When growing up children always think about what they want to be when they grow up. Many always want to follow in their parents footsteps. Well that was me. I grew up with a mother who is a nurse and a father who is an agriculture teacher. Therefore, I have either wanted to be a veterinary (kinda relates to nursing) or an agriculture teacher. While in high school I was given the opportunity to work at a local veterinary hospital. This ignited my desire to work with animals. Right out of high school I attended the Vet Tech Institute in Pittsburgh. This is a great program, however after completing about six months I cam to the thought that I would be doing the same thing that I did in high school. I felt like I was paying $30,000 for a degree that others were doing as high school students. I applied to attend Penn State University for ag education at this point.
Why Penn State and why Ag Education? That's easy, Penn State has been a family tradition for the Laubs and they also have the best program for Agriculture. To answer why ag education. I went in thinking that 'what is something I can do where I can combine both of my dreams into one?', this is it.
Being an Agricultural Educator is more than being a teacher. Its about making a difference in your students lives. Like I stated at the
beginning my father was an ag teacher, he was mine. I was able to see the effect that his students had on him and the effect he had on them. I want to be that way too.
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