Motivation

Dear Students, We are about to embark on an epic journey together. As Will Ferrel has said in a commencement speech at Harvard University 'After months of secret negotiations, several hundred secret ballots, and a weekend retreat with Vice President Dick Cheney in his secret mountain bunker, a Class Day speaker was chosen, and it was me. You obviously have made a grave error. But it's too late now. So let's just go with it.' 'I am going to be your teacher for the next few months, you have obviously made a grave error but lets just go with it. The study of agriculture is the best thing that you could possibly do with your lives right now. I know that friends, sports, scouts, and possibly every other organization that you participate in tells you the same thing. However with agriculture it really is true.

After viewing this fun short clip I hope that you will realize that agriculture is everywhere and it has something to do with everything in your life. JK Rowling in a commencement speech said 'The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity. Such knowledge is a true gift, for all that it is painfully won, and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever earned.' The knowledge that you will emerge with from this class will be painfully won but when we emerge on the other side you will realize that it truly is a gift to be literate in Agriculture.

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I look forward to being your teacher and hope that together we can learn, laugh, and have a good time together.

Mr. Tim Moser