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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Colten_1.jpg" style="width: 250px; height: 188px; float: right;" />The internship has been an absolute blast! The last three days have been devoted to teaching about Michigan&rsquo;s history and I have been playing the part of a French fur trader from the year 1800. This gives me the opportunity to dress as a voyageur and teach the children about what life was like before Michigan&rsquo;s statehood.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s also a great opportunity to start a conversation with the students about conservation and natural resource use.&nbsp; Conversely this results in the children teaching me about the joys of technology and the inventions they are familiar with which have made many of the tasks I end up showing them obsolete.&nbsp; Like candle making for example.&nbsp; They say, &ldquo;Where we come from we don&rsquo;t use candles anymore.&rdquo;&nbsp; At that point the hardest part of the day is remembering to act confused when they attempt to explain how light bulbs work for the tenth time!&nbsp; It is such a joy to watch them connect the dots as they work through the steps of explaining to me the miracle of electricity.&nbsp;</p>
