Service Learning Hours

Today, the last day of Colloquium, we all had to discuss what we did for our service learning hours. I, along with a few others in the class went to the FGCU Food Forest. As I said in class, it was so much hard work! Hats off to people that do that for a living because I definitely believe we take it for granted. It was an eye opening experience because I will be the first to say I have never gardened to that extent. Also, a few people talked about doing their hours at Koreshan State Park and Naples Botanical Garden. It's a shock, but I haven't heard of either of these places before this class. Naples Botanical Garden seemed so beautiful and interesting. As for Koreshan State Park, I pass by there almost everyday so it was a shock to me to find out that I always pass it by without even thinking twice about it. Overall, I enjoyed my experience in this colloquium class. I was never the one to look at scenery and/or nature. However, after this class I'm glad to say that I can look at the world around me in a different light. Even though this class was mandatory through FGCU, Professor Morris made it interesting to where I didn't feel like I was dreading every class I went to. Instead of it being a burden to come to this "mandatory" class everyday, I made it worthwhile. Between the interesting class discussions and the field trips, Colloquium was definitely a successful course to par take in.