tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920853279904580146.post7388422137733577201..comments2023-08-21T03:19:17.378-07:00Comments on The Mycelial Network: What Brings Us To Love Natural HistoryPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14599182386756342225noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3920853279904580146.post-57368716948947267732010-03-22T15:35:56.921-07:002010-03-22T15:35:56.921-07:00I started out very young with an almost weird fasc...I started out very young with an almost weird fascination for animals of all kinds, so it was sort of inevitable that I would be drawn to studying biology. However, my public school experiences did pretty much nothing to encourage this. In fact, for awhile in high school I was very removed from the idea that studying biology was the right way to go for me. I thought I would be more likely to pursue environmental science and focus on helping to protect nature rather than learning about it. I really identify with the comments made by Joe on your second post about how it would be much more effective for biology/science in general to be taught from the macro level to the micro rather than vice-versa. Once I began to learn more about evolution in a broad scope, instead of learning about cells or mendelian genetics, that's what really sparked my interest and began to point me in the direction of majoring in biology in college. Also, I went on a natural-history focused trip to Ecuador my sophomore year of high school which, cheesily, rekindled the fascination with animals and plants that I had as a child.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333546216630414771noreply@blogger.com