Well, my hopes are two-fold.  First of all, I want to learn about all of the career opportunities for our students so they can know what is available to them if they want to come back to Duplin County when they graduate.  Also, if they know certain careers are available right here at home, it may help make their decision easier.

Secondly,  I want to make math relevant for my students.  My hope for this phase is to bring real-world examples into my Math 1 classroom.  I want to show students that people right here in Duplin County with ordinary jobs are using math everyday.

Duplin County……What opportunities do we have to offer?  My journey will begin at Murphy Brown, “Pork Beyond the Fork”!  Pigs, hogs and math, oh my!!!

For my externship, I have two main expectations:
1.  To be an advocate for the companies in Duplin County, by learning about the many job opportunities Murphy Brown has to offer and then share my finding and the educational requirements with my students.

2.  To learn the many ways that Murphy Brown employees use math everyday.  I will then,  incorporate this math into the lessons in my courses.   Therefore, the students will see the value in learning math and its importance in real-life.

and the journey begins………

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