DECA STATE

The past weekend I spent three days competing in DeKalb, Illinois for the DECA State competition. You may be wondering in your mind what is DECA? Well I am about to tell you. DECA is a business club that we have in GBN. This club enhances your knowledge of the business world. Some things that you do during a competition include:  receive a business scenario and come up with a distinguishing solution to their problem, take a test on the economy, and another test depending on your category. You may also do extra projects and other written events if you are interested and you have a higher possibility of making it to National DECA which is in Orlando, Florida this year. I was fortunate enough to get past Regionals and go to State, but unfortunately I did not make it to Nationals. Thirty students from our school qualified for State and we headed to DeKalb on Thursday morning and returned Saturday night. There was a banquet and also other social events so it wasn’t just business. Overall, I would say that the experience was one that I will never forget. I really enjoyed going and I wish to go next year too. Even though I didn’t make it to Nationals this year I will try my best to go next year. A few of my friends also tagged along which made the trip much more fantastic.