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I can't answer what the expected role of a teacher is today. I've been out over a decade. Someone still in education can answer that best. I only know what the role(s) used to be.

To me, the book was the key. As a student I would take notes during class on the CONTENT. Trying to write down everything I saw on the blackboard as well as what was coming out of the teacher’s mouth. The next part was the most important. Take it all (including book) home and then rewrite my notes as I incorporate book information with it. By doing this I would *never* have to “cram” for a test. The work was put in every day. I still have my college notes of 45 years ago on my shelves.

Yeah, you shoulda seen the "style and finesse" of me coming down off that bluff. Ass over tea kettle about the last 10 feet.

A whooooole lot more than I did. Of course, I blame the cameraman ...

Ah hell. Zee-row talent behind the camera and now you’re a comedian.

Oh we haven’t even got close to the topographicals yet. That excitement will be in part 2.

That's some funny stuff, right there.

I'm still waiting. Don't keep your adoring fans waiting.

Ok, I’ll get that right up in quick order. Make sure you stay up so you won’t miss it. Don’t go to bed. Just keep waiting.

Oh yeah. Unless he’s coming up out of a creek bed…

Yep.

I think the real highlight was the Native Plant Enclosure and Recreation Center. Additionally, I don’t think fish have wives. Unless it’s carp.

You saw the goggles. And oh that whiplash grapevine.

@@DickeyLabs It is COMMON knowledge in the tinfoil hat spaces, that whiplash grapevine was created in secret underground labs outside of Mena, Arkansas and that the Clinton Crime Company is forcing Americans to plant the vines. Scandalous, I tell you. /sarcasm

I KNOW! You would think that with over 3500 pages they coulda added a few more to make it complete!

Wasn’t Severus Alexander in Harry Potter???

You are sooooooooo right.

Like a possum?

@@DickeyLabs Either a sasquatch or a chupacabra. Both villainous and love native plants to hide their presence until it's too late.

@@quartqwertbudisgood oh you are waaaay too kind! All I see in those videos are my mistakes. I just started making videos about five months ago. Gives me something to do. I have more subs now than I ever thought I would. Thank you for watching!

You bet. And rocks in that area is on the burner for the next video. Thanks for watching!

Sorry for not spending more time on that. I did kind of gloss over it. A brook is smaller than a creek. Brooks flow into creeks. And rills flow into brooks. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching.

A river in SW Georgia

@@DickeyLabs no its hotter than a.. nvm. love this video. can you do one on profiling stream, river, creek, and brook bank soil? I always see weird rust colored ooze coming from rocks into my local creek and i always wonder if there are some sort of iron minerals in them. Keep filmin!

You’re on the right track thinking about iron bearing minerals. Heck, I’ve seen buildings built of sandstone that has pyrite inclusions. And where the pyrite is exposed there is a rust streak beneath it.

Yes Malcolm, and going downhill. I like that word "action" that you used.

You know, there's still a number of names used that I didn't mention. Seems like naming these bodies of water becomes a regional thing. Different names for the same thing.

A rivulet is a word that seems to mean anything smaller than a river. Put the ending "let" on the end and it just means smaller. There's also creeklet, brooklet (which is called a rill), and yes, streamlet. So if a rivulet is just a small river why not call it a creek? At what point does the rivulet become the river? There are way too many terms that describe the same thing. And in my mind it leads to confusion. There needs to be some structure out there with the naming!

No truer words have ever been spoken.

You have got to be kidding me! This goldbrick just sat back and enjoyed the benefits of a Dickey Labs outing. Here's the *least* he could have done on this trip : 1.) bought me some donuts for the Great energy I would be expelling on this outing. 2.) provided an umbrella so my top-shelf hat would stay dry. 3.) bring his bait shop styrofoam cooler full of cream soda and grape pop. 4.) cut me a check for $12.50 because.....well, just because. "Poor Kevin" my a$$.

Thanks for the kind words. (I'll be sure to get that check in tomorrow's mail...)

Clearly the videographer in this video is the REAL star.

as he's mumbling' stumblin' and cussin' up that creek bank.

AND, as "videographer" I noticed that fly buzzing around at about 37-38 seconds in. Now, your *real* cameraman would have stopped and reshot the scene. And you know me, I wouldn't have said a thing about the redo.

@@DickeyLabs Short muddy bank vs videogeezer

See, you savages out there can't recognize the delicate, subtle beauty and value of the Native Plant Enclosure and Recreation Center.

Let see........ those plants are delicate? The ones that weed killer has a time killing. And another thing I would like to ask is...... most people want aphids gone off their delicate flowers to keep them alive, but not you???? And do you also think opossums are delicate?

@@PatG-h1o yes, yes, and most definitely yes.

@@DickeyLabs?????????

@@PatG-h1o Yes?? You have a question? See, typically you ask the question first THEN put the question mark. Or, in your case, 52 question marks. This might be a good time to upgrade from that flip-phone. I think you have a stuck key.

Oh that wasn't me. That was possum cam.

Well for as long as it’s been I’m impressed you remember any of it. Not to mention spending more than 23 minutes watching this!

Yes. In part 3 of this little series you can really see it under the microscope. Thanks for the question!

Oh we don't play here in The Lab. Serious bid-ness.

Thanks Howard!

See? I knew Eric would understand about these matters. I’ve also noticed the color enhancement - especially on quartz specimens. It makes me wonder if I can truly find natural smoky quartz.

We here at The Lab take safety very seriously. I don’t tie my shoes without safety goggles on. You know, that shoelace whiplash and all…

I know that you are referring to that smug satisfaction when I deployed the magnifying lens.

No the one at the end I know you

*sigh* It's the Lab safety goggles.... you know, so that whiplash grapevine doesn't take out an eye.

I thought I read long ago that chicory did not contain any caffeine. And by mixing it in with coffee it cut down on the caffeine per cup. I also bet it would stretch out the coffee supply a bit longer by doing that. There is one place I can go to get the definitive answers though..... Steyermark. It's your fault if an upcoming video, which I'm sure will have heavy Steyermark referencing, is titled "The Chicory".

@@DickeyLabs I thought a "tea" video would be upcoming, complete with the microscopic images of the varieties AND tea bags. Gruesome, I tell you. Gruesome.

I guess I need to check and see if anything is itching.

ooooooooo..... you've given me an idea!

Oh yeah, we here at The Lab don't skimp on our resources.

Oh that CERTAINLY wouldn't have been me handing you that green "apple".... definitely someone else.

I just wanted to narrow it down a little from the possibilities you already had in your head. I know how big of a genus man you are.

An easy way to tell the difference is the wood sorrel leaflets are heart-shaped while the clover leaflets are more rounded. I planned on including that in the next NPERC installment. Whenever that happens.

I believe it was his sudden shock of seeing the wiiiiide variety of native plants over there in the Native Plant Enclosure and Recreation Center that realllllly came across. Now, you weren’t here to see the genuine excitement displayed when he cast his glance over there. Such a determined face he had with a torrential need to learn alllllll the botanicals. I thought I was going to cry seeing his desire to fully embrace the Native Plant Enclosure and Recreation Center. I really did. Then I realized he didn’t buy a ticket…

Now you would have thought that this whole thing was carefully scripted. It did have that Hollywood feel which I’m sure was immediately recognized. But nope, everything was just flowing through the mind and out the orifice. Not saying which orifice.

But, “Honey don’t” would get you in the area.

Yep, more brilliant things coming out of The Lab. Just brilliant.

Thank you. You are right about them being family. My earlier self would have never dreamed of having an inside dog. Let alone sleeping with me!