Final Thoughts

Mary Katherine- Blue
Ander- Red 



My views have definitely changed about insects. At first, I was scared of them and would never in a million years touch them. When I saw a dead bug laying around the house and I had to throw it away I would always get a ton and I mean a ton of toilet paper and pick it up and throw it down the toilet. The thought of touching insects would never cross my mind. I use to think they were all harmful and dangerous. After being in this class and learning so much information about insects, constantly being around them, picking them up, and observing them, I am now better with insects. I am not scared of them at all. I mean if a bee came Yellowjacket came buzzing around my head I would be nervous but I am not scared of them. Cockroaches are still gross to me but I have picked several up without gloves, but yes they were dead. I feel as now I have information about insects that I would never had if I would not have taken this course. I learned so much about insects and each in particular bug. I was not aware about how many species there are of each bug. I really enjoyed this class because it taught me more than just "information about bugs" but it also taught me life lessons. I learned lessons from how to kill bugs without squashing them to how bugs overwinter. I would highly recommend this course for people of all ages so they get a comfortable sense of insects rather than this terrifying sense because thats how they have always looked at insects. It was a great course, with great people, and an excellent professor! 

My final thoughts on this class was that I really enjoyed it. When I first signed up for this class I did not know how it was going to be or what I had gotten myself in to. I usually just take the class in January that I know will not have any work. However Mary Katherine convinced me to take this class. When I started the class I was scared of bugs and just wanted to kill any bug that came close to me. I hated just looking at the insects, but now some things have changed. Now I know more information on insects like, which can harm me. This has helped me not be scared of them anymore. I still do not like picking up the insects, and I do not think this will ever change (everyone in the class knows that I always put gloves on before touching the insects). I have learned so much about insects and am happy that I decided to take this class. This January I actually learned something and it was great making a bug collection. After finishing it I have something to be proud of and know that all of my effort was for a reason. This class was a lot of fun and would tell anyone who wants to do something a little bit different than their normal class to take this class because not only will they actually learn something, but they will have fun doing it. I enjoyed all of my classmates and my teacher. I will miss this class, but will remember everything that I learned. One thing that probably won't change is the fact when I see an insect in my room I will try to kill it. 

Thanks so much for reading out blog throughout this class and we hope you enjoyed it.