Freshman Peer Interview Paper

SSCM Gilmore made an unannounced visit to Martinez Elementary School to conduct an interview with Madison Williams. The interview included school counselor Tamara Mathis, Madison Williams, and SSCM Gilmore. Madison is a 4th grader at the elementary school, with no known behavioral issues in class. She is known to be on time for school every day. Ms. Mathis reported that last year she was in her office a lot discussing the illness of her mother. Madison reported that she is aware what inappropriate touching is, and who she can talk to if someone touches her in bad areas. Madison reported that no one has touched her in a bad area. She reported that she would tell her mother or the Ms. Mathis of who touched her in the bad areas. She reported

S is a 59 year old African-American female born and raised in Anson County who has attended several institutes of higher learning. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Administration from Barber-Scotia College, she later received special education teaching licensure from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Because of her love for learning, S has also taken online classes through the University of Phoenix. She has been a secondary special education teacher for three years and currently works with 8th graders at Anson Middle School.

In the beginning of the story we see that Taylor is an average teenage girl living with a single mother. She says, “But I stayed in school. I was not the smartest or even particularly outstanding but I was there and staying out of trouble” (3). She was called “Missy” for a lot of her childhood

The childhood of any individual is vital to preparing a person for their future. Taylor wasn’t born into a rich and famous family, she had to learn that one must work hard for what they have. It was that same drive she learned at a young age that lead to her incredible achievements later in life. Taylor

Carrie Marie Underwood was born on March 10, 1983 to Stephen Underwood and Carole Underwood in Muskogee, Oklahoma. She grew up on a small farm with her two sisters, Stephanie U. Shelton and Shanna Underwood Means. Her father was a Sawmill worker in Oklahoma and her mother was an elementary school teacher. Infact Underwood’s parents almost named her Stacy and she grew up with a pet duck. Underwood always grew up listening to mostly country music, pop, and went to church with her family every Sunday.

The California Future Farmers of America (FFA) is an organization “committed to the individual student, [by] providing a path to achievement in premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education (“National FFA Organization, 2016). These goals are the driving force behind the California FFA as they reveal their most important assets: people and relationships. The structure of the California FFA is extremely organized, operating like an efficient machine, the key components of this student-run organization are their complex combination of vertical and lateral structuring, as well as their philosophy to create a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their leadership skills.

Sarah Merryman spent the first fourteen years of her life in Long Island, New York. After moving to West Lafayette, Indiana in 2010, she underwent the challenge of adapting to the American Midwest. In the process forming a new life, she experienced several new adventures such as playing third-baseman on the girls’ softball team. After spending a gap year following high school graduation, Sarah entered the world of higher education by enrolling in Ivy Tech Community College with the intent of earning an associates degree in liberal arts. Pleasantly surprised that she survived her first year of college, Sarah has spent her second year at Ivy Tech taking advantage of every leadership opportunity available on campus. Her current experiences as

God had other plans for him and after a knee injury and some time off, Timothy enrolled at his father’s alma mater, The Concordia University (Nebraska). Playing two more years of college football as a Bulldog, Timothy found mentors in Dr. Jerry Pfabe and Dr. Matt Phillips and eventually graduated in 2007 with degrees in Secondary Education and Geography, as well as his Lutheran Teachers Diploma.

From a very young age, Taylor (Missy at the time) was met with support and care from her mother and certain people in her community. In Kentucky, education was subpar, with few

Carrie Marie Underwood was born on March 10, 1983 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, to Stephen and Carole. She was born and raised on a farm and said she had a happy childhood. She has two older sisters, and

After many years of teaching engineering, Mr. Larkin retired at the end of the 2015/2016 school year. Filling in his shoes is Jennifer Hood, a familiar face to many students at Amory High School. Mrs. Hood is a graduate of South Panola; Itawamba Community College, where she was drum major and homecoming queen; and Mississippi University for Women. She is the wife of Randy Hood, who is employed at True Temper, and mother of Tyler Hood, a football player at Delta State University, and Tucker Hood, a student at Smithville High School. Mrs. Hood enjoys spending time with her family and watching her sons play sports.

Ferrin went to college at the age of 18. It was a very encouraging experience for her she enjoyed taking the courses she took. College changed her life because now that she has a science background it helps her be able to work in a lab or have any job that has to do with science. The one thing she disapproved about college was that UW was way too big and the professors didn't talk to one on one with the students and you couldn’t really make friends. "If I could go back to college I wouldn't change anything because I was very happy with what I did and how I ended up." After graduating TCC in 2003, she graduated UW in 2006, and lastly UPS in 2007 she was working at jack n box as a cashier. Also a hydrologic technician and was a science teacher at Jason Lee Middle School for nine years. She ended up at Mount Tahoma because she wanted to try something new and teach high school. "I am really enjoying working here.” One of her life quotes are "If you have love you have

She worked with USAID in agriculture development. To her benefit she took advantage of Cornell’s motto “any person... any study” and double

Hudson Taylor was born to a wealthy family in Yorkshire, England. He went to school to become a surgeon. Slessor, on the other hand, was born to a poor family and grew up in the tenement homes in Dundee, Scotland. She wanted to go to school, but had to work in the mill to help her family.

Agriculture has a story to be told, plain and simple. As agriculturalists in the livestock industry, if we aren’t able to tell that story, unfortunate things will happen. Whether it is facts to debunk Chipotle’s misconceptions over swine gestation crates, or an FFA chapter placing in state livestock judging on the flip side, effective communications professionals are needed to help tell the story of the industry that feeds each and every one of us every day. It was through experiencing some of these things, i.e. hearing some of the misconceptions in agriculture and watching outstanding youth in agriculture go unrecognized, that I learned agricultural communications is a career for me.