2014 Week 2

The day started off slowly as we were introduced to the dive staff and the agenda for the week. Casey then introduced us to the issues with sea world, particularly related the captivity of killer whales. Hank and I were then called up to debate. Hank argued that sea world was necessary because it gave people an amazing...

Day one on the island: My wonderful day started off with waking up at 7am and getting ready for the day. I took a quick shower, the. I realized that I had packed everything but a toothbrush. I used the next best thing I could find, my finger. I then proceeded to the cattle guard where everyone meets in...

My day started with Mr. Kirby knocking on our cabin's door and briefing me and my roommates Gordon Webb and Ryan Brooks on our morning and what to bring. At 7:45 I got into the bus and had a hearty breakfast of bacon, eggs, sausage, and some fruit. After breakfast I met some of the Dive BVI staff members...

We got off to a good start today when we got to orientation with the Dive BVI staff for the first half of the day. We learned a little bit about what to expect in the coming week and got to know each other a little bit. Then, we spent about an hour on fish identification so we know...

Today we woke up at 6:30 with the help of Bowen. We started to get ready and were greeted by Mr. Kirby at around 7:00 so that he could make sure we we up. Once we got down to the cattle guard we waited on everyone to come so that we could meet the manager, Tina. She gave us...

Our first day in the British Virgin Islands began with Mr. Kirby waking me and my roommates, Ryan Black, Joseph Stautner, David Madrazo, and Preston Sledge, up at 7:00 am. With only fifteen minutes to get ready the five of us rushed to prepare ourselves for the long day ahead. We began in our classroom and officially met the...

We began the day by going to the classroom and eating breakfast. After that, Casey began teaching us about the importance of Marine Biology, especially how it can affect the economy. She gave us multiple scenarios to test our sympathy for marine life. For example, Joseph and Hank engaged in a debate on whether Sea-world was morally correct or...

This morning we met the dive staff Casey, Jeff, Sarah, Jeremy, Jessica, and Andrea. Then Casey gave us an overview of marine biology and the itinerary for the week. She also talked about an environmental and social issue in the world to gage are thoughts on saving the environment. Her example was sea world and how they hunt, catch...

On our first day today, I got woken up at 7:00 am by the glorious noise of a rooster. We had a while to get ready in the morning, then we all met up at our taxi bus thing. We rode there until we reached the people of dive BVI. We then had breakfast and played games for...