California FFA News Winter 2013 | Page 7

State Officer Valerie This embarrassing moment took place in the great state of Indiana during National Convention last year. During the annual Wrangler dinner, I was seated at a table with delegates from all different states. New Mexico, Iowa, Colorado, and Texas were all seated around the table chowing down on fried chicken and delicious mashed potatoes while sipping on sweet iced tea. (So good!) We were all having very casual conversations when Steven Brockshus looked over and asked the simple question: “Are you from a family farm?” Answering this question many times before, I proceeded to reply, “No, my mom is actually in real-estate, blah blah blah...” I attempted to overcome my nervous butterflies by confidently asking the question back. However, being the more than often socially awkward person that I am, I got through about 85% of the question before I nervously took a drink of water. Because of this blunder, the question I ended up as