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Hello to all that may be looking at this. I am a recent veteran of the Army after 10 years of service. I am currently working on clearing my teaching credential for Manufacturing and Product Development (welding, machine shop, metal work, etc...) and this class is one of those steps. I've been working on my education (after high school) on and off for 13 years and am glad to have the chance to take a biology class. Having been caught up in the rush of life, I've been limited to taking classes the compliment my current goals with little opportunity to taking classes I would find interesting. I now am in a position that I can do both; take a required class and be interested in learning while in it.

As my teaching credential should hint towards I am a metal worker and enjoy building and repairing items. I enjoy working on old cars and am starting to get into vintage motorcycles. Although I have had very few opportunities to pursue my interest in science, I do enjoy it and find my daughter (4 years old) and son (2) are asking all kinds of questions that can only be answered by science. I hope this class will help me answer some of those question with more then "because they do" but in simple enough terms that they can understand.