What can I do to make life a little bit better for Minnesotans via natural resources?”
Did you like the water trail project? Oh the water trail was easy. I mean in the sense that we knew exactly what needed to be done. They came to us and said, “This is what we want.” That’s rare. Most of the time it’s something harder to pin down, like, “How do we keep the young people from leaving our town?” or “How can we attract more young people, how can we increase tourism?” What do you like most about teaching the class? Working with a community. Also I don’t have to give exams. You don’t just have a test in-front of you and someone says “Oh you got a C- or got x number of points.” The course is performance based, you and your group do the work and it has to be done perfectly. So with real world experience would you say the class is more practical? I don’t like using the word “practical”. Practical can mean a lot of things to people. Often it’s “how is this going to make me money, how’s is this going to affect my life and my career.” If you just want a “job” there are plenty of jo