Humans of SD – Alex Purcer

“I teach at the aquarium, I get to go on the mic and talk about sharks. It’s less like teaching in a classroom where you just tell people about the animals, it’s more like leading them to learn about the animals for themselves, so I try to ask questions like ‘Can you see its mouth or eyes?’, especially if you’re talking about rays. I get them to ask if the eyes are on top and the mouth is on the bottom, they wonder how does it eat, they ask the questions and they get learning like that.”           – Senior Alex Purcer