The one we've all been waiting for...

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by Gert Potgieter, Nov 22, 2002.

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  1. Guest

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    God Bless those Aggies. Texas A&M at College Station made it into the top 50 National Universities.

    Having said that, one of the co anchor's on Cross Fire yesterday said the following: "What do you call a genius on the Texas A&M campus??"............................."A guest".

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  2. BillDayson

    BillDayson New Member

    Despite what New Yorkers think, chicken doesn't appear in markets because of the magical incantations of DL theologians.

    I like agriculture. I guess I grew partial to it because I'm a city kid who went off to college at an ag school. The college farm was an eye (and nose) opener for me.

    Not only did we have degree programs in poultry science, we also had swine husbandry, which gave us countless laughs considering our glamorous girlfriends. (Although it still isn't clear whether we or they were really the swine.)

    But the point is that there is this whole tremendous industry that lurks out there in the blank spaces on the map. Almost by definition, professionals in that industry live in remote locations where access to universities is difficult. Nevertheless, agriculture has become big business and is increasingly technical. Continuing agricultural education is positively a natural for DL.

    So in between scratching his butt and seducing his cousin, Jethro might inexplicably feel the urge to keep abreast of the economic, regulatory and biological aspects of his business.
     
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  3. LOL. My father was a professor of Agriculture, so I know this Jethro well!
     
  4. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Just another one of those chickens**t online programs, eh?

    Come to think of it, when I read the entire US postal manual once, years ago (I was writing an article on unusual postal laws*), I learned that the only live creatures that can be legally mailed are chickens and bees. So it is quite logical to have a distance program in which, presumably, chickens are regularly mailed back and forth.

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    * My favorite bits included the rules for when a package had negative weight (as in someone sending a balsa and mylar box full of helium), and the rules for non-rectangular objects (I recall that motel keys and miniature Florida orange crates were the sole legal exceptions).
     
  5. Bill Huffman

    Bill Huffman Well-Known Member

    Others besides those in remote farming locations, might be interested in this opportunity. Perhaps even people living in the USA suburbs might be interested.

    Back in high school I had a friend that had gotten a commitment from his parents that he could do what he wanted in his own room. He decided to raise chickens in his closet. I don't believe that it turned out to be a very profitable business, especially if you consider the cost of replacing the hardwood floor in the bedroom.
     
  6. Bill Highsmith

    Bill Highsmith New Member

    Saturday Night Live Weekend News Script (back when it was funny):

    Commentator Miss Emily Latella: What's all this fuss about teaching poultry science? What does poultry need to know about science? I'm OUTRAGED that a university would create a program to teach poultry science. Do poulty put on little white lab coats when they study science?

    Why teach poultry science when so many of our little children need to know science? This is OUTRAGIOUS! I think that---

    Anchor (interrupts): Miss Latella...Miss Latella!

    Emily Latella (confused): What? What?

    Anchor: Miss Latella, poultry science is not about teaching science to poultry, it is about teaching farmers efficient methods of raising poultry....

    Emily Latella (chagrinned): Oh...never mind.
     
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  7. I was speaking to someone at U.Ga who worked on a "Speaking Bird" project - to get chickens to "speak" to let a control system know whether they were too hot/too cold/underfed, etc. If she's successful, perhaps the next step would be to send the birds to college. Probably they could get a degree by portfolio through TESC. :D
     

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