Ffa Reflection Paper

When I first decided to expand my education, it had been so long since I had been to school, and I was very hesitant. I talked at length about my decision with my husband and with his encouragement, decided to enroll but still was not quite sure which degree program to enroll in. I knew that this was something that I had always wanted to do since I obtained my Associates Degree in Nursing, but I did not have the courage, nor did I want to give up the time with my family and children. I second guessed my abilities and my knowledge because it had been so long since I had been in college. Now that my children are about to graduate high school and

When I originally was registering my class choices for the Fall 2016 semester, I considered English 111 to be an undemanding course that I could pass without a lot of effort on my behalf. I had no trouble passing prior English courses, years ago, so I felt this course would be similar. What I had not anticipated was how much I honestly could learn, such as: how you should properly cite sources, how you should suitably prove your thesis and how you can accurately set up the flow of a paper. Although, the most informative part of English 111, for me, has been absorbing all the information on the different styles of papers that can be written. I believe that recognizing the usefulness of distinctive varieties of papers will help me throughout

In 2013 at work I got a new position on a team with one other person called Trainer Development Team. When we were selected to be on the team we were already doing a position that we volunteered for, a maintenance instructor for C-5 aircraft. I had only been an instructor for about one year and it was a four-year position. I had not taught very many classes, but I enjoyed doing it. On the day, I found out, I was told by my supervisor that I needed to go see the boss, he didn’t tell me why. I immediately thought that I was getting in trouble for something, couldn’t think of what though. The boss was not a very approachable boss, it was awkward trying to talk to him. When I went to see him, he had me sit down and explained as much as he could about the new position I would be doing. He assured me that it wasn’t because I wasn’t a good instructor, they just needed someone in my career field to be on the team. He didn’t have a lot of information on the what all the job was supposed to be doing, it was new at our location and our command. I found out that there was one other team member and that the boss was going to become my new supervisor. The other team members name was john, he was someone that I had known for a little bit of time, but wasn’t very fond of. Before John got to the training detachment, he

I’m not going to lie, I didn’t think I would be standing here two weeks ago. Everyone knows that this position is hard. You constantly get scrutinized and there is always so much to do. I had people saying things like, “Well good luck trying to figure this out” and “Somebody is going to have to do that” while looking directly at me. Even my own dad was telling me not to run for president. So when I came back after Thanksgiving Break, I was pretty confident I was not

Watching this happen I know that that’s not real life and I fear that if I have to stand up for myself that I will lose my dream job. In my opinion, the only thing you can do is, what I think is the right thing. Going through something like that might change my dream job. It may also make me a stronger as a person and help me realize what’s ultimately best for

I said ‘Well, I think I’m just going to have to look for another job.’ I had been getting lots of calls for [higher level] positions. I became a finalist in 3 searches.

When I walked into my first FFA meeting in 7th grade, I never knew how much of an impact that organization would have on my life. The National Future Farmers of America Organization was the last thing I thought I would be interested in because I had no desire to be a farmer; but, the club meetings got me out of class which was all that mattered to me at the time. I was in FFA every year, yet I never realized the opportunities that came with being involved until the end of my sophomore year when Mr. Johnson, my agrotechnology teacher, talked me into screening for the officer team. Even though I knew only very little about agriculture, and even less about FFA, I somehow made the team and started my journey as an FFA officer and discovered my passion for agriculture.

A new school, a new chance for myself and my classmates to define ourselves, and our futures were now relatively at stake. Coming into it, I already had an edge. My place on the varsity cross-country roster was cemented, the varsity basketball coach was looking at me to potentially fill a need on the team, and my school record in the 1600m run was freshly being marked on the wall. In most circles, this would have been a dream come true, however none of this changed my role. I was a follower, always had been, always would, and I had no intentions of changing this. We had older kids, “leaders”, who were supposed to know what to do in any given situation simply because they had been doing it longer. Why would you look to a freshman to take the lead anyways? That doesn’t make sense, but we had a young team. Very young; we had not had seniors the previous two years, and coming off of last season, expectations were pretty low coming into the year. We knew we had a chance to be talented, but we didn’t know how to step

US 101 is all about readings, having discussion and research. When discussing readings there is no wrong or right answer. Everyone has different opinions and ideas they took away from the readings. The research papers tied in with the in class readings. Picking a topic that connected with a reading and arguing for or against the topic was the main part of the paper. Presenting about who you are started off the beginning of the semester. At the end of the semester we ended by presenting a research topic that we were passionate about. US 101 pushed me out of my comfort zone and taught me a lot.

The more I tried to meet the quota the more I failed at it. I worked hard every day and stays focused and some of the other ladies fooled around and joked and played on the production floor and they did better than me all the time. I could not understand how I was working so hard to get ahead but was still unsuccessful. One day I gave up trying so hard and decided to just give it my best and put no thought into it. In August of that same year the Shift manager approached me and asked me if I could switch shifts and run the 2nd shift on my own. I excitedly accepted that position and those same girls that were doing better than me in the beginning were upset and jealous because I did not put in hard work to get ahead I just found my place and things moved forward for me.

Considering the focus students both made progress, I do believe the differentiation plan was effective. Focus Student 2 made progress and met the learning goal. She increased her score by 20% completing the assessment with 80% accuracy. Teaching the student an additional strategy to confirm the correct response forced her to slow down to complete each problem. Focus Student 1 also made progress and met the learning goal with the differentiation plan in place. She increased her score by 20%. Completing the assessment on a white board reduced anxiety in the student. While the data did not necessarily show an incredible increase in accuracy, the student visibly looked more relaxed completing the assessment. Given the baseline assessment, I could

Last night or so the MAS unit of the 750 stopped working due to some unknown problems and my rotor exploded -- this time we just got rotor dusts ( no sample to recover) -- so the regular 3.2mm HXY is gone. And, their E-free probe was also not working after it came back from Burker -- last week, we tested that probe after Boris returned from his vacation. So, they will send these two probes for repairs and request for a new MAS unit. Mike will not charge the 750 week.

Over the course of the semester, there has been numerous amount of areas where I believe I have improved in comparison to high school. What has helped me in my writing is the writing class and the in-class writing workshop. The writing class that is located in the Kremen education building has helped me with my writing greatly because in the writing center the person in charge teach us lenses and we apply those lenses to the writing, draft, or reading that someone brings in. The in-class writing workshop has helped me because other students get to read my writing. This is helpful because I get feedback from many students and they let me know what needs to be fixed. A new tool I have been using is They Say I Say. The book is very helpful because of the information and examples it provides such as the templates. I have been applying the templates into my essays and I have seen a significant difference.

Every fourth-year teacher trainees will have to conduct practicum and will work under the guideline of their associate teachers and supervisors. The purpose of doing the practicum are to put training into practice, to become accustomed to teaching in the tertiary school settings, and to develop and expand each trainee’s teaching expertise and confidence. In the following paragraph, I will express what I have learnt from doing practicum to reflect on my past teaching strengths and weaknesses from the teaching practicum.

I believe the goal of education should be teaching students to work individually and with other people to be able to apply their knowledge to function in the real world. By this I mean students should be able to use everything they have learned, both from text books and from teachers being personal with them and teaching them real life applications, to be a successful person after school. I base these assumptions on the realist, pragmatism, and existentialism philosophies. In the realist philosophy, Plato and Aristotle believed that life’s questions “could be answered through the study of ideas” (Sadovnik et al, 2013, p. 185). In the pragmatism philosophy, “Dewey proposed that children learn both individually and in groups” (Sadovnik et al, 2013, p. 189). In existentialism, “education as an activity liberating the individual from a chaotic, absurd world” (Sadovnik et al, 2013, p.191). By combining these ideas, the student should be able to make decisions independently and also contribute ideas in a group, to help become a successful person in this world.