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The summer has been a whirlwind ! \u00a0Places to go, people to see, things to do. Trying to pack all this in the calendar and absorb it in my mind hasn’t been easy. \u00a0Reflecting on the past six weeks, I concluded the following points.<\/p>\n
The most interesting moment of the fellowship experience was being \u00a0interviewed by a global panel of scientists at Bayer Crop Science. \u00a0These people truly<\/em> wanted to know our thoughts about connecting their work with students in the classroom. \u00a0One in particular was very passionate about “what we need to do [Bayer scientists] to put our mission and life work into the classroom dialogue. This is the first time I’ve felt like my thoughts and opinions as a teacher were taken with value, not peppered with preconceived notions. \u00a0My input and questions were respectfully received and answered.<\/p>\n Condensing all my experiences into a summary has been the most challenging aspect of my work. \u00a0There are hundreds of photos on my cloud to remind me of what my notes really say, so that I can share the many things I’ve learned about agriculture, people, and life itself. \u00a0Answering those FAQs has become easier, so that particular challenge has been conquered with experience: \u00a0“What is the Kenan Fellowship”, “Why did you [computer teacher] want to do an agriculture fellowship”, “What do you hope to get out of this”, “What do you want to see\/do”. \u00a0Hopefully, the summary will be conquered before school begins.<\/p>\n There is one realization that stands out from the academic and interpersonal components of these experiences: \u00a0None<\/em> of the things I’ve participated in would have been possible without the Kenan program opening doors. \u00a0Farm Bureau wouldn’t have asked me to visit these places. Bayer Crop Science wouldn’t have let me inside their labs. A computer teacher wouldn’t be able to garner community support for Mayberry Farm Fest. \u00a0The list goes on. \u00a0The KFP validated me. \u00a0It has enabled me to network with people in other professions to connect common ground. And, for all those open doors, I am grateful.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The summer has been a whirlwind ! \u00a0Places to go, people to see, things to do. Trying to pack all this in the calendar and absorb it in my mind hasn’t been easy. \u00a0Reflecting on the past six weeks, I concluded the following points. The most interesting moment of the fellowship experience was being … Continue reading July 28, 2017<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":510,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-kbrintle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-kbrintle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-kbrintle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-kbrintle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/510"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-kbrintle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-kbrintle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-kbrintle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-kbrintle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-kbrintle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.kenanfellows.org\/2018-kbrintle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}