Nature has never really been my thing. I grew up in a family that is very involved in doing activities outdoors and always caring about the environment. Not that I don’t care about the environment, but nature has never really intrigued me to the point that I wanted to explore it more. In this class I hope to really gain more knowledge of the outdoors and to be more aware of my surroundings. I haven’t really heard a whole lot about colloquium from my peers besides the fact that it's a lot of work. After telling some of my friends that have already took the class about what I’m learning and what the workload is like it seems that I actually have LESS work to do then they did years back. I think colloquium should definitely have us more involved with the environment and doing hands on activities rather then it being more about reading, writing papers, and taking tests. Having it a required course for our school I think is important. Whenever new students and parents approach the school the first thing they look at is the campus surroundings. Being a part of our campus is like being part of nature and being a part of what I think is one of the most environmentally aware Universities in the nation. The only other science class I’ve taken at this University was one that was online. I don’t think it serves quite the same purpose and gives you the same experience. The workload expected doesn’t seem unattainable to me and I’m looking forward to going on field trips and learning as much as I can about our campus and the environment all around me. I found this page on facebook and found it pretty interesting that so many students that come to such an environmentally friendly and aware school have so much hate towards colloquium. The decision to come here is the decision to be aware, and I think it's important. Below is the link.
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