{"id":7838,"date":"2023-11-08T14:20:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T14:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/?p=7838"},"modified":"2023-11-08T14:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T14:20:49","slug":"soils-judging-camaraderie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/soils-judging-camaraderie\/","title":{"rendered":"Soils Judging Camaraderie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">Being part of a family is something that I highly recommend <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">students doing once they come to college. A group of people that care for each other and have each other\u2019s best interests at heart. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">They are people that you can rely on and enjoy activities with, to me this has become <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW86453065 BCX8\">the members<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\"> of the Purdue Collegiate Soils Judging Team. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">We spend countless hours working together in and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">outside of the classroom. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">During the course of the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">year,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\"> we are in the classroom setting for a few hours a week and then we have in the field practices <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">on Saturdays then during the actual contest week we are together nonstop going through practice soil pits and judging cards.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">The students that are on this team are extremely dedicated to this art <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">so much that they discuss soil horizons at the dinner table and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">parent materials at Purdue football games. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">This year at the Region 3 Collegiate Soils Judging Contest the Purdue Team took home first place <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">in the team and group judging portions. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">I am so proud of my <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">teammates<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\"> and myself<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\"> for all of the time and effort that we put in to be named top in the region and then will be advancing to nationals in the spring<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">This family has made my college experience one to remember and cherish<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86453065 BCX8\">. 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