Reptiles as class pets

[abuja]

My high school biology teacher had a garter snake and some axolotls as class pets. That was Churchill High School in Livonia, MI. We were permitted to handle the exceptionally tame garter during class. He would sit wrapped around peoples' hands. I don't think, in retrospect, that the teacher was particularly knowledgeable about the animal, though.

Same here. Except for the school and the fact that it's a ratsnake.

Personally, I don't think a ball python is a very good class pet. If my bio classroom had a ball python, the poor thing would be soo stressed out with all of the rowdy high school kids. A colubrid of some sort (i.e. cornsnake, kingsnake, milksnake) would probably be best for that environment. But that's just me.