{"id":249,"date":"2014-10-04T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sjcmeess.wpengine.com\/?p=249"},"modified":"2014-10-04T08:00:43","modified_gmt":"2014-10-04T08:00:43","slug":"mr-pres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/ess\/mr-pres\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Pres"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When you first hear that you, the student, will be teaching the President of Saint Joseph\u2019s College about salt marshes a lot goes through your mind:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
1.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Holy crap, it\u2019s the President.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
2.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Holy crap, it\u2019s the President.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
3.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Do we really have to?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
4.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Why the heck does he want to learn about salt marshes anyway?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
5.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>What if I mess up?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
6.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>What if he knows more than me?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
7.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Why would Dr. Teegarden do this to us?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
8.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Will he like me?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
I mean, it was really quite a nail biter. It\u2019s just so nerve racking \u2013 Nobody wants to let down the President of the College or their professor. However, when you get down to thinking, salt marshes are not really that scary, and neither is President Dlugos. He is actually a really down to earth, fun loving guy who is very interested in the Environmental Science Semester. What could really go wrong? Well, for starters, falling in would ruin the day quite quickly\u2026 It\u2019s a good thing that did not happen.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
With tensions high and students eager to impress, the day started off with an introduction of the group to President Dlugos at the Wells Reserve at Laudholm<\/a>. From there, we headed over to a dock to meet our captain for the tour of the Laudholm salt marsh and estuary.\u00a0 They showed us Wells Beach and the adjacent salt marsh, and they explained the complications that they are facing now and will be in the future. When the insightful boat tour had come to an end, we reconvened at the Research Center for a lunch of cold cut sandwiches and salad. By the end of lunch nerves were setting in once again. It was almost time for us to lead the President into the salt marsh and show what we know<\/span><\/span>. On the walk there the names of species, zonation patterns, and processes were running through our heads. A few minutes later the time had come. We were out on the salt marsh with an eager President<\/span><\/span> and professor waiting to hear us teach. Dr. Teegarden prompted us into a discussion which we quickly picked up. Without skipping a beat the group of eight chimed in with answers and ideas. It was like no one was watching and we were having a class discussion. There were laughs and information shared. Before we knew it, the class was over \u2013 We did it! With a sigh of relief half of us went to count green crabs while the other half split off to write a lab report. Just another wicked cool day on the ESS.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Stay golden!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Mike and Alana<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you first hear that you, the student, will be teaching the President of Saint Joseph\u2019s College about salt marshes a lot goes through your mind: 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Holy crap, it\u2019s the President. 2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Holy crap, it\u2019s the President. 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Do we really have to? 4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why the heck does he want to learn about salt … Continue reading Mr. Pres<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-field-sites","category-logistics-of-ess"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sjcme.edu\/ess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}