“OH YEAH I AM GOING HOME!”

Ayana Boudreaux

Post 10

Freshman Seminar

I feel like a kid lying in bed the night before Christmas anxiously waiting for Santa Claus to come down the chimney with his bag of toys. Freshman Seminar has come to an end, which to me indicates that the semester as well is coming to an end. This all simply means shrimp etouffee, gumbo, family, and New Orleans. Oh! I have truly come to understand what it means to miss New Orleans. Please don’t take my overwhelming joy as a symbol of dislike for Howard, but like Dorothy said in the Wizard of Oz, “There is no place like home.”

When Freshman Seminar began on Wednesday August 25 I was eager to learn about the African Diaspora. With beliefs that I would be informed about things that I had never known as well as build a closer bond to my African heritage, I entered the class with great joy. Greeted by the energetic Dr.Carr, my excitement grew. That is until the lecture began, at this point I noticed that most of the things he was speaking of I already knew. I was not expecting to be taught about the same symbols and African beliefs. Even though this action occurred frequently during all the lectures, I can say that I still obtained much knowledge of my African heritage.

Freshman Seminar has allowed me to grow as well as understand where it is I come from. I love it here at the Mecca and because of the Freshman Seminar course my reason for attending this university has been asserted.