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Transcript: My Job Shadowing Day Once I met Dr.Marshall, he went through all of the rules of the lab, what I can and cannot do. I was surprised on how much freedom I got in the lab, I was allowed to tour and go wherever I want and look at as many things as possible. The main rule I got from Dr.Marshall was not to break anything, which was very understandable and to only use the equipment I was allowed to us. My job was to look at many specimens through a microscope and organize the Dipteral. I was at the microscope for about a few hours, studying every little detail and trying to understand the difference between each beetle, fly or bee I looked at. Looking through the microscope to me was something truly amazing and beautiful to see. Time flew by when I was at the microscope, which I was very shocked by, but I also didn’t like how the time went by so quickly. Before I got started, Dr.Marshall gave me one of the books he wrote and taught me how to use a key. A key is a guide to help find out what specific Species it is instead of the Diptera. What I Saw Through the Mircoscope Once it was time for lunch, Dr.Marshall and I, plus three other scientists went out for lunch. They took me to the cafeteria and I got pizza. I really enjoyed eating lunch with them because I was able to listen to what they were all talking about. Even though I didn't have any clue what they were talking about, I was still very interested. They were all very nice and poliet, I had some smal talk with each one about science and about each other's lives. After lunch After lunch, one of Dr.Marshall’s students named Sarah brought me into a side room and showed me how she takes pictures of insect/bugs. How you take pictures of bugs is a very interesting topic to learn about. You can’t only take one picture, but you have to take around 30 pictures. What you do is that you take many pictures focusing on different points of the bug/insect and then layer all of the pictures together. Once you finished with that, you need to edit and make sure that there aren’t any blurry parts in your picture, also while editing, you cannot remove any of the natural parts to the picture because if you do, someone could think it’s something totally different. Sarah told me that she takes about 15-30 minutes taking pictures of specimens for Dr.Marshall. After that, I wondered around the lab. There were many big and tall cabinets holding thousands of specimens. I was amazed on how many insects they had in that very lab. After that, I asked Dr.Marshall some questions about his life and work, then straight back to the mircoscope. Looking Around the Lab The Univerisity of Quelph When I graduated high school they still had the old 5 year arts and science stream, so I came out of grade 13 "streamed" for university. I then chose a university (Guelph) with a reputation for entomology. Entomology was part of OAC, so I enrolled in that college for a 4 year BSC(Agr). I then did a MSc at Carleton, then a PhD back at Guelph. Both graduate degrees were in entomology. The history of the University of Guelph The University of Guelph started over one hundred years ago when the Ontario Government had purchased a five hundred acre farm from Frederick William Stone. On May 1, 1874, the Ontario School of Agriculture opened. In 1880, the institute changed it’s name to Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) and Experimental Farm. In 1903, OAC joined on campus by the MacDonald institute which provided them with instruction in nature study, manual training, domestic science and domestic art. In 1922, Ontario Veterinary College became the third college to join the campus. On May 8, 1964, the University of Guelph Act was passed by the Ontario legislature, making the three colleges to combined and become one. The new university was to be governed by two senior bodies - the Board of Governors and the Senate, the former having responsibility for administrative and budgetary matters, the latter for academic concerns. Together, they possess the decision-making power of the university. In October 1964, the Senate of the University of Guelph created Wellington College which offered degree programs in arts and sciences. Five years later, the college's three departments were divided into three new colleges: the College of Arts, the College of Physical Science and the College Social Science. The Macdonald Institute formally became the College of Family and Consumer Studies at this time as well. In 1971, the College of Biological Science constituted from the School of Physics Education, OCA’s OAC's Department of Nutrition and parts of OAC's departments of Botany, Microbiology and Zoology. In 1989 OAC's school of Engineering was amalgamated with the College of Physical Sciences to become the College of Physical and Engineering Sciences. In 1998 the College of Family and Consumer Studies was amalgamated with the College of Social Science to become the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences. In 2006, the