See, the weird thing about the Ag&Tech department of high schools, is that it's not just one class. I mean, at the same time, I do so not envy my friends in the elementary education program because they have to cover ALL the bases of several grades... math, reading, writing, science, history, etc. Insane. But all the same, AgEd is wood shop, soils, ag mechanics (construction), welding, small engines, greenhouse, computers, horticulture, animal science, vet science, environmental science, crops, and others. It's a narrow field, but still extremely broad. So in addition to having to prepare for teaching classes and going to respective teacher meetings, there is also SAE, which is Supervised Agriculture Experience, which is well, exactly that: supervising the kids in an agriculture experience or setting them up to like, be interns at a farm or ranch. There is also FFA, which is what AgEd is in practice. Future Farmers of America is what it used to stand for when it was actually for those going into farming, now it's more of just an elective for students to take or potential vocational studies, as many of the classes offered would be potential careers for the students. So there's the FFA leadership team meetings, Livestock Leader meetings, potential 4-H meetings if I so choose to get into that side of things, and then there's also the FFA leadership camp, and Ag in the Classroom, which is associated with Look and See Days. Ag in the Classroom is when the high schoolers go to elementary schools and read books about farmers and show them different grains and products that come from farms: mostly to let kids learn that bread doesn't automatically come in a bag - it's from wheat, and that milk comes from cows, and eggs come from chickens - not the refrigerator as so many believe. Look and See Days is when the elementary school kids come to the Ag&Tech program at the high school. They get to do hands-on activities and see things growing in the garden, pet the FFA chapter animals that are on location, take a plant home, and other things like that. It's things that city kids would potentially never get to see, plus it's a fun thing for them to get to do and it's leadership building for the high schoolers.
