The responses I received from my parents when I made the big announcement that I wanted to major in Agricultural Education did little to encourage my decision. "Why would you want to teach agriculture?" followed by, "Why couldn't you teach another subject? Why teach at all?" At the time I couldn't justify my choice with concrete or specific examples of why I wanted to teach because I had only taken one agricultural education course during high school. I just knew that when I was a student in that class, wearing my FFA jacket, or even attending chapter meetings, I felt a sense of pride and motivation to do my best. Agricultural education was something I truly enjoyed being apart of and wanted to pursue.
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