I am a teacher in an alternative school wherein lots of my Biology students are technically adults. This is why I was drawn to this course. At the same time, I am an instructor of adults at a local career college. My highschoolers and certificate seekers have a lot in common. Many are of age, but have not developed the learning skills that would be expected of them at their particular stages of life. I have found that keeping the learning environment active gives them ownership of their educations. They are required to make frequent, small impromptu presentations. They are given materials to manipulate, writing assignments, and illustrations to do. These things challenge them and make the information really stick. They become the teacher in smatterings. I absolutely love having an active learning environment. I really had no idea that what I was doing was any different until a gentleman from the Pearson company sat in on one of my classes and was blown away by the activities and management I was employing. I am actually a trained lab scientist turned chiropractor who is a teacher at heart. Lots of the technical jargon is lost on me. I learn my audience and play to my audience. If they are bored, so am I. Activities brighten up any learning day and I am very excited to use what I have learned here to sharpen my activating skills.