Growing up as a teachers’ kid, you quickly learn what makes a good teacher. A good teacher encourages you to think, challenges your beliefs and opinionsĀ and helps you gain more knowledge than you ever thought possible. Chris Raines was a good teacher. Now, I never sat in Chris’s classroom, but I know this is true. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘#agchat’
New connections through online friends
Posted in New Life in the Big City, tagged #agchat, internships, jobs, meeting new people, networking, relocation on July 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’m always surprised at how handy social media connections can be in real life, although I’m not sure why since they seem to keep happening! My online friends played a huge role in helping me look for a job in the agri-marketing world and, now that I’ve accepted a position and started my career, they’re [...]
It looks…kind of like…a light up ahead!
Posted in College, tagged #agchat, challenges, college, education, opportunity on May 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So, looking back on my last post, I realize how scared I was just a week ago looking forward at what my future might look like without student teaching the picture. “Dark twisty path” I think is how I phrased it. Well, now I can confidently say a week later, there is definitely a light [...]