The future QVC host

If I only had the tools, look what I could do.

Yesterday I saw the emergence of a QVC host in my Costco. You always hate to go to some place like that around Christmas as the little kids are fret with bitter disappointment when they are denied hearts delight by their parents.

In our Costco the mini drama's still ensue after the Christmas season. In an row of merchandise from me the beginnings of a QVC host was getting her training from her father. A 5th grade girl with solid black hair and a freckle saddle over her nose had spotted an object of her desire. It was a book-combination with a project kit. Her dad a large man with a lumberjack beard,pushed the shopping cart with a younger child in it through the book section on his way to the business supply area of the store. She stopped him cold with a presentation:

"And with this, I could do this and this," she said as she showcased the item in her hand and swept over the prize with her other hand.

The father stopped and listened and watched. She pleaded and showed as we all know the "more value" of the item and continued to sell the prize. He listened and then turned away from her without response and continued walking with the cart down the row.

This is far from the disengaged students we often see in our schools. She needed the tools to do something. I am sure the father had seen the performance many times before. She may have had a closet full of the item of her Costco desire.

It could be the stage. At what age do kids become less outwardly engaged. Is there a way to keep the passion to "do something"?

Keep the passion.. Become the QVC host... it is what makes America great.... : } Pat