Judy Jeffery

As I walked into the CFL for the final of the three educational based topic lectures, I was feeling a little burnt out. It was as if we were at a teacher's conference but still had to go to class too. This was a lesson in itself. School work is not going to stop for us to have time to grow professionally, we have to make time. Making this time is what will put us up in the competitive teacher job market of the Midwest. While I may seem to be rambling on about an unconnected topic to what Judy Jeffery was speaking on, I'm not. Jeffery was lecture three. We heard the business side of education, we heard the far far educational side of education, and now we heard the government side of education. The way Jefferey tied in state programs and educational laws to the state of Iowa's economy and educational trends was a key point to see. Not much of what Jeffery said was new to me and most of the audience, but the combination of her and the other speakers last week made the impression. This two day series of lectures started so many conversations and thinking to happen here at Luther College, it is invaluable to us future educators. One speaker could never have the effects that the combination of these three had. It really showed me the importance of representation of all sides.