Hi y’all, my name is Olivia Watkins and I am currently studying RPTM (Parks & Rec) (Yes, like the TV show). My dad served in the Navy for 23 years so, I lived in many different places, e.g. deep sea fishing in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to living down the street from George Washington’s house in Alexandria, Virginia. I’ve been very blessed with such an amazing father figure and he will always be my role model. I love traveling and was lucky to have done an internship in PCB, FL this past summer. I love ice cream, specifically a kind called “Superman” (pictured below).
The reason I am taking this course is because I always find myself asking “why”. Why is it that everyone driving faster than you is considered an idiot and everyone driving slower than you is a moron? Why does grape flavor smell the way it is when actual grapes don’t taste or smell anything like it? Why does the Easter bunny carry eggs? Rabbits don’t lay eggs?? This course will be very mind bottling as well as thought provoking and that’s the kind of class I’ve been lacking for awhile. I feel that it isn’t my destiny, or whatever you may call it, to be the next ground breaking scientist who discovers this and saves the world. Don’t get me wrong, totally want to save the world but through conversation and ecotourism than with supersaturated molecules and the Periodic Table of Elements. I feel very passionate about what I am studying and that’s why I am in RPTM and not science.
In case you aren’t sure exactly what my major is, here, is an awesome article about how amazing the National Park Service is and also some very pretty pictures!