They call me "Grasshoppa"

I did not really enjoy the Campus tour but I did find it to be the most informative. I learned a lot about the campus that I didn't know prior just as the steps the designers took to ensure that the campus would have as little effect on the surrounding ecosystems as possible, actually trying to work with them in the way that they deisgned the lakes thorughout campus. Another thing I found interesting was how the A/C works at our school, not your typicaly A/C unit, turns out our classrooms are actually being cooled down by cold water vapor form melting ice. I think that I didn't really care for this tour becuase of the fact that I was cold and wet and tired, I do have to say though that this was the tour that I learned the most on.


The Swamp Walk and Corkscrew swamp were simliar to me, we saw a lot of similar ecosystems only difference being with the Swamp Walk we were right there in the mix of things actually walking through the swamp. I didn't find these to be as great of a learning opportunity, I have already taken Environmental Studies of SWFL so I felt like it was kind of a reveiw to everything we learned in that class. I personally liked the Swamp walk better than Corkscrew Swamp just because it was more hands on, there was less talking and more looking listening and aborbing.

Side note I while I was at Corkscrew Swamp I was attacked by not one but two Lubber Grasshoppers, I shouldn't say attacked they were just kind of chilling on me but I did freak out a bit ONLY because I didn't know what it was at first I could only feel this huge thing on my shoulder. Anyways the funny thing is that before I moved here from Connecticut my family came down to visit my Aunt and Uncle, I was probably about 8 at the time but they took us to the Corkscrew Swamp and before we could even really get started on the walk a giant orange grasshopper jumped on my leg and I freaked out, much like I did on our field trip. In my defense at that time I had never seen a bright orange grasshopper thats grows to mutant sizes before in my life. And unfortunaly from that day on everyone in my family calls me "Grasshoppa", for a while I was guaranteed some kind of grasshopper related gift for chirstmas.

So far feelings pre and post colloquium in regards to the field trips we have been on have been about the same. I dont really feel as thought my thoughts and opinions have changed to much, expect I know now that rain or shine means rain or shine.

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