Turf School Day Thirty-One

We have four weeks left.
This morning we had a quiz in botany. Our quiz was about the various tissue systems in the plant. After our quiz we learned about the purpose of the flower and the pollintion process. We also discussed water movement and transpiration within the leaves.
We then had our pest management class. Our quiz covered a possible 18 chemical classes, 35ish common names, and 60ish trade names. The quiz format was not too complcated. We were given a Chemical Class, and we had to fill out one common name and one trade name.
After our quiz the class, was disruptive. The teacher asked people to quiet down, then he asked again, then he answered a question by a student in the front of the class...while the rest of the class was being disruptive; Then he snapped! He yelled at the class to Shut the F*** UP!!! He explained how he was trying to teach and how our class had recieved a reputation of being disruptive. He also talked about how we are one of the worst classes with regards to kids failing tests. It was pretty intense, he was mad and rightfully so. The majority of the class was disruptive.
Our day ended with a class in turfgrass diseases.The class was well behaved after our quiz. We were quizzed on summer and take-all patch. We then learned about dollar spot and anthracnose.
Today was one of those experiences I never had to worry about before at bYu.

Here is a grade update through 6 weeks:

Irrigation: A...........................................................................A

Botany: 10/10, 10/10..........................................................A

Soils: 10/10, 10/10, 10/10..................................................A

Turf Maintenance: 14/15....................................................A

Landscape Plants: 27/30, 17.5/20....................................B+

Turf Diseases: 10/10, 9/10, 8/10, 9/10, 10/10..............A

Turf Identification: 95/100, 100/100, 100/100............A

Turf Development: 11/10, 11/10, 8.5/10, 103/100.......A

Pest Management: 8/10, 7/10, 9/10, 8/10, 10/10.........B