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S1 E22 - OHS Students at the Fair · Inside the OSD

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  SPEAKER1: In this episode, we are going to the fair to visit with OHS educator Jillian Beaty and see firsthand the projects that some of her students are showing.
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  SPEAKER2: Welcome to this episode of Inside the OSD podcast, where it's all about the kids.
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  Here is your host, lifelong educator, and our superintendent, Dr.
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  Leslie Bergstrom.
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  SPEAKER1: Hello and welcome to Inside the OSD.
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  Today we are at the Stoughton Fair to learn about the supervised agricultural experience that is coordinated by Jillian Beaty, an educator in our high school
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  Agriculture Department.
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  As our listeners can hear, there is a lot of activity going on around here and we appreciate you taking a few minutes to talk with us today.
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  Miss Beaty, I'd like to begin with you.
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  SPEAKER3: Well, hello. I am Jillian Beaty, the agriculture education instructor at Oregon High School.
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  My role as an agriculture education instructor is not only in the classroom teaching a variety of classes that deal with animal science, plant science,
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  natural resources, but it also extends beyond the classroom and preparing our students for careers in the agricultural field.
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  So our students do things in the FFA program, which I also advise.
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  And then they also have something known as a supervised agricultural experience program or projects we might think of commonly as fair projects.
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  Okay, so the agriculture education course system is set up in a three circle model.
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  So what you learn in the classroom should be applied in both the FFA as well as in your SAE.
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  So those students can really develop those skills.
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  SPEAKER1: And they have three opportunities to develop those skills.
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  Of course. FFA and then the supervised agricultural program.
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  So this extends beyond the school year.
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  So this is more really of everything as far as opportunities for our kids.
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  Why is it important to you to offer this opportunity to them?
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  SPEAKER3: Well, we know that our students don't stop learning once they leave the classroom.
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  And that's one of the reasons I love teaching agriculture, is you're always learning.
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  And I think the curriculum lends itself to inquire and want to know more.
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  And so the opportunities that supervised ag experiences or SAEs provide is that students can say, "Hey, I really am interested in poultry.
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  I want to keep going and knowing more." And then I have students here that have been breeding their own poultry and really doing -- doing great things on
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  dubbing and then self care on animals that are injured and not having to call the vet.
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  And so you're seeing these skills really develop so they can take what they learn in the classroom and keep applying and keep growing.
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  And those are the skills that are going to help them in the future.
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  SPEAKER1: So knowing that some people might be listening who are thinking, "Well, my child would really enjoy this experience." What's the first step to getting
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  started in something like this?
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  SPEAKER3: Well, anyone ages nine and up can show or participate in a local fair to be part of the FFA.
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  You need to be in the high school or an agriculture education program.
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  But if you are interested in having a project that allows you to explore something of interest, you can join your local 4H clubs.
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  That's a lot of ways my students get involved and then of course be engaged in an agriculture education class in FFA in the high school, and we can get you
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  started in a project as well.
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  SPEAKER1: What are some of the introductory agriculture education classes at the high school?
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  SPEAKER3: We offer Natural Resources which is focused on the curriculum of ecology, I guess I would say.
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  Forestry, soils, water, wildlife.
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  And then we also offer an Animals, Plants, and You course, which is introductory into plant science, animal science, leadership and food science.
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  SPEAKER1: And students can take those as electives in freshman year even, right?
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  Absolutely. Okay.
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  That's great to know.
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  Anything else you'd like listeners to know about this experience?
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  SPEAKER3: Well, I think this is one of my most exciting times of the year.
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  I get to watch my students really take that knowledge that we've started to learn in class and apply it in different ways.
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  Watching them take a project -- and these are students I've worked with for so many years, so it's really exciting.
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  But to watch them keep growing and keep improving their projects each year is so rewarding.
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  And then of course a fair -- the ag community is such a tight knit group, seeing my former students come back that have moved on and are -- like one
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  yesterday said that she just got asked by Li Li to move to a different role with Li Li and do some marketing.
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  And so again, their career in agriculture education started here at the fair and it's really blossoming as they keep developing those skills.
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  But the great part is they keep coming back to help these students because it is a family.
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  So this is so rewarding for me.
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  SPEAKER1: That's a super lovely way to put it.
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  And I remember from my experience being a high school associate principal, that there were some students who, when they got to the high school, they made a
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  beeline for the courses that are offered in the Agricultural Department because they're so hands on and so connected to their real life experiences.
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  They're just extraordinarily popular courses.
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  The whole program is it's exciting to see it.
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  SPEAKER3: It's exciting to have students interested and give these students opportunities to develop and prepare for a future career in an industry that's growing well.
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  SPEAKER1: Not every teacher gets to have a student over and over and see that growth, right?
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  So most teachers get to have a student for one class one time and then that's it.
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  So this is really fun to watch them grow as people and as practitioners over the course of time.
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  Absolutely. So now we're going to go to our student exhibitors and I would like each of you to introduce yourself and we'll just go around the table here.
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  SPEAKER4: Hi, my name is Tanner Clark.
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  I'm the Oregon FFA president.
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  SPEAKER1: Thank you, Tanner.
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  SPEAKER5: Hi, my name is Lydia Miller.
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  I am the Oregon FFA Reporter.
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  Thank you. Hi, I'm Ashley Olsen.
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  I'm the Oregon FFA vice President.
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  And hi, I'm Cheyenne Johnson and I am the Oregon FFA secretary.
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  SPEAKER1: Thank you all of you, very much.
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  Now, I'd like each of you to tell me about your project and what led you to choose the project.
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  And some of you have multiple projects here today.
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  So Tanner, we'll start with you.
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  SPEAKER4: I kind of have my hands full.
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  I have poultry, beef steer, as well as rabbits.
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  I kind of dip my hand into everything to try it out and see what I like best.
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  And it all kind of stuck.
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  And I picked it because of my parents and grandparents both showed and I've been going to shows since I was old enough to walk and watch and always wanted
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  to participate. So it was really easy to get started.
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  SPEAKER1: So you're running around all the different barns then?
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  SPEAKER4: 24/7. Okay.
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  SPEAKER1: And if people can't tell if they're listening, we are next to the poultry barn, just in case.
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  They can't tell that.
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  Okay. Lydia, what about you?
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  SPEAKER5: At the fair this week, I have rabbits and poultry as well.
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  The main reason why I chose these is because, well, my brother already had chickens, and I kind of took that over.
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  And then I started from a young age at rabbits.
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  I wanted to get my foot in the door with showing.
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  I thought the easiest way to do that was to convince my mom to buy me a bunny.
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  And that quickly spiraled into everything else.
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  SPEAKER1: Very good. So the parents, if their child comes to them wanting a bunny, they better understand.
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  It could get much bigger than that.
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  Okay, I got it.
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  SPEAKER5: Ashley? So here at Stoughton Fair, I have poultry, but when I go to Dane County Fair, I do shooting sports and I have some more still projects.
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  So I've done still projects through my 4H and FFA career so far, but this is my first year showing animals, so I really wanted to make the
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  next step and start showing my animals to get me on the path for my career because I'm looking at going into vet medicine.
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  So I thought getting my foot in the door now with animals and taking care of them, doing the small little things is going to help me in the long run.
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  SPEAKER1: Thank you. And Cheyenne?
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  SPEAKER5: Yeah. And me at the Stoughton Fair.
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  I have rabbits.
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  I used to show poultry here and outside of the fair, I also do a lot of equine sports, care, and all things above.
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  And what got me into this is just my love for animals.
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  My parents have always been animal lovers since I was really young.
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  We've always had two dogs.
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  It's never been one.
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  We got a bunch of cats.
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  And then as soon as I got into 4H thankful to Lydia at the other end of the table, she got a rabbit and we were still really good friends at the time
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  and I thought, "Wow, that's really cool.
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  I want to try this." And it's stuck ever since and I'm so thankful for it.
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  Well, one
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  SPEAKER1: more example of "Beware of the Bunny," because it could influence a lot of things
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  SPEAKER5: in someone's life.
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  SPEAKER3: It's the gateway
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  SPEAKER1: project. It sounds like it.
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  So I'm going to go the opposite direction for the next question, so I'll go right to you, Cheyenne.
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  What's your favorite thing about preparing for the fair?
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  And then what's the most challenging thing?
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  SPEAKER5: Well, my favorite thing is definitely preparing the animals and just seeing myself progress is probably my favorite thing.
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  Like seeing I used to bring my animal to the fair and get really nervous about being like -- always how well you're going to do is probably one of the most
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  things that every exhibitor thinks about.
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  But now I can see myself and being like, "okay, I've worked so hard into this and I can see how well I've progressed." And that's probably the best thing is
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  just taking care of my animal and saying, "Wow, I really did this super well and I'm excited to show it off to everybody." But probably the most challenging
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  thing is, like I said before, it just -- I feel like every exhibitor has those nerves of just being, "am I good enough?" And basically all
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  I want anybody to think of is just you are good enough and there's always progression.
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  There's always learning to do.
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  So I just -- that's probably one of the most things that I would say is probably the hardest.
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  SPEAKER1: Well, truthfully, if you've mastered that, you've mastered most of the difficult things in life, because understanding that, right, is the key to just about
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  everything. Right.
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  So that's really awesome.
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  Ashley what are you thinking?
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  SPEAKER5: Probably like the most -- my favorite thing about the fair in the preparation period is learning how to bond with that specific animal that you're going to
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  bring or learning how to do a new skill for a new project that you're going to exhibit this year.
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  I used to do cake decorating and watching myself progress from Stoughton Fair to Dane County Fair was insane.
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  In cake decorating?
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  Yeah. It was -- It was so stressful sometimes, but it was so exhilarating to see what I got here at Stoughton and how I can improve myself.
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  And today, like yesterday, I showed poultry and there's definitely going to be some improvement from Stoughton to Dane County Fair again.
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  But but just my favorite part is progressing because it's always a learning experience, but like it's also challenging because you doubt yourself sometimes.
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  And I definitely doubted myself yesterday.
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  So like learning how to progress and not doubt yourself when you're going into the show ring and yeah, just being yourself and
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  progressing new learning experiences and changing the way you do things for the better.
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  SPEAKER1: That's amazing. You just described my first three years as superintendent, so thank you very much.
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  That was excellent.
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  Lydia, what are you thinking?
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  SPEAKER5: Well, one of my favorite things again, I think we're reiterating this is definitely preparing for the fair.
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  I do -- I had forgotten to mention earlier, I also have artwork that I show here.
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  SPEAKER1: And I have seen some of your artwork, the picture of your grandmother.
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  Oh, yeah, that was stunning.
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  SPEAKER5: I did. I entered that here last year and that actually ended up doing really well.
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  I believe it. Thank you.
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  So I enter artwork here.
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  I also have my rabbits and my chickens.
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  Preparing for all of that is just so exciting.
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  I love seeing how my rabbits progress with their posing when I work with them.
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  I have a -- rabbits pose?
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  Yeah. Cool. I have to see this.
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  Every breed of rabbit has their own pose and there's five different poses.
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  Nice. So, yeah, I had recently bought a new bunny and he -- I was a little skeptical of him at first, and I didn't think he was
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  going to pose very well.
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  But just working with him and seeing his progress and being able to go up and pose on a table for a judge was, I guess, really -- I don't know
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  what the word is -- maybe not exhilarating, but like a good feeling to see that my work paid off with him as well as with my chickens.
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  I spend a lot of time.
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  I've been breeding, I've been making sure everyone's healthy and clean and well cared for, and it's just important to see that.
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  They get here and get home safely.
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  SPEAKER1: Well, thank you.
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  SPEAKER5: Then, I guess the challenge would go back to what Cheyenne said.
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  Like nerves.
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  "Am I going to be good enough at this?" But at this point, it doesn't matter as long as you do everything to your best ability.
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  That's what's important.
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  SPEAKER1: Tanner. What are you thinking about this?
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  SPEAKER4: It's kind of similar to Lydia.
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  Seeing all the work you've put into it actually paying off.
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  It's really great to see you did all these little things right, And now you are at the top of the leaderboard.
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  It's really great to see.
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  That, also paired with, we'll call them lively discussions with your parents in a 90 degree barn surrounded by chickens also kind of brightens your eyes a
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  little bit. But I think the biggest challenge I have to face is doing all the little things wrong first.
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  You can't grow if you do it right every single time.
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  Taking a couple steps back only to take five steps forward is always the best way to improve.
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  SPEAKER1: Wow. Okay.
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  How is your agricultural class, class or classes prepared you for this experience?
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  Miss Beaty talked about the three rings.
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  Tell me how you connect those in your mind.
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  And we don't have to go every one of you.
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  Just whomever would like to address that.
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  Go right ahead. Yeah.
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  SPEAKER5: I know, personally, Miss Beaty has quizzed me on many, many things, and Miss Beaty's classes are so informational
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  and have been such an important aspect of my agricultural career.
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  I just have to thank you so much.
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  I've learned practically every breed of everything.
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  I mean, obviously you can't teach every single breed, but we've covered plenty of them to know a basic -- where you can walk into a barn and realize, "Oh,
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  that's a Holstein.
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  Oh, that's a jersey." Like we were in the dairy farm.
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  Nice. But yeah, Miss Beaty's classes give you all the tools and keys to understand these fairs.
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  Wow.
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  SPEAKER1: Anybody else want to chime in on that one?
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  Sure.
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  SPEAKER5: So yesterday, in showmanship, all the questions he asked me were -- was everything I've learned from Miss Beaty's classes.
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  I may have not remembered all of the things, but I know I did learn them.
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  So everything that happens in the ag classroom, it comes straight back to your SAE.
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  It teaches you everything you need to know, the most important things and right down to the details.
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  And then you can tie that into the three circle model of this is what I'm learning and this is how I'm applying it to my SAE and I'm showing through
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  FFA. So that creates the three circles.
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  SPEAKER1: Okay. So of course, this takes place outside of the classroom.
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  People can hear that we are definitely outside of the classroom, although the FFA classroom has plenty of animal sounds happening also.
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  I know that. But what motivates you to do this additional project that's above and beyond?
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  Right? Like you're here all day in the summer, many days, not just this one.
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  What is your primary motivation?
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  SPEAKER4: Probably seeing that what you do here will always stay with you for the rest of your lives.
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  I see my parents coming back and saying, "I remember when this was here or I remember I did this" and I can ask my parents or frankly, anyone that's been
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  here that's shown a question and they will answer it correctly every time.
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  Information you learn here stays with you.
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  So it's really important to see that what happens here isn't just only fun, but it's also will carry with you throughout academics and everything.
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  SPEAKER1: All right. I love that. Why do you think it sticks with you?
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  SPEAKER4: It's kind of hard to forget, that's for sure.
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  Being here 24/7, it you see everything.
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  The ins and outs, the hard stuff, the stuff that people might not always want to see or hear.
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  And it's once it's in your brain, it will never leave because you'll come back to your hometown or even just look at pictures in your phone and you will see
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  everything that you've ever done and it'll always reflect your time here.
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  Nice.
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  SPEAKER1: Anybody else? What motivates you?
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  Yeah.
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  SPEAKER5: I think what motivates me is definitely like basing off of what Tanner said.
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  Not only all the things you've been learning at Fair, but all the memories you make.
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  I can always look back and say, "Oh my gosh, we probably did something really stupid last year," but it was like, it makes the time of your life just being
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  here like Lydia.
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  I know she'll always remember all her showmanship grand champions and stuff, and that just that makes her day.
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  And she gets to compete even in a master showmanship at the Stoughton Fair, where they go through all these different species.
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  So not only just basing off of your breed, but basing off of all these different species that they offer at the fair and all these
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  memories that you just get to make are probably the most, the best part every single day.
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  SPEAKER1: That's the motivation or one of them.
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  Okay. So you've already touched on this a little bit, but I'd like each of you, if you could, to just list two skills, skills you've developed during your time
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  taking classes and through these projects.
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  Skills that you will take with you into whatever your next step happens to be.
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  And then the next question will be what's your next step?
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  But for now, what skills?
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  Just a couple of them that really, you know, are going to carry with you forever.
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  SPEAKER5: Like a lot of the skills I've learned in Beaty's classes, is going to apply to my future career because I want to go down the DVM track.
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  So I learned all the breeds in our classes.
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  I learned the digestive systems of multiple different animals.
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  I've learned the reproductive tract of them and like applying that to what I have now is going to help me in the long run of knowing them,
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  having a base knowledge and working with my animal, with what I do know and furthering my learning through apply like application
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  of it.
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  SPEAKER1: Nice. And for someone who might not know.
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  DVM, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
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  Thanks, Ashley.
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  SPEAKER4: Who else? I think leadership is definitely something I learned from Miss Beaty.
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  When I first joined FFA, I was shy, quiet, didn't really do much.
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  And now -- Everybody here looks shocked.
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  SPEAKER6: Now they can't get me to shut up, that's for sure.
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  SPEAKER4: I think leadership.
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  Being able to take control of a situation that might be hard or just being in charge of something that's so large it could take on
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  your entire life.
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  And then the other thing is being comfortable with being uncomfortable.
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  So like going into something "I don't know this, but I want to and I need to change some things so that I can learn this." And going up to
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  showmanship, they'll ask you a question that you don't know the answer to and you just answer it to the best of your ability and as confident as possible.
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  Because if you get it wrong, you still sound like you know what you're doing.
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  And if you get it right, you are already ten steps ahead of the person behind you.
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  SPEAKER1: Wow. Okay.
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  Anybody else about skills?
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  SPEAKER5: Go ahead, Lydia. I really agree with Tanner about stepping out of your comfort zone.
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  And a lot of that comes personally from Ms.
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  Beaty because, you know, at the time, you think, "I can't do this, I can't do this, and I don't want to do this." But Beaty knows you can do it and
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  makes you do it because deep down she is always right.
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  SPEAKER7: And this has been quoted.
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  SPEAKER6: Can I have that, please?
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  It is on tape. Whew!
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  SPEAKER3: This interview is now done.
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  SPEAKER1: That's great.
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  SPEAKER5: I mean, another another thing, though.
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  Cheyenne had mentioned my showmanship.
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  I really take a deep interest in understanding my rabbits inside and out.
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  Everything about them.
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  And showmanship has been so important to me.
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  And I want to do it as best as I possibly can to my best of ability.
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  And like Tanner had said, even if you don't know the answer, you just smile, say whatever answer you have.
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  And if you're wrong, then be, "Oh my gosh, that is so interesting.
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  Thank you for expanding my learning." It's all about -- it's all about engagement.
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  SPEAKER1: That's fantastic.
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  Okay. Anybody else want to add to the skills conversation?
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  Just pop right in.
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  SPEAKER5: Yeah, I've got one that I feel we haven't talked about yet, but we've kind of glanced over is just responsibility.
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  Taking care of all these animals is definitely the biggest part of what every kid needs.
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  I feel like needs to go through is this animal takes a lot of care.
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  You have to feed it, water it, make sure it's comfortable, make sure it's healthy.
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  And yeah, just taking care of them.
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  And not only like we talked about progressing earlier in this project, but just understanding your animal and knowing that this animal takes a lot of care.
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  So you have a lot of opportunity just to work with that animal rather than doing a lot of the other things kids do.
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  And I know my mom and dad have always told me this is just you'd rather put the money into this animal than anything else, and it's
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  definitely worth it.
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  SPEAKER1: Well, when I was listening to some of you talk about the care for the chickens and having to ensure that they are cool and comfortable when it can get very
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  warm in the barns and all that you had to think about to ensure that your chickens were were living their best life here at the Stoughton Fair.
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  That was -- it was an impressive conversation to listen to you talk about that.
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  Now, Ashley's already spoken about her doctorate of veterinary medicine goals.
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  The other three of you are seniors.
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  So I'm very interested in what's next for you and how has this program helped you prepare for what is next.
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  Anybody?
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  SPEAKER5: Yeah, I can start.
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  So I already -- I'm very lucky.
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  I can say I'm going into a veterinary technician position because our school offers a school to career
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  program. And basically what that is, is half the day you are at school and half the day you go to work and go to make money.
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  And they offer this at the Oregon High School.
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  And currently I'm in it and I'm working at Country View Equine Clinic.
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  So I get to see all the things you do in this position and I get to work in this position and see what I truly enjoy and if this is worth it for me and it
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  totally is worth it.
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  So I feel like all of Beaty's classes and everything we offer through the FFA is truly influenced on how I think about what I want to get into.
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  Yeah, maybe there's some times where you think about all the other career options that are offered, not only just like a lot of people think about the
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  money you make and but I truly think about how this job makes you happy and how it influences other people's lives.
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  SPEAKER1: That's nice. Maybe someday you and Ashley will open your own clinic.
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  Nice. Tanner or Lydia?
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  Which one?
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  SPEAKER4: I guess I'm going into mechanical engineering and going into school at hopefully UW Platteville.
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  I'll be putting in my application pretty soon and mechanical engineering is kind of far from taking care of a chicken.
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  But learning about every single animal that lives on this earth is important because anything that I will work on, invent or put time into will affect
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  something around me.
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  Ecosystems are reflective of what we put into it.
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  So learning all this stuff while I'm young from Beaty and from even before, it really makes it so that when I'm out in the real world and on my own, I can
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  see what my actions have on the environment around me.
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  SPEAKER1: Oh, my goodness, what an answer that is.
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  As far as connecting what you want to do to what you've been learning, even though on the surface it might not be connected.
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  You just tied that up really well.
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  Thank you. How about you?
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  SPEAKER5: You know, I'm like, yet to determine an exact career plan, but I know -- That's okay.
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  I've been told
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  SPEAKER6: that, yes.
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  SPEAKER5: I'm a little panicked about it.
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  Everyone seems so relaxed around me.
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  But all I know, I want to do something with animal sciences or zoology or biology.
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  All of these are very important to me because it's what I've grown up with.
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  I also well, I work at a place that offers school to career and I'll be doing it next year.
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  I work at Cherokee Kennels, and even though I'm just working with dogs and the occasional cat, it's still handling animals, It's still learning breeds, it's
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  still understanding, "Hey, this animal is acting out of the ordinary.
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  Could there be something wrong with it?
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  This animal is bleeding.
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  Where is that coming from?
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  How can I help it?" And usually it's just a chipped nail.
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  But you always want to make sure that they're okay.
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  All of this will be important because I do really, really desire to work with animals when I'm older.
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  SPEAKER1: Well, that's awesome. I would totally trust you with my dog.
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  So glad.
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  I'm glad that's a part of your experience.
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