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 ‘teaching’
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 [...]
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 [...]
