Do you remember learning how to ride a two-wheel bike instead of a tricycle?  At first, you were probably scared because you were doing something unknown and didn’t want to get hurt (it’s a long way down to the ground!).  But once you sat on the seat, put your foot to the pedal, and gave it a push, you were on your way!  Even if you fell or crashed, you got back on and started all over again.  Before you knew it, riding that two-wheel bike was as natural as breathing.  It was exhilarating, and it gave you more freedom than you had before!  Learning new things can provide those same emotions and more.  You gain pride in knowing something you didn’t before and build confidence to continue to learn new things.  You’ve now caught the learning “bug!”
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Know what Cytoplasm or the Endoplasmic Reticulum is? How about Ribosomes and Golgi complex?

Cue the crickets!

Now, how about pizza … or pumpkins … or a fish bowl?!  Know anything about those items?

Of course you do!

Brian Turner, our EMS/Paramedic Instructor and Program Director, is using those common items to give his students a fundamental understanding of some of the most complex parts of the human body.
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