Today was a beautiful, sunny day. Myself and 5 of my friends decided it would be a great day to go to the beach and get some sun. We ended up going to Bonita Beach, which was nice and not too crowded. After slathering on some sun screen, we headed to the water, unaware of the danger that lurked beneath the cool water. We swam around and chilled in the water when all of a sudden, one of my friends started saying "Ow. Ow. Ow! Jellyfish!" She was laughing and smiling though, so we did not believe her at first. Then all 6 of us were being stung all over and proceeded to swim for shore. Apparently there was a huge mob of jellyfish chilling off shore. We warned others by showing them our battle wounds, but dozens still came across the jellyfish to their dismay. For the rest of the day, we sat by the shore, watching the pelicans soar gracefully over the water and seagulls fight for food.
Today poses as a reminder that nature not only captivates you with beauty, but also scares you away.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Day 1
Yesterday was the first day of Colloquium class. I am interested to see how this blog develops over the semester, considering I have never done a blog previously and I'm not much of a writer. I guess I will see though. Maybe this assignment will actually make me like blogging.
The discussion in class about how the site of FGCU is still very controversial. I thought was very interesting. There were actually a lot of facts that I didn't know. I believe the aim of being environmentally friendly is being carried through, but there is always more than we can do as a school to strengthen this idea.
After colloquium class yesterday, I had a reading class on the history of contagion. An interesting topic to begin with, but somehow every discussion we go into about the reading led into a discussion on its relationship to the environment in some way. Theories of miasma being questioned with the theory of water contamination, how underground water supply is affected by clay earth or limestone, and the idea that human waste flowing into the river will make the fish grow larger were all topics that were brought up. All of this from a book about Cholera in London. From these discussions, it was made clear that the environment is intertwined into nearly every topic.
The discussion in class about how the site of FGCU is still very controversial. I thought was very interesting. There were actually a lot of facts that I didn't know. I believe the aim of being environmentally friendly is being carried through, but there is always more than we can do as a school to strengthen this idea.
After colloquium class yesterday, I had a reading class on the history of contagion. An interesting topic to begin with, but somehow every discussion we go into about the reading led into a discussion on its relationship to the environment in some way. Theories of miasma being questioned with the theory of water contamination, how underground water supply is affected by clay earth or limestone, and the idea that human waste flowing into the river will make the fish grow larger were all topics that were brought up. All of this from a book about Cholera in London. From these discussions, it was made clear that the environment is intertwined into nearly every topic.
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