Well this has been a week of fall break.  My family and I have spent a week in Orlando.  Every day has been a new and different adventure.  One day was spent at Gatorland just peeking in through fences at the "wild and dangerous."  Another day spent in a canoe on the Little Manatee River actually seeing gators in nature, no fence or obsructions to prevent danger.  I link these experiences to what could be my attitude toward this class.

I could choose the Gatorland experience and keep at a safe distance and just coast, never really learning anything and only experience what I'm told.  Or I could choose the up close and in your face experience that will stick with me as far as I want to take it.

I think I am choosing the full experience.  Why else would I pay so much for an education and not learn anything.  I want to remember what I learn and the hands on way is how I can pass on what I know.