The Eloquence of the Scribes

I found this week's lecture very interesting. Dr. Alvin Thornton is a very powerful speaker and is very engaging to listen to. To be the best and brightest at Howard University we must prepare ourselves for the future and confront what lies ahead of us. Dr. Thornton stressed the aspect that history repeats itself so with that being said we already know what's going to take place and can equip ourselves to take on the future.

Dr. Thornton stated a quote that was very powerful, "It is out of truth we get freedom." We gain our citizenship through knowledge. We become citizens of the world when we open to ourselves to not only what is in front of us, but what is around us also. Through knowledge we are free. We must make our own definitions of certain morals or someone will soon make them for us. Ignorance will only cause us to lose all freedoms.

Dr. Carr is a perfect example of someone at Howard who is a representative thinker. Dr. Carr empowers all he speaks to with the motivation to reach back in time and discover themselves so that they can transform the future. When Dr. Carr spoke to my freshman seminar class, I was instantly interested in finding more information about my ancestors and my history and not only being a student at Howard ,but a student who will transform Howard.

Out of all the lectures we have had thus far, I find Dr. Carr and Dr. Thornton's lectures most interesting. I leave having a feeling of wanting to be something bigger than myself. I really enjoy that feeling. :-)

Jesseca Farr