Louisville, As Promised
I was in Louisville, Kentucky two weekends ago (November 18-20). Why, you ask? Well…I was “recruited” by the St. Edward FCCLA chapter to be a driver/sponsor for the FCCLA National Cluster Meeting held in Louisville that weekend. (I got a free trip out of the deal.) Still, that didn’t negate the fact that it’s a 13-hour drive from Lincoln to Louisville, and that I was driving an 11-passenger van filled with junior and senior high kids. I did get to see parts of the country I had never visited before (southern Indiana is surprisingly hilly and forested); and I did have time available to do a bit of sightseeing; Churchill Downs, the Louisville Slugger museum, etc. Finally, I happened to be there on the day of the opening of the Muhammad Ali Center, which attracted many celebrities and dignitaries (and also managed to shut down all of downtown, where the convention was being held).
My “real” reason for being there was to facilitate a roundtable discussion on increasing male membership in FCCLA (the organization is ~80% female; the adult advisers are 99% female). For some reason, a disproporationate number of student/first- or second-year advisers attended my roundtable. 