Reflective Writing Assignment 1 – Self Portrait

  • Describe your previous experience with science:
    • Most of the science classes which I’ve taken have been physics based. I haven’t done anything relating to biology since my freshman year of high school, so it is nice to experience something different from what I’m used to.

 

  • What would you most like to get out of taking this course?
    • I’m really excited to talk about to social implications of how humans impact our environment. I think one of the most interesting anomalies in nature is our ability to shape the world around that, and I think I would enjoy discussing our responsibilities surrounding that.

 

  • As a student, what further information would you ask to find out about antibiotics in the soil or composting?
    • I would like to know what I can do to try to prevent this from spreading and becoming a bigger problem than it has to be.

 

  • Thinking about your fellow students, what issues do you think would appeal most to them about these issues?
    • I think prevention might also appeal to them in the same way that it does to me.

 

  • What are some examples of things you might learn relative to civic engagement by helping with this service learning
    • It will be interesting to see which parts of Athens suffer from antibiotic resistant bacteria, if other cities suffer in similar areas, and the various ways this can be reduced.