Hola,
Yesterday we had our reef fish exam, I got a 98% because of the stupid parrotfish.....turns out they all look the same. Things are starting to get pretty stressful around here. We have our big conch project due on Friday as well as stuff for our directed research projects. I think I'm doing more work here than I ever did at Iowa.
Today we started to learn the corals, we have a test on those on Monday. We get a new group of students to snorkel with and a new instructor each time we have a new type of ID's. This time my group is Scott, Nick, Naomi, and myself and our instructor is Andrea. Usually she doesn't give hints on the test, but since I can't free dive I am at a disadvantage. To fix that, Andrea has to describe everything so everyone in my group is incredibly happy that I am in their group because it's making their tests easier. On our snorkel today we saw a massive stingray and a HUGE school of bar jacks and gray snappers. A smaller school of giant barracuda were following it close behind, but we did not witness any fish getting eaten.
The Chief of Police visited tonight to give us a speech about the island and drugs. He was very hard to understand and I don't think he ever completely finished one thought. He ended up making a bunch of jokes and told us who the drug dealers on the island are so we stay away from them. He also invited us out for a few beers. He brought his body guard named Sanchez with him on his talk, Sanchez was Dominican and pretty scary looking, he never opened his mouth though.
Julie requested that I describe my professors so here it goes. John is our marine ecology professor, he is in his mid 30's, is from England so he has an awesome accent and he's cute. He is obsessed with fish spawning and that is what he got his doctorate in. Richard is our environmental policy professor. He used to teach at the University of Florida and he's got so many degrees I don't even know where to start. I think he looks like Steve-O. He's probably my favorite professor, he's quite funny and does a lot of in class activities. Catherine is our marine resource professor. She is turning out to be my least favorite teacher. She's from Belgium and does not speak English very well. She thinks we know everything that she is teaching so she goes over things really fast and then won't answer questions, Steve, the director of the program, has been on her case about it though. Steve is really cool. He's from England as well. He's 31 and has his doctorate in something having to do with sharks I think. He has been on Shark Week on Discovery Channel.
Well, I think that's it for now, let me know if there's things you want to me write more about!
-Michelle
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3 comments:
Thank you for addressing my question, buuut there are some other things I suggested too :) That's pretty sweet that the police chief invited you out for some beers! haha...glad your group is happy you're with them! Keep up the good work at keeping us informed :)
-Your beautiful older sister
I'm concerned that the police chief has a bodyguard....does that sound unusual to anyone else?
I detect disappointment in your test grade of 98%....is this on a scale of 100%? If so, I would be pleased with a 98!
Thanks for sharing your experiences with us!
:+)
Lynne
Yeah, we definitely thought the cop was shady, especially when he was telling us about the laws that he doesn't enforce. The test was out of 100%, but I studied so hard for it I was really hoping for a 100% What else did you ask about Julie? I know you wanted to know about the highlight of the day, but wasn't that it??
-Michelle
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