A once in a lifetime experience

Who would have thought you could get college credits for having the time of your life!? If you asked me a month ago if school was fun I would have questioned it. However, this class made me realize just how passionate I really am about marine biology and how excited I am chase my dreams. Until this tropical marine biology class, I wasn’t sure exactly what I was getting myself into with my career choices. I thought it was just going to be another job that eventually id get tired of. Now I see that its so much more and id love to explain what I learned and experienced to those who ask.

            During this tropical osprey adventure I learned what it was like to tag a real life shark. This is something not many people imagine getting the chance to do. If it was not for this class, I would have never gotten the experience I did. It was a one in a life time adventure. It was so exciting to learn so much and actually get some hands on experience. We had to bait the hook, secure the weight, and throw the line. It wasn’t just placing a line in the water, as If we were catching a fish. I just wish we could’ve caught more than just one. 

            The snorkeling was my second favorite part of this class. I never imagined snorkeling in the middle of the ocean and seeing sharks swim beneath me! Some my ask what this has to do with learning and why a class would do something that was so much fun. The educational part of this was being able to identify the wild life around you. There were so many species of fish and I was able to identify half of the ones I saw. It took weeks of studying the common name of fish before this tropical adventure. All that studying had paid off in the end and I had the time of my life. When I show my friends pictures, they love that I can tell them exactly what species each plant or fish we saw was.

            If any Stockton student is interested in studying marine biology I strongly suggest taking this class. You can sign up through the Stockton website. Its usually offered as a summer class. Find out more here: https://pssb.stockton.edu/ssb/prod/bwckctlg.p_disp_course_detail?cat_term_in=201550&subj_code_in=MARS&crse_numb_in=3416

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