Entomol-whata?

Above: My cousin Bryan Reese holding a picture of a dragonfly

My cousin Bryan just completed his dissertation for his PHD in entomology. Entomology for those who don't know is the study of insects. Bryan has been studying entomology for around 15 years now, specifically dragonflies. Now I know, what all is there to know about dragonflies, but really they are quite interesting. Like did you know that a dragonfly spends most of its life underwater and once they fly they only live for a few weeks? Dragonflies have 30,000 individual lenses on their eyes. Because of these lenses and the size of their eyes, dragonflies can nearly always see 360 degrees all the way around at all times. See they are quite interesting.

So what does this have to do with class? It shows that even the smallest things are interesting and have a lot of information on them. Bryan dreams of becoming the world's renowned entomologist on dragonflies. He has to study every aspect of the dragonfly.

As a teacher this inspires me to become very knowledgeable about my content as well as the world of teaching.

I put this in personal goals because it is a goal of mine to become knowledgeable and to truly understand what I am teaching as well as many ways to teach.