narwhal – Institute for Educational Advancement Connecting bright minds; nurturing intellectual and personal growth Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:12:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ieafavicon-e1711393443795-150x150.png narwhal – Institute for Educational Advancement 32 32 Sea Monsters and Narwhal Tusks: Thanks to My Academy Teacher /blog-sea-monsters-and-narwhal-tusks-thanks-to-my-academy-teacher/ /blog-sea-monsters-and-narwhal-tusks-thanks-to-my-academy-teacher/#respond Tue, 01 May 2018 23:27:01 +0000 https://ieadev.wpengine.com/blog-sea-monsters-and-narwhal-tusks-thanks-to-my-academy-teacher/ by Benjamin Snookal, Academy Student

Four years ago,聽I took my first class at聽. It was a film making class and I created a Lego film titled 鈥淣ight of the Living Vacuum.鈥澛燬ince then I鈥檝e done chemistry experiments, learned to meditate and built a Rube Goldberg machine in 优蜜视频鈥檚 various locations.

But of all the classes I鈥檝e taken and all the instructors I鈥檝e had,聽Grayson Kent and his classes really stand out. I remember his first paleontology class where I discovered we both loved reptiles and dinosaurs. Grayson is a great teacher not only because he makes the information really engaging, but also because he is so supportive of students.

Grayson鈥檚 classes are interesting and fun. He doesn鈥檛 only lecture to us. We do a lot of activities, like in our Marine Biodiversity class when we made our own sea monsters and marine species. And we watch nature documentaries together, like National Geographic. He brings out lots of fossils every class, whether it be boney fish, whale baleen or even a narwhal tusk (it was a replica) and they never cease to amaze. He even sometimes brings in live specimens for us to check out or聽sometimes聽taxidermy, like a shark or a small mammal. It鈥檚 always cool. And he tells awesome stories that make the class more exciting and interesting, such as the story of a man who was diving of the coast of an island and an elephant seal came up to him and engulfed his head in its mouth! The seal let go and the diver was unharmed.

The best part about Grayson鈥檚 classes is that he treats me and his other students like equals. His class is like a conversation and not just Grayson telling us things. He is very helpful with whatever you need and he will always hear your ideas and answer your questions without making you feel like it was silly. We both keep reptiles,聽and when I lost my beloved pet聽Bearded Dragon, he talked to me about losing his Tegu and has been very kind and supportive of me.

Grayson is a good teacher and very encouraging, but he鈥檚 also funny and makes us laugh!聽When we were filling out the 优蜜视频 surveys for Marine Biodiversity he told us,聽鈥淭his is the opportunity you all get to say how much you hate me and want to get me fired!鈥澛燨f course, I would NEVER want that to happen.

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