Saturday, 25 September
Journal Entry 9
Module 3
As I transfer the notes that I jot down throughout the week into a document, I am beginning to notice how I really am growing throughout this course. My sister pointed out to me the other day how my attitude towards the environment has dramatically changed and I really didn’t give it much though until this afternoon.
With so many things on my mind for the past week regarding the passing of my grandmother, I haven’t been able to focus on much else. One thing that did catch my attention and my mom’s attention was when we were at the cemetery making the funeral plans and saw hundreds of flower arrangements that people had purchased for funerals that had already passed just sitting on the side of the road in huge piles. My mom made an immediate phone call to distant family members asking them to put the money for the flowers towards a mass at church in her honor.
Sunday, 26 September
Journal Entry 10
Module 3
After doing the assigned reading on the long drive home, (crossing the Everglades nonetheless!) I found John Dewey’s perspective on education quite interesting. I grew up going to private school until I entered college, so I was able to relate to Dewey’s take on a traditional education.
My mother wasn’t quite pleased on the way I viewed his articles, though! As we drove home we had a nice little debate on how I didn’t think the strict rules that I had to abide by in my earlier education were needed and how they stripped us of our creativity, whereas she thought that those strict rules were needed in order to shape us into law-abiding citizens. My argument was that parenting had more to do with that aspect and that public schools had rules of conduct as well, just not as strict.
Needless to say, we agreed to disagree!
Sunday, 26 September
Journal Entry 11
Module 3
So far being around a month into the class, my expectations were correct. I have to this point learned so many different things regarding our environment in terms of my everyday surroundings, to so many new facts about the Everglades. This one of the expectations that I had and has so far been fulfilled. I was kind of worried about the work that this class would involve, but the work has been really educational and not a bother whatsoever. I am so happy that everything in this online class is pretty much spelled out with every detail needed and that the assigned readings so far are actually interesting to read. Many online classes that I have taken have been horrible to say the least, but I actually enjoy this one!
I’ve been able to learn about the main plant life which surrounds my house, the mangroves. When my boyfriend was fishing on our canal not too long ago, we were talking about these bushy trees (the mangroves) that attract all the mosquitoes which were eating us alive as it got dark and he grabbed a floating stick-like looking thing in the water with a little tiny sprout of tiny leaves at one end. He’s taken many ecology courses and explained to me how these are the seeds of the mangroves and they get implanted with the leafy part facing up and grow from there. I found that quite interesting!
This picture of two mangrove seeds was taken when my boyfriend and I took my dad’s boat out and went to a local beach:
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A black Mangrove seed like this one will one day produce this: |
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