Post #1 Redone: Entering Expectations

• What are your initial expectations of Colloquium, feelings?

    As a veteran activist, I've seen alot of Environmentalist media already.  I'm also aware of the concepts of Environmental Sustainability as a business major.  I didn't really expect to see anything unexpected in Colloquim.

• Consider the following: Briefly describe any experience you have with exploring wilderness areas here or in other regions.

    I love taking walks in the wilderness, especially the mostly-untamed areas, and even more so if I can run off the paths for a bit.  I know most of the campus trails pretty well too, and have a good bit of local-ecology knowledge from over the years.
 

• Describe your relationship with the natural world.

• Describe any anxieties or reservations you have about this class.

    I had heard alot of bad things about this class.  The only good thing I'd heard was that the field-trips were fun.  Other than that, I'd heard that there was alot of writing and alot of biased material, and that some of the teachers weren't very good at their job.  The main concern I had was that the writing would get really obnoxious...

• What are your personal goals for this class?

     Well... To see what I might be able to learn from it in general, and to pass it so that I didn't have to retake it?  I probably wouldn't have chosen to take this class if it wasn't required, because quite simply, there is no material that you can't just go learn easily and for free...

• Describe how this class might be an important component to your education, major or life experiences.

     I thought it might reinforce what I already knew from a few years of prior experience, and maybe give me some new perspectives on things.