Capital A, Capital E – Ripples in the AgriculturalEducation Pool

摘要

A lot of people have done this mystery speech/distinguished lecture over the years, and,like most of them, I went back and read many of the previous ones published in the Journal ofAgricultural Education. Of the last 30 years or so, I knew all but a few of the speakers, and havebeen taught by almost one-third of them. Of course, I reviewed them because I didn’t want to repeatsomething that someone else had said previously. At some point during that process, though, Irealized that whatever I really wanted to say, someone has already said. (For example, I could saywe need to do a better job with SAE today, which is exactly what was being said 30 years ago.)Still, I enjoyed the reading, as it reminded me of how much I have enjoyed the lectures over theyears.So, my advice to those who have the honor of doing this in the future: ignore all of the oldones and just talk about what you want. That is what I am going to do, and I just hope thatsomething I touch on today may reach some of you in a different way, perhaps coming from adifferent angle, so that you take away something you can use.