Hello! Santa Cruz native here. They still teach it from kinder -12 . The schools now work with the aquarium and get amazing behind the scenes field trips and lab experience.That is something I didn’t get to do back in the day.
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Im glad to hear they still do this! I LOVED doing the summer program at the Longs Marine Lab when I was a kid. Miss living in Santa Cruz every day, but I cant afford 2000$/month just for rent
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My family moved here way before me in 1955. And bought 2 homes. If it wasn’t for the house I grew up in I would not have been able to save and buy my own home. My kids are now doing the same. It’s definitely been a generational gift.
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Yeaa, I grew up extremely poor, unfortunately did not have thar luxury
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Oh, fantastic. I'm so glad it's taught at school, and kids have access like that. 😍 Hooray for science teaching working in all the right ways!
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I’m about 150 miles to the north (SF Bay Area) and I wish we had been taught this when I was a kid.
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Well it worked so well my now 25 yr old became a marine biologist and still is continuing school for a higher education in marine science and environmental sciences.
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