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RYLA - Rotary Youth Leadership something... |
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Okay...so some people may be wondering why I'm so late on comments and stuff...
Well, I left school Thursday afternoon. For 4 days (Thursdy,Friday,Saturday,Sunday), I attended a Rotary Youth Leadership convention. (Yes, I missed the MegaCon.) I wasn't the only one from my town. Go W! Also, there were kids from so many different schools.
~Anyway, we were separated into groups with one of the junior staff members as our group leader. We were group 11. Our leader was awesome. And our call was birdman's dove hoot. (*bird call* What happened to that boy?)
My teammates were neat too. I only really had a problem with one of them. A total B.
~We stayed at a Hilton Hotel. Ugh! Did I tell you how much I hate the Hilton sisters? But luxury is luxury I guess. I had three roommates, and none of us had to sleep on the floor.
~ The food got better with each passing day.
~ We learned the Banana Dance (RYLA theme dance), The Robot/Robot Master game (leadership teaching game), and the Don't Pet my Puppy, The Puppet, The Robin Hood (All stress-reliever techniques).
~ We had to do a public speech. Either extemporaneous or pre-planned. I did the first choice, and hated my topic: What is your favorite subject and why? So boring!
~We also had to do skits. Our was a spin-off of American Idol. I sang Alicia Keyes "If I ain't got you" and won the contest.
[Addition From This Point Down]
~The dance was awesome! I wasn't a VIP, but I was one of the first of the regular ppl in! Another girl wore the same shirt as mine, except her's had a hole in it. Instead of getting upset (why do that?!), I complimented her on her good taste. We have the same name, so later on we danced together! Also, I just couldn't keep still! I danced everything from the Cha Cha and Electric Slide to My Milkshake to the Swing. Yamina, a foreign exchange student from Finland, pulled me aside to say, "you're a good dancer!" Everyone said that. Strange, how I come alive at a dance...
~I had a political discussion with two hot guys: one who's on the junior staff. We were discussing Condelezza Rice, who rocks! We also discussed the war and all that good stuff. Junior staff guy said that he's hoping to be Head Boy of the Junior Staff next yr; he wants me on his junior staff!
~ The speakers were awesome! We never sat still for long! If we weren't playing games, then we were being called up for demonstations. My favorite was Bobby Lylons. He called me up for a simple question, but I ended performing a "whole act" with him because he so loved my answer! (It was a riddle, by the way)
~ Oh, after the ending ceremonies, my group leader pulled me aside and asked me if I would be interested in coming back next year as part of the junior staff team. OMG! Junior Staff Guy wasn't joking!
~ Oh, and I learned a lot of information about Student Exchange via Rotary International. Because I live in Florida, I can visit almost any country in the world! I can go for 10 days, be exchanged for one month of the summer, or go the entire school year! I am sooo dying to go! I want to go to either Japan, South America, England, or Australia.
The only downfall is that my grades may not transfer so my 2nd place in my class ranking may drop.
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~ When I returned home, I discovered that my room was painted while I was gone. Kinda like "While you were out"! So I spent time well into the night moving things back into my room.
 Para-Para · Fri Mar 04, 2005 @ 02:22pm · 0 Comments |
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