At what point is it no longer learning?

[Skappola]

I'm going to try to keep this post un-bloggy, but I do need to say why I'm asking this.
So please don't say it's bloggy.
So, I have a new "marine" science teacher, who is an environmentalist. I don't really mind that as long as she actually teaches stuff, but so far it has only been on throwing away trash and recycling. I would think, "okay, maybe she'll get to the interesting things soon", but this recent event put me over the edge.

She joined the Bay Grass transplant school program. The name is self-explanatory, you take care of the mot boring plant in the world. So we plant the things in dirt(which I later found out that we were supposed to put it in sand, you would think she would know that), but then when it came to taking care of it, what happened was ridiculous. You know the moss/algae stuff which grows on topsoil where it's moist? She made us scrape it off with our bare fingernails and put it in a compost pile. No tools, just our fingernails. She said it would be "a great learning opportunity"

I'm only in High-school mind you so there's no crazy professor with tenure excuse here. So what I'm asking is when does it become environmental propaganda/free labor rather than learning? Because, I think it's insane.

[Vetalia]

Is the grass endangered?

[Skappola]

Is the grass endangered?

Nope, although it is getting taken out in tourist spots, it is still pretty common.

[Vetalia]

Nope, although it is getting taken out in tourist spots, it is still pretty common.

Well, I'd definitely say that's a complete waste of time that taught you nothing although maybe it won her some cred with whatever organization is in charge of the program.

I guess she really likes Bay Grass for some inconceivable reason.

[Souseiseki]

Is the grass endangered?

.....

i'm pretty moss is endangered though

no i'm serious

maybe its a specific moss though

im no moss expert

e: maybe putting the moss in the compost helps? ask your teacher abut moss please

[Lordieth]

I'm at a moss for words.

*gets coat*

[Nailed to the Perch]

...is this seriously a thread on "my teacher made me touch moss, clearly this is some sort of brainwashing/enslavement"?

Good grief.

[Seriong]

I'm going to try to keep this post un-bloggy, but I do need to say why I'm asking this.
So please don't say it's bloggy.
So, I have a new "marine" science teacher, who is an environmentalist. I don't really mind that as long as she actually teaches stuff, but so far it has only been on throwing away trash and recycling. I would think, "okay, maybe she'll get to the interesting things soon", but this recent event put me over the edge.

She joined the Bay Grass transplant school program. The name is self-explanatory, you take care of the mot boring plant in the world. So we plant the things in dirt(which I later found out that we were supposed to put it in sand, you would think she would know that), but then when it came to taking care of it, what happened was ridiculous. You know the moss/algae stuff which grows on topsoil where it's moist? She made us scrape it off with our bare fingernails and put it in a compost pile. No tools, just our fingernails. She said it would be "a great learning opportunity"

I'm only in High-school mind you so there's no crazy professor with tenure excuse here. So what I'm asking is when does it become environmental propaganda/free labor rather than learning? Because, I think it's insane.

A) Get over it, it's a tiny thing.

B) It's learning, in fact it's hands on learning, and knowing how to take care of a plant will indeed be a skill you can use in life.

[Franklin Delano Bluth]

Sounds like your teacher is teaching your class a very important lesson about how you can do your part for environmental protection and conservation--a lesson that, judging from your post, you would do well to learn. Good for her!

Why are you complaining about this? Do you hate our precious natural environment or something?

[European Socialist Republic]

...is this seriously a thread on "my teacher made me touch moss, clearly this is some sort of brainwashing/enslavement"?

Good grief.

Clearly this is a plot by the government to... do... something. I don't know what it is, but it must be evil!

[Vetalia]

B) It's learning, in fact it's hands on learning, and knowing how to take care of a plant will indeed be a skill you can use in life.

No, it really isn't unless you plan on being a grass farmer or are somehow so incredibly dense that you can't figure out how to keep a houseplant alive on your own.

[European Socialist Republic]

I'm going to try to keep this post un-bloggy, but I do need to say why I'm asking this.
So please don't say it's bloggy.
So, I have a new "marine" science teacher, who is an environmentalist. I don't really mind that as long as she actually teaches stuff, but so far it has only been on throwing away trash and recycling. I would think, "okay, maybe she'll get to the interesting things soon", but this recent event put me over the edge.

She joined the Bay Grass transplant school program. The name is self-explanatory, you take care of the mot boring plant in the world. So we plant the things in dirt(which I later found out that we were supposed to put it in sand, you would think she would know that), but then when it came to taking care of it, what happened was ridiculous. You know the moss/algae stuff which grows on topsoil where it's moist? She made us scrape it off with our bare fingernails and put it in a compost pile. No tools, just our fingernails. She said it would be "a great learning opportunity"

I'm only in High-school mind you so there's no crazy professor with tenure excuse here. So what I'm asking is when does it become environmental propaganda/free labor rather than learning? Because, I think it's insane.

What do you have against moss? Do you know how many lives it has saved? In World War I, mosses were used as first-aid dressings on soldiers' wounds, as these mosses are highly absorbent and have mild antibacterial properties.

[Lordieth]

...is this seriously a thread on "my teacher made me touch moss, clearly this is some sort of brainwashing/enslavement"?

Good grief.

Clearly this is a plot by the government to... do... something. I don't know what it is, but it must be evil!

Clearly the plant is a plant.

[Nailed to the Perch]

...is this seriously a thread on "my teacher made me touch moss, clearly this is some sort of brainwashing/enslavement"?

Good grief.

Clearly this is a plot by the government to... do... something. I don't know what it is, but it must be evil!

Well, obviously! He had to TOUCH MOSS. With his HANDS. Truly, never has anyone faced such monstrous mistreatment.

[Asasia]

I think we're getting off topic here. It's the teacher that is the focus, not the bloody moss.

[Las Palmeras]

Pshhh, this is nothing. My Introduction to Social Sciences teacher said that the Jews were the ones that move the economy (if we're gonna talk about seemingly random lessons).

[Lordieth]

I think we're getting off topic here. It's the teacher that is the focus, not the bloody moss.

Clearly people find the moss more interesting.

[Franklin Delano Bluth]

I think we're getting off topic here. It's the teacher that is the focus, not the bloody moss.

Clearly people find the moss more interesting.

Randy or Santana?

[Luveria]

You know the moss/algae stuff which grows on topsoil where it's moist? She made us scrape it off with our bare fingernails and put it in a compost pile. No tools, just our fingernails. She said it would be "a great learning opportunity"

As someone who always wears nail polish, I am appalled by this.

[Blekksprutia]

It stops being learning when you stop knowing things you haven't known before. [/thread]

[Lordieth]

Clearly people find the moss more interesting.

Randy or Santana?

Kate.

[Vetalia]

Pshhh, this is nothing. My Introduction to Social Sciences teacher said that the Jews were the ones that move the economy (if we're gonna talk about seemingly random lessons).

Well, no, you did learn something. Namely that your teacher is full of shit (or bay grass).

[Qora]

I thought Marine Science was about fish, not grass.

*Edited because I forgot a comma. I'm a perfectionist like that.

[Skappola]

Sounds like your teacher is teaching your class a very important lesson about how you can do your part for environmental protection and conservation--a lesson that, judging from your post, you would do well to learn. Good for her!

Why are you complaining about this? Do you hate our precious natural environment or something?

And since when is that marine science teachers job? Especially since she's ignoring the Marine science altogether, apart from a lecture about how forgetting to recycle a plastic bag is killing Sea turtles.

[Frisivisia]

Wah wah, school is hard and/or boring.