Final Blog

It's probably a cliche thing to say, but my eyes were opened to so many issues throughout the semester. There were things I was aware of, and while I was unwilling to inform myself on such concerns on my own time, this class provided the avenue for me to gather this information. In a similar way, I was able to learn about topics I never thought to give time to learning about. There was also a shift in perspective on some things in the environment, like dirt for example. The biggest takeaway for me was how children are always the most at risk of exposure and suffering from it, and yet the process of making changes takes so long. It's disappointing, but not surprising, that several politicians and companies play dumb to the science and refuse to address these issues. I seriously can't think how someone could choose money over the well-being of children (and people in general).




I honestly found the blogs to be tedious and unnecessary. The whole having to go to a different website/domain to do something that could be done on discussion boards on Canvas felt like a waste. Maybe have a discussion board, but you can only reply to the posts of your assigned group mates. I also think that having only three people sharing their posts with each other limits what we can learn from each other. I learned a lot from  my group mates' blog posts, but since everyone's experiences are different, I found myself wondering what other people with different backgrounds wrote about. Even if we won't be reacting to their posts, I think reading the posts of other classmates would be a great way to learn, too.


Thank you all for the semester!

Comments

  1. UnknownDecember 4, 2018 at 10:32 PM

    Hi,

    I agree with your comment regarding how much we learned in this class. I did not realize the lack of knowledge I had regarding environmental health. I think one of the things that stood out to me the most was when we learned about the toxins we are exposed to daily for example in makeup products and cleaning products. I really enjoyed reading all your blogs! I found them very informative :) it was great working with you throughout the semester.

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