To bee or not to bee.

Although I love going to school and learning everything I can, I am excited to graduate. I have been attending USF since 2003, and though I have learned so much about so many different things, I feel as if I have been wandering aimlessly through the course catalog.
In my life, I know that I want to be active; I want to make this world a better place. I have recently (within the past few months) been able to set my sights on a degree- English-Technical Writing. Words are one of the most powerful weapons, but using words is a difficult skill to master. I want to be able to use my hands as well as my mind and pen to make this planet healthier, happier, and more peaceful.
If I could accomplish one thing in my lifetime, what would it be? Right now, today, I would decide on saving the honeybees. I would campaign for everyone to have a hive in their backyard, and to plant flowers. Humans are at war with animals and nature. Through education and understanding of how this world works, we can live harmoniously with the creatures that roam around us.

Field Trip to Mt. Zion Human Services

When only reading about Mt. Zion Human Services, that it was faith-based and in the heart of St. Petersburg, I most definitely had expectations. I thought it would be much more church affiliated and a lot more rough than it actually was. These assumptions were proved wrong after seeing this organization at work. The staff were cheerfully working hard and looked tired after a long day, the children were happy and well-behaved and the place was lovingly decorated with the children's artwork. "Faith" was barely an issue. Although Pat Fried's discussion with us about the organization gave much information on the history and how overwhelmed the staff was with the work that needs to be done, I feel that visiting the day care and other buildings was much more effective, at least for me, in understanding that this is a real organization that battles a huge workload with little time to cover it and few faculty members to do it. I feel more compelled to help MZHS after seeing how it works, beyond simply completing an assigment, and would be willing to help them after this semester.