ND Teacher

[ND teacher]

Hello
I am an ag teacher in ND
THis is my 10th year of teaching(35years old)
Hobbies
Raising kids
Welding
Yard work
Lifting weights
Graduated from a large city but worked on and spent alot of time on the farm.
Looking to by a utility tractor

 

[Muhammad]

Hello ND teacher, welcome to TBN! Glad to see you posting. Hope you enjoy being a member of our community.

 

[smstonypoint]

Welcome.

Any regrets about entering the teaching profession? Having spent 30 years teaching (at the university level), I found it rewarding, but not without its frustrations.

One of the rewards for me has been talking to former students after they have graduated and have been in their careers for awhile. Hearing that you have made a positive difference in their lives makes the frustrations seem trivial.


Steve

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Welcome to TBN!!!

 

[LD1]

Welcome to TBN.

Do you teach AG at the HS level or beyond???

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Welcome and what kind of tasks to you plan to use the tractor to help you do?

 

[k3nn3y]

Welcome ND Teacher. :thumbsup:

 

[ND teacher]

Thanks for the warm welcome

I enjoy teaching, i wish the salary was better but i enjoy living out of the larger cities. The population is under 250 people my largest class i teach right now is 11 students. The funny thing about teaching is most kids take you for granted and dont realize how much work and effort you put into them. They will complain about the homework, tasks or are upset about adminstrational decisions and think the teacher is part to blame for them. Some days at the end of the day i think the kids learned nothing and i am wasting my time. THen the next day is great. I have thought in my 10th year now that every job has it good days and bad days and teaching is no different I love hearing years later how much my class has done for students or situations that seemed big then that we would laugh about now. I have though about changing professions and have turned down some better paying teaching jobs to move into larger communities. My parents graduated from this school my grandparents live on their farm 5 miles out of town and it feels like home here.
I teach 7-12 grade, i used to teach a class on line on ITV for about 5 years
Some of the areas i teach are
Welding, carpentry, building trades, electricity, plumbing, small engines, hydraulics, livestock, crops, ag sales, small animals, horticulture.
And i am an FFA Advisor

 

[smstonypoint]

Some of the areas i teach are
Welding, carpentry, building trades, electricity, plumbing, small engines, hydraulics, livestock, crops, ag sales, small animals, horticulture.
And i am an FFA Advisor

You have a full plate. Were you an Ag. Education major?

Steve

 

[ND teacher]

Yeah i majored in ag ed and NDSU fargo ND. I originally went to school for elemetary ed then swithed to ag economics and finally settled in ag education. I wanted to teach, didn't even realize they had a program for teaching Agriculture. I had the opportunity to teach ag mechanics college level or teach ag at the high school in Bismarck, but i graduated from Bismarck and the one thing i truely enjoyed growing up was spending time on the farm and helping out. Now im 5 miles from the farm the pay difference doesnt seem to be a big deal, the only regret i have now is if the school would close and then i would have to relocate when i could have retired in a big school and not have to worry someday in the back of my mind. I really do believe that you have to enjoy what you are teaching to enjoy teaching.