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inflicted, the more we laugh. It's the only way to avoid being completely discouraged.
The next class is Agricultural Science. The teacher is older, more subdued, but also more dangerous. He's liable to hit a girl for not paying attention. In all, there's far less laughing in his classes. However, he has a manner that commands respect and I enjoy his classes more than any other. He starts by delivering a short lecture on, for example, poultry housing. You are not allowed to take notes during this time, on the principle that you should be listening intently. Next, he answers general questions on the lesson. Finally he gives word for word dictation, which we copy into our notebooks. This is necessary because there are so few available textbooks. Everything you learn comes straight from the teacher and your notes.
All of the classes proceed with this general format but their order changes each day of the week. The system works in such a way that the science classes come once a week and the art electives, two or three times. School closes at 2:50 p.m. but day