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I chose to exchange reflections with Bailee Kilgore, who like me, is a senior in our
class who will be completing her student teaching the same time as me. Bailee and I have
become best of friends (both in and out of the classroom), and I can tell from our
conversations that she has a wide variety of knowledge and passion for teaching
The layout of our educational portfolios is very similar in style and are both well
organized. We are both direct when we write and emphasize key points. I did give a
larger amount of detail to the process I went through in interviewing a student and
Our students we interviewed were both female but had completely different
production side of agriculture while mine was interested in horticulture and floriculture.
Regardless, both students were focused on their careers after high school.
For Bailees three teacher interviews she chose two agriculture science teachers
and one special education science teacher. While all of my interviews were with
agriculture science teachers. I now see that her interview with Mrs. VanBeuren helped
provided more real life experiences and solutions to daily issues. I focused more on time
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management and resources for a teacher while Bailees interviews scratch the surface
when it comes to advice. None of the advice was bad, just not as in-depth.
Bailee did research further into the background of the interviewees, which gives a
better us as viewers a clearer understanding on the experience and knowledge they have.
I think both Bailee and I have an enthusiasm for teaching, and both of us will
utilize our personal experiences and the knowledge we have gained here at Texas A&M
to create the most effective learning environment for our students. I know how much we
are looking forward to my student teaching experience in the spring term and that if I