The Teen Choice Award Goes to...FCCLA!
A high school freshman is introduced to all the teams, clubs, and organizations that he was not offered in middle school. All of these things are new and exciting. Being part of an organization such as FCCLA is always a good choice because it teaches you skills you will use in the future, and help you find out who you are going to be in high school. FCCLA will help you develop public speaking skills, prepare for a job interview, discover new career ideas, learn time management, and also meet new people who may become life-long friends.
From the second you become a part of FCCLA, you will realize just how much public speaking helps you in life. Speaking publicly may frighten you to the point of tears, but FCCLA prepares you for public speaking situations and also teaches you how to be at ease when delivering these speeches. Giving speeches is a part of life; and as you get older, you become more aware of this. Making new friends, being interviewed for a job, and advancing in that job all involve professional communication. FCCLA prepares you for those opportunities.
Now that you have public speaking down, as a typical teenager, you need a job. You may think that the only job you can get right now comes with the phrase, “Do you want fries with that?” That is not the case if you are involved in FCCLA. FCCLA prepares you for job interviews by teaching right and wrong behaviors during that interview. The club also helps you choose a career and become very knowledgeable about that career.
As a high school student, you have many things on your plate: friends, family, fun, work, and possibly sports or drama. All these can lead to a very stressed-out teenager. But FCCLA helps teach you how to time-manage everything on your plate. Having good time-management skills help you be a more productive teenager. This also keeps the stress level down so that you can enjoy life instead of just living it. FCCLA will help you to decide when it is time to have fun, or when working is the better choice.
At times being a teenager can be fun, and other times not so much. Now is the time when we need to learn who we want to be in the world, what we want to do, who we want to help out, and how to plan everything that will keep us happy all of our days. FCCLA makes these things easier---and yes, fun. FCCLA creates productive teenagers who will make a difference in the world, be it big or small. Don’t you want to be one of those teenagers?