Blog Post Number One.

     Coming to Howard was not something I was necessarily excited about doing. It was a first choice for my mom and sister, more so than for me. With that being said, I wasn't really expecting much from Howard University when I got here. I was just...going with the flow. Despite all of the fuss I made about not wanting to attend, my first two weeks (Freshman Week and the actual first week of school) have been pretty cool. I don't really know what I anticipate the rest of the year being like. I tend to live in the moment, but hopefully it's pretty epic. Hopefully, these natural disasters don't become the usual, because I can't take it! To the real point of this blog post, though: Freshman Seminar.
     Freshman Seminar!! Okay. So first thing for me to say, is my instructor's name is super cool. Dr. Gbadegesin? That's awesome, so that's the first plus for this class. I've been to class one time, with this being the first week of school and all. We went over a lot in our first fifty minute class session. We talked about the research question, the blog (of course), our groups, the grading scale, and lectures. From the looks of it, Freshman Seminar will be a very busy course. It may only be one credit, but it definitely does not seem like it's going to be any less mentally challenging than my other courses.
     There are seven lectures that we are doing in class. Here is the list of the lectures:

• Learning, Wisdom, and the African World Experience Ipet Isut (Karnak): White Chapel of Senusret
• "Omoluabi": Self Actualization and Communal Responsibility
• Abandonment and Dismemberment: "Something Torn and New"
• Practices of Freedom and Justice: The Black Diaspora
• "The Eloquence of Scribes": Initiation, Expectations, and Mastery. Continuing the legacy of Howard University
• Practices of Freedom and Justice: A Charge to Keep
• Research and Methodology: Inscription as a Liberating Practice

I don't really know which one of these I'll enjoy the most, but I plan on keeping an open mind about all of them. Abandonment and Dismemberment: "Something Torn and New" sounds rather interesting, if I had to choose one, though. Well, I think that's it for this post. See you next week! [=