<div class="floatright">(http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/28800000/Theo-Theodoridis-theo-theodoridis-28882561-772-514.jpg)</div><strong>Location:</strong>Introduction to The Study of<del>Poisonous and Dangerous</del>Plants<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Students<br/><br/><br/>"It's dirt," Liam said.<br/><br/>"Correct, Mr Kithcannon," the teacher said, nodding.  "I would also have accepted earth, soil, potting soil and any number of other answers.  Touch it.  Feel the moisture in it, the softness.  You are going to get dirty in this class, so you might as well start now.  Smell it, scent the richness of it.  Look at it.  You will see that it is not uniform.  Yours is not identical to your neighbours.  All those extra little bits are what takes this from being a sterile lifeless pile of debris to something capable of supporting life.  Bits of rock.  Pieces of root.  Bacteria.  Even small animals like worms and insects.  They are all part of what makes this dirt alive."<br/><br/>He picked up a piece of chalk.  "Give me a name for a type of soil.  There are literally hundreds of types.  We'll start with Mr Kithcannon's dirt."<br/><br/>DIRT<br/><br/>"Compost?" suggested Trent.<br/><br/>"Excellent," Randy said, writing it down.  "Keep them coming."<br/><br/>DIRT<br/>COMPOST<br/><br/>"Loam," said the boy Randy had called Mr Rose.  The teacher wrote it down.<br/><br/>DIRT<br/>COMPOST<br/>LOAM<br/><br/>In the end, they had a list of dozens of names.<br/><br/>"Every plant has a preferred soil composition.  Some of them are very specific.  Others are less specific.  A dandelion can grow in a crack in concrete. Corn loves chalky soil but blueberries struggle.  The soil in front of you is generic potting soil.  I want you to scrape it back into the pot.  Then we will top the pots up with whatever soil additives you desire.  You will each pick a plant.  You will grow that plant in your pot. Part of your final grade will be dependent on how your plant grows.  You can pick any plant.  I can teach you how to make it grown.  This year, that plant will be mundane and before you ask, yes, you can grow cannabis.  Sadly for you, it will be the hemp variety.  Speaking of varieties, there are almost four hundred thousand varieties of plant in the world, so you have a wide range to choose from.  The vast majority are flowering plants and the blossom's range from the size of a grain of rice to three feet across with a weight of fifteen pounds.  Are you all with me so far or have I lost you?"<br/><br/><hr/><br/>With the ability of all veteran mooches, Lazarus could spot a sucker a mile away.  Once Randy was occupied by his class, the wolf began to circulate through the classroom, sniffing this one and that one, before settling in beside Alundra.  He began staring at her with the unblinking focus of a wolf having senses a weakness.<br/><br/>(https://umaine.edu/gci/wp-content/uploads/sites/95/2021/10/5bdb5d24a9d8b.image_-min.jpg)<br/>