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Getting My Feet Wet in the Field...Again. -A Post Pandemic Return to the Classroom from Field Work in Costa Rica for Project Dragonfly Earth Expedition #2

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Getting My Feet Wet in the Field...Again.   -A Post Pandemic Return to the Classroom from Field Work in Costa Rica for Project Dragonfly Earth Expedition #2 .      Would you believe me if I said that Covid didn't impact me in the least? I certainly hope not, because in some ways, I feel like it has changed my life in so many ways, not all of them bad. It has made me more patient, compassionate, reflective and caring. It has made me a better scientist, son, partner, teacher and many other things in my life. O n Covid & Costa Rica . ..and how I ended up there and where I'm going with the experience.      I turned 40 not too many years ago and since then, I've been wondering...what am I going to do with this next decade of my life? I'm going to change the world, one student at a time. This is my story of how Project Dragonfly has been that big step and how each EE has taken me further up the ladder. I had no idea that shortly after the turn of a new decade, the pandemi