Session 26: What is your vision for the Future?

Thank you so much for a fun session. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and remember:

Be The Change YOU Want to See in the World. - Ghandi

Please, Take 2 minutes and watch this video:

Here are the visions of the future that members of the 2013 AEE 100 class have:

• I have a vision to lead a program where "No" or "we can't" are not acceptable words.  To cultivate a mindset that we can do everything because we want to change the world. We have the responsibility to feed the world and I hope to inspire students to embrace this challenge and work together to overcome.
• I have a vision to be the person who takes the time to be the best educator possible. I want to impact a student's life in such a way that they can reach their highest goals and create an amazing future with their vision. I hope to do this by creating a secondary agriculture program in my high school!
• I have a vision of building confidences in my students that allows them to feel prepared as competent leaders of our society. I want my students to realize how much potential each one of them has to make a difference and that each of them are important. For each of them to realize that they can be the spark that allows great things to occur in the world, influencing their community in unbelievable ways.
• I have a vision of helping make it so that 60% of NYC children tell the difference between a radish and a potato. For students without FFA or 4H to learn and love agriculture as much as those that are lucky enough to have a program. For those poverty stricken areas to be able to eat more than TV dinners and dollar menu items.
• I have a vision of educating people about the positive effects of agriculture in their community and the world. I believe that many people have negative attitudes about agriculture because they are misinformed due to depending on media sources for their education.  This needs to change, and the best way to change it is by teaching how agriculture benefits us as individuals and a community through a total school based agricultural education program with FFA, SAE, and classroom instruction.  This is my mission.
• I have a vision of being an agriculture teacher in a model program. I want to model Ms. Melanie Bloom's (Iowa) chapter global community service, provide Mike Honeycutt's (The Council) knowledge of SAEs, and promote accurate recordkeeping like Kevin Keith (LPS). I want to the enthusiasm of Ms. Stephanie Joliff (Ohio). I want to implement my officer, POA, CDE and SAE Plans. I want to be the ag teacher that embraces every piece of knowledge that was given to me at Penn State in the AEE program.
• I have a vision of impacting the world by educating the younger generations and watch them prosper through my teachings. I hope they remember me when they look back at what I helped them learn as they continue to achieve greatness.
• I have a vision of in the future directly helping in the conversation of a species to impact our environment while participating in Wildlife Conversation Extension programs to convince people how serious of an issue it is.
• I have a vision of teaching children and adults to appreciate and understand the nature that surrounds us. Both our local natural world of plants and animal as well as global plants and animals. I want to help people be a part of conservation efforts all over the planet.
• I have a vision of increasing global knowledge of conservation and environmental impacts. I want to help everyone understand their contributions to the world and their role in it.
• I have a vision of engaging in entrepreneurial edge in beef production as we reinvent family farming.
• I have a vision of making a wine that brings people together. A wine that when they see/taste it, great memories will come to them. I want to make lives happier!
• I have a vision of helping farmers produce exportable product that keeps them relevant and successful as producers.
• I have a vision of helping students create a vision for their own future, so that they can make a difference.
• I have a vision of working in a diverse community where I will learn from my student's differences how to be a better teacher. I will one day improve the lives of my students by showing them they have career options in their communities. 
• I have a vision of the future of helping schools partner with environmental centers to get students actively engaged in protecting and preserving our environment.
•  I have a vision of developing agriculture courses in every high school across America. I come from a city. My high school did not have agricultural education. I feel like if there are more agriculture classes, it will allow more students to become informed producers and will therefore make decision to impact the future.
• I have a vision of helping make is to agricultural education programs have events for their students in to compete in that represent a wide variety of species. While PA FFA members are allowed to show livestock and dairy, there is no or limited outlets for individuals wishing to show horses. I hope to help facilitate a state wide FFA Horse show for members.
• I have a vision of contributing to protecting agriculture and our nation's food supply through my career as a large animal veterinarian. I plan to genetically improve the Holstein breed through my involvement in the dairy cattle industry and help to develop the next generation of our country's youth as a 4-H leader.
• I have a vision maximizing my education at Penn State to have a career that helps farmers grow and find success in overcoming the hardships of their industry.
• I have a vision working in urban agriculture to end food deserts in America.
• I have a vision of bringing more agriculture education programs to high schools with diverse meaningful hands-on learning experiences.