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 opinions 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 ‘education’
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 [...]
An early life crisis and the stress that ensues
Posted in College, tagged agriculture, challenges, college, education, internships, opportunity, teaching on April 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
To say something hasn’t been nagging at me for a while would be complete denial. The fact of the matter is, though, I have been really fearful to say anything for worry that people or — let’s face it — I would be disappointed in me. Well, I’ve said it out loud to a few [...]
Always more to learn
Posted in Agriculture, tagged agriculture, education, Michigan State University on March 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes when we’re in agriculture, we think we know it all. Heck, we know more about how food is grown that your typical food purchaser, right? Every so often, though, we get a slap in the face that says ‘Come down off your all-knowing high horse!’ and we’re reminded that there’s still plenty to learn, [...]
The pride and tradition of being pure
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, beef, cattle, college, education, farming, hogs, leadership, livestock, Michigan State University, MSU, purebred, seedstock, swine, teaching on March 26, 2011 | 2 Comments »
There’s something about being involved with purebred livestock that just makes my heart swell with pride. Now, that’s not to say anything is wrong with raising commercial livestock – I’m grateful for every farmer that produces the vast majority of what I eat every day – but there’s something to be said for getting around [...]
My life, as shaped by agricultural education
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, challenges, college, dedication, education, FFA, impact, Michigan State University, MSU, teaching on March 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
In honor of National Teach Ag Day, I wanted to share my vision of the power of agricultural educators. As the daughter of an ag teacher, I was practically born in a blue, corduroy FFA jacket and had Ag Sales CDE practicums memorized better than the high school kids when I was 10. To this [...]
Suggestions for ag education at Michigan State
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agriculture, college, education, FFA, Michigan State University, MSU on January 3, 2011 | 13 Comments »
To say I’m a little bit opinionated when it comes to my major is probably a little bit of an understatement. Being the daughter of an equally opinionated ag teacher, I’ve been privy to knowing what’s going on with agricultural education at Michigan State for a good long while. I’ve heard about it when things [...]
