many of you know right now we are horseless, we are looking though to acquire a baby in the very near future. So Kaitlin was a bit upset when one of the judges made mention that seems all she ever does around horses is muck stalls. Needless to say she found that very insulting. I mean after she has been riding since she was 8, but again they only base it off of what you are currently doing. One of the judges told he wanted to ask her how to saddle a horse but decided not to b/c it has been sooo long since she last rode (what like about 8 months?) and he wasn't sure she would remember how. Kaitlin said she wanted to ask him if he ever forgot how to ride a bike, b/c saddling is like riding a bike you never really forget. I told her she should have asked...you like to know English or Western? That would have floored him since out here very few people ride English let alone do both styles. But anyway, she did get 2nd out of 6...and she was the only sophomore in the equine studies section, so all in all we are very proud of her and feel like she did an excellent job. To better view the plaque you can click on it, when it pops up it will probably be too big to view, so you will have to zoom out on it once it is loaded.

Posted on Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 07:39PM by Perchalski Family