This morning as I was talking to the program assistant at the GES center, she made the comment that “students need to see that teachers are learning new things too!”. I could not agree more. As I have worked through this internship, I feel like a student in so many areas that I do not know as much as I could. I have learned about synthetic biology, gene drive, population genetics, insect transgenesis and many other topics that I had heard of but had never worked with directly. I did not stop being a student when I graduated college and started teaching. Honestly, I am learning more now as I work with students, parents and other teachers than I did in any education class.
We all should have the opportunity to be a life long learner, and I am grateful to the Kenan Fellows Program and the GES center have provided me with learning opportunities that I would not have had otherwise!