I've always said I don't regret the past. I can't change it so there is no point thinking about how I my life might have been better if I had done things differently. What is done is done. However, although I don't think of how I could have changed my life to improve it, I do like to think how it might have evolved if my major decisions were different. For example, if I had gone to the Naval Academy, I might be in Iraq. Certainly possible.

This past weekend got me thinking again on this vein. This weekend, I helped supervise the Compute This! event at the Washtenaw County Regional Science Olympiad at Washtenaw Community College. Melissa (one of my classmates from Math Methods) and I designed and ran the event. It was really neat! Colleen Hill helped run the Awesome Aquifer event again. She also ran the same event at Wayne Count's Olympiad two weekends ago. I helped her out with that event. Having never been to a Science Olympiad, I must say I was thoroughly impressed. It got me fired up again to become a teacher. The kids were very enthusiastic and it was great to see them excited about math, science, and engineering.

So, why the comments about the past. I was bummed that Fraser Schools did not participate (and still do not) in the Science Olympiad. It is something I think I would have enjoyed if it had been an option when I was younger. Chalk up something else I will want to do when I finally become a teacher.

On a side note, kudos to Dr. Caniglia and all the folks who helped out at the Washtenaw Olympiad and to the Andrews (Toy and Flowerday) and all of the helpers at the Wayne Olympiad. Very impressive work at both events!

Posted by Curt at March 20, 2006 11:00 PM