Freshman Seminar first entry

Wow, I can't believe I'm actually here in college. I know as kids we always say to ourselves ," I'm going to college when I get older", but for most that statement never becomes a reality.

Looking at my first week here at Howard University, I still haven't fully grasped the concept of my being here. It feels as though I'm away at camp and my parents will soon come back for me. In actuality, this is my future and now is where it really begins. I am no longer a child and everything I do here at this university will determine all my later decisions in life.

I was told to write in this blog what were my first thoughts of Freshman Seminar and I'm assuming my TA would like the truth. So, here's the truth. In all honesty, when I first saw the class " Freshman Seminar" on the banner when I was back home in Smyrna, Tennessee, I thought " So what could this possibly be about. What are they gonna do? Teach us about the campus? Teach us the do's and don'ts of college? Is this class student ran? " I had completely NO idea of what Freshman Seminar could be about. Then once I came on campus and my roommate had the class, I assumed it was going to be a dumb class. I was going solely off her opinion. As I sat in the class though, and heard the instructor go over the different lectures we were going to be studying, I soon became interested in the course.

Coming from a majority white community, and never have lived in a majority black area, I had never really studied the African culture and learned about my homeland. A word the instructor said stuck to me like glue and that was Mbongi. She said that Mbongi meant "a room without walls", so basically everyone in the class was to be open with each other as well as the instructors and speakers. So I immediately saw myself asking millions of questions in the lectures to come. One lecture I found interesting was Abandonment and Dismemberment: Something torn and New". The title seems as though something tragic has happen when really, something amazing was carried on. The lecture discusses keeping tradition. I am really looking forward to this lecture.

In the end, I'm actually looking forward to Freshman Seminar. I feel as though it was meant to teach me not how to be a freshman, but to be a well rounded African- American, and to do that I must not focus solely on my major, but learn about my background and my culture. I feel as though Howard University will not only prepare me for my profession that I wish to persue, but also prepare me to be a successful black woman in the world.