Well, with the end of August came school again and over a month had gone by so far. I have to say that I was excited to go back but not excited for my classes. However, I've already learned not to bosh a class before I've actually taken it.
I'm taking two ag. courses right now: Anatomy and Physiology of Animals, and Feeds and Feeding. Each has a lab with it, so I'm spending a pretty good deal of time with my wonderful ag. friends. I was really surprised at how much I enjoy Feeds and Feeding (F&F). It's challenging but SO interesting. Who knew that what animals eat could be so complex! Prior to this class, I knew that it took some work to balance rations, but I now understand why so many farms go to nutritionists for their rations. I also understand why it's important to be able to do it for yourself. It might not be fun to learn, but it is an essential to any farm raising livestock.
Anatomy and Physiology of Animals (A&P) is interesting too, but the location/setting is less than ideal. At 8 o'clock in the morning on Tuesdays and Thursdays, my friends and I have to sit in a freezing classroom for 75 minutes. It's really hard to stay awake for and it's all kinda over my head right now, but it's a good class.
Labs are so much fun! So far we've dissected digestive tracts from hogs and sheep (in both labs, so I've done it twice), sheep and pig heads and everything included with them, and we have lots more on the way. In F&F lab, we went to a local dairy and took feeding samples. The guys were bored out of their minds, but the girls made the most of it and had fun by climbing up into the different feedstuffs and taking samples from all over. The guys just sampled from one spot, and they wonder why most feed test errors come from the sample-takers themselves! Haha, I'm just giving them a hard time :)
Well, back to work for now.
Dordt College has a student count of around 1500 in a town of around 6000, most of whom are Dutch!!!
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