Horticulture students get anatomy lesson during planting exercise
Students got quite a rise out of parents, teachers and administration after a lab on planting indoor plants took an unusual turn.
Miss Stewart's 11th grade horticulture class at a local high school was originally supposed to plant ivy in the clown-shaped planters that they had painted.
But one mischevious 10th grader, who has to remain nameless under the Canadian Young Offfenders Act, had other plans for the clowns.
Under the cover of night, the student snuck into the class and switched the ivy seeds with cactus bulbs. The next day Miss Stewart's class planted the seeds thinking they were growing the flowing vine. The results were quite different three weeks later when the cacti began to grow.
“I couldn't believe it,” said Miss Stewart. “All of a sudden there they were. We had expected a nice green carpet of foliage, and we get that monstrosity.
“I think its a disgrace to the art of planting and growing plants,” she added.
Some students didn't notice the unusual appearance of their planters, and brought them home to show their parents. Over the following three days the school principal received over 30 complaints; almost every student's mother had called to share her opinion.
The principal has vowed to punish the suspected student to the fullest extent of his ability to do so. He will undoubetly be suspended and may be forced to take sensivity training.
If he is formally charged he will likely be sentenced to community hours, since it would be considered a misdemeanour offense. Tasks he may be required to complete include planting flowers and shrubbery at local parks, community centres and libraries.
Miss Stewart has stated that if he is sentenced to such landscaping service she will stay with him to ensure that he does not plant any more inappropriate greenery.
Disclaimer: Stories printed in the Fanshawe Distorter are in fact fictious. Any resemblance to persons real or dead is unintentional and entirely hilarious.
Miss Stewart's 11th grade horticulture class at a local high school was originally supposed to plant ivy in the clown-shaped planters that they had painted.
But one mischevious 10th grader, who has to remain nameless under the Canadian Young Offfenders Act, had other plans for the clowns.
Under the cover of night, the student snuck into the class and switched the ivy seeds with cactus bulbs. The next day Miss Stewart's class planted the seeds thinking they were growing the flowing vine. The results were quite different three weeks later when the cacti began to grow.
“I couldn't believe it,” said Miss Stewart. “All of a sudden there they were. We had expected a nice green carpet of foliage, and we get that monstrosity.
“I think its a disgrace to the art of planting and growing plants,” she added.
Some students didn't notice the unusual appearance of their planters, and brought them home to show their parents. Over the following three days the school principal received over 30 complaints; almost every student's mother had called to share her opinion.
The principal has vowed to punish the suspected student to the fullest extent of his ability to do so. He will undoubetly be suspended and may be forced to take sensivity training.
If he is formally charged he will likely be sentenced to community hours, since it would be considered a misdemeanour offense. Tasks he may be required to complete include planting flowers and shrubbery at local parks, community centres and libraries.
Miss Stewart has stated that if he is sentenced to such landscaping service she will stay with him to ensure that he does not plant any more inappropriate greenery.
Disclaimer: Stories printed in the Fanshawe Distorter are in fact fictious. Any resemblance to persons real or dead is unintentional and entirely hilarious.
