Making connections

It is so hard for me to believe that half of the semester in my Turfgrass Management class is already almost over. We have learned so much on all of our field trips, and I can only wait to see what we are going to experience the rest of the semester. Our most recent trip to Islington Golf Club though, was the first time that I think the person that was talking to us really related things back to our course.

Robin Stafford, superintendent at Islington Golf Club was the first tour guide to really relate things back to class. He was clear in what he was saying to us and really got us involved in the day. Having a handout the way he did made things clear, and it was much easier to follow along with what he was talking about. He understood that some of the numbers that get crunched are still new to us, and just hearing about them can make it easy to get lost. Having a page to look at and then take away makes his trip very memorable for me.

So far, this is the only field that I have gotten a handout on that I have actually kept, and really gotten something out of. I would encourage more courses to do this type of thing when they have anyone on their site, never mind just students. At least we know what they are talking about, but when there are people there that don’t really know what is going on, it makes it so much easier to explain when on paper.

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