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I decided to take marine biology here at
Moraine Valley because I wanted to
explore some different aspects of
biology. My goal is to eventually get
into environmental science, so I thought
this would be definitely beneficial in
my goals. I love the ocean and I love
fish and I love biology, so I was like
it's everything I like wrapped into one,
okay. The thing I was looking forward to
the most traveling to Belize would have
to be snorkeling and these amazing reefs
that I saw on advertisements and movies
and then just seeing it with my own two
eyes and being able to study it and see
everything just working in like unison
and being able to identify and
understand why it was happening, which is
so amazing to me and I just want to go back.
As a biology teacher, just as a biologist in general I
would say that it's just a great
experience. You are seeing a whole
ecosystem that you cannot see in the
Midwest. And it is the most diverse
ecosystem in the northern hemisphere,
possibly the world now. One memory I have
from traveling to Belize was scuba
diving, and all of a sudden like right
behind me, this huge reef shark just
pulls around and that was like one of
the most amazing things. I was so excited
like, I was hyperventilating. I was
running out of air so quickly, like, that
was awesome. I love every single person
on this trip. They became my best friends.
I realized how much I had in common with
people, and that we really clicked and
regardless of what situation you're in
or they're in, you realize that on this
trip you bond so much because you're
with each other all week and you're
having the time of your life and you're
experiencing things that you may never
get to experience again or depending on
what you choose to do you can and these
people are there for the ride. Even from
things to like sitting in the boat not
hesitating when it came to jumping off
of it into the water, I mean it, just have
to do it, and trying foods you just just
do it and that that's my definite
biggest
take away for sure, and I'm going to
apply it far beyond just this trip.
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