I have survived another county stock show. \u00a0As an ag teacher, I do NOT care who wins a county stock show. \u00a0I hope that the judge does it fairly and as he\/she sees fit. \u00a0I do know that our show was placed in a manner that was perfectly fine with me. \u00a0Every kid got a good look and a fair shake. And we are now done and on to the next one. \u00a0I see county shows as a scrimmage. \u00a0(I know that I am in the minority). \u00a0 We will now make some feeding adjustments, showmanship upgrades and make sure grooming is in proper order going forward. \u00a0All species.<\/p>\n
It is hard to get through ANY stock show without getting a bit twisted up. \u00a0Parents are worried about their kids and projects. \u00a0They have a kid or 3 to worry about and a few head of stock. \u00a0BUT, it’s okay for a parent to get wound up. \u00a0On the other hand, an ag teacher has EVERY kid, EVERY animal and EVERY parent to deal with, so IN MY OPINION (which makes it right) it is perfectly fine for an ag teacher to be a bit pissy! \u00a0PERFECTLY FINE!<\/p>\n
I made it through this one without a melt down. \u00a0I deserved<\/strong> to have a come apart on one dumbass parent BUT I didn’t. \u00a0I had one student that was academically ineligible to show. \u00a0It happens. \u00a0But, this parent checked her kid out of school to help the lazy, little brother wash one, yes one sheep. \u00a0No! \u00a0Homey don’t play that! \u00a0The student is ineligible, therefore, he needs to be in school. \u00a0Ooh snap!! Momma got pissy and crappy in a hurry. \u00a0So, as a result, neither kid got to show. \u00a0My call.<\/p>\n Here’s the cool part. \u00a0Guess who financed both kids show animals? \u00a0Yeah, that would be ME. \u00a0Guess who was counting on the kids making the premium sale in order to pay me back? \u00a0Yeah, that too would be ME. \u00a0But, I’m, the A-Hole. \u00a0I gambled and I lost. \u00a0Oohh snap!!<\/p>\n Well, not yet. \u00a0So far, I am real proud of how one of the kids has handled himself. \u00a0He knows that he is in a tough situation and that his academic problem set things into motion. \u00a0He realizes that there are numerous people trying to help him. \u00a0He has handled himself in a very mature fashion. \u00a0Unlike his parent. \u00a0If this kid grows from this, well then, I’m out some cash, but\u2026.so what. \u00a0This story will hopefully have a happy ending. \u00a0There are coaches, school administration and a cranky ag teacher working to help a kid. \u00a0Some get it and some never well.<\/p>\n AND THEN, a grandma has to get on book face and go to blasting people. \u00a0On numerous posts, on several topics and she doesn’t know\u2026.OOOOHHHH SNAPPP!! \u00a0I think that I will censor myself and stop. \u00a0I don’t use emojji buttons but I would like to send a \u00a0SHUT the hell up!!<\/p>\n Let’s not think that I am griping about women. \u00a0I don’t care about sex, race, religion or any other excuse. \u00a0I have hired women as a salesman at a John Deere dealership and others as parts counter help. \u00a0I have hired three co-ag teachers–all women. \u00a0Several of my very best ag parents are female. \u00a0I was raised by a great set of parents, have a strong willed wife and together, we raised a damn determined daughter. \u00a0I don’t care what sex it is, I know dumb ass when I see it. \u00a0And I got the pleasure to deal with a couple of dumb asses this county show.<\/p>\n On the bright side, at a recent Shattuck Ag Booster auction, I did buy a year’s supply of Braum’s ice cream gift certificates. \u00a0(perfect for a dumb ass that is lactose intolerant) \u00a0And then, at the county premium sale, I paid $90 for a peach cobbler. \u00a0Yeah, it’s good. \u00a0Real good! \u00a0I got home tonight and saw that Duke had eaten about $17 worth.<\/p>\n People, have a good one now. \u00a0And please, have a better one tomorrow. \u00a0OOOHHH SNAP!!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have survived another county stock show. \u00a0As an ag teacher, I do NOT care who wins a county stock show. \u00a0I hope that the judge does it fairly and as he\/she sees fit. \u00a0I do know that our show was placed in a manner that was perfectly fine with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3409"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3412,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3409\/revisions\/3412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellnlivestock.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}