My name is Bailie Grossman. I'm in my sophomore year here at Southeastern and I'm working toward getting my Bachelor of Arts in English. I come from Ocala, Florida, which has a reputation of being the "horse capital of the world." Ironically, I'm terrified of horses and do my best to stay as far away from them as possible. I've lived there for the last nine years, but moved quite a number of times before my family and I settled there.
One day last semester, I believe I was a bit late to Encounter chapel so the room was full, but for whatever reason they let a few of us stand just outside the doors to listen in. I was looking at the marquee-type of sign that speaks of announcements and so on, but that is where I first heard about this course. I was immediately very interested in it and made a point to wait on the edge of my seat, waiting to sign up for classes so I could add this one. And now when people ask about it, my initial response is telling them that "it was made for me." I kid you not when I say that I have literally thought about what this course has to offer, and often spoke up out of my excitement, nearly every single day since the day I was officially registered to be in it. I'm honestly beyond excited, if you can't tell by my eager attitude which seems to be leaning toward obsession..
I quite recently had a rather exasperating, hands-on experience with nature. This summer I went to Maryland for a little over two months to work at a summer camp. I was a group counselor for pre-kindergateners. It was a day camp, so Monday through Friday kids would come and do all kinds of "camp things," most of which, if not all, were outside and in the woods. One of the main rules when doing any activity was "no taking or harming nature." Which I fully agree with- unless there is a spider, in which case, please obliterate it- and I'm glad we got to embed that into our kids' heads as well.
I don't have much more than the basic, every-science-class experience with ecology, but I am definitely very interested. I wanted to be a Biology major for quite some time- mainly human biology, but still, my love for science in any form continues to burn brightly. I'm decently conscious of how to properly take care of the earth, or what things we need to start and stop doing, but being a good steward of this pretty ol' planet is something that weighs heavy on my heart and mind, so I'm very interested in learning more about the obscene things we humans do to destroy it, and what (no matter how small) we can do to prevent and possibly begin to help heal said destruction.
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