Farewell to my Loyal Readers (if there are any)

Dear Faithful Readers,
I’d first off like to thank you all for your wonderful loyalty to me and my blogs.  Not once did one of you reply to my posts telling me I am a dipstick or a complete fool.  Thanks, you really know how to make a kid feel good.  I’d also like to thank you for coming along with me on this journey throughout my capstone experience in this my senior year at Concordia College.  This class was completely different for me compared to any other that I’ve taken and I’ve got to be honest, I loved it.  If you would so indulge me one last time, please let me explain.
The basic format of a lecture is to sit back, shut up and let your professor tell you everything there is to know about their discipline.  I am not saying you can’t ask questions and voice your opinion, but it isn’t as common when there’s 30 kids vigorously writing notes trying to keep up.  Questions or comments only tend to drive out one of two thoughts that’s on everyone’s mind; either “shut the hell up so we can keep moving” or “thank God someone asked.”   This class however was very different.  There were no traditional lectures.  Everyone was on the same level.  The professor was just another student and we did our best to teach each other and develop critical thinking and generate thought-provoking discussions.  Every week we would tackle a new review article about a neurological disorder and learn about current research surrounding it.  Every article was difficult to understand at first but as a team we tackled every single one and developed the best understanding we could.  Once we developed a good understanding of the article, discussion would take place.
Every Friday we would meet and form discussion groups and we’d have guided discussions about everything you can imaging surrounding each disorder.  Everything from the scientific basis for a disorder to public policy regarding it, we covered it all.  We then would take our discussions and final thoughts and share them with you, our fellow neighbors and friendly readers.  We hoped to engage all of you with thought-provoking questions and ideas that sparked interest in learning more about the world we live in.  Some of you may have even read about disorders that affect someone close to you and maybe then you were able to better understand that person, maybe not.  We hope that with our critical thinking and active engagement with you as readers allowed for more awareness to spread about current issues surrounding these disorders.
Science is commonly a topic which the general public doesn’t really understand.  I honestly believe the basic framework of how science is taught is to blame for this.  Scientists are experts in what they study and have so much knowledge to offer the world about their findings however they’re incapable to do so in an understandable way.  Concordia’s curriculum and the framework of this capstone course prides itself on developing good scientists who can bloom into experts in their field but more importantly, can accurately and successfully communicate that knowledge to those that need it; you, our neighbors and friendly readers.  Thank you so much for following along and please, take time to learn more about the world around you any way you can.  If you think the world is a beautiful place now, wait until you start to understand it more.
Take Care,
Sebastian