Becoming a Bison

Today marks two weeks that I haave been at Howard University. Although two weeks may seem like a short period of time, I feel as though I have gotten so much done and have gone through many changes. These changes include leaving nehind my nieces and sisters, going from having my own room to sharing a room with two others, and having to buy five hundred dollars worth of books, rather than have them handed to you in the beginning of the year and collected at the end.
For the most part, Freshman Week at Howard was what I expected that it would be. This would be the week that I would meet the people that I would end up spending most of my time with, the week that I would find out that not every night of "going out" would be a success, and the week I would get the run around with Howard University administration. Freshman week was a blast but it had to come to an end and inevitably, school was back. As I assumed, the first week of classes simply consisted of the overview of syllabuses, introductions, and getting to know the professors. Classes like Spanish, Freshman composition, and Intro to Sociology and Psychology were straightforward to me, in terms of what to expect. However, there was one class that I had no idea what would be expected of me. That was Freshman Seminar. Would it be about planning out your future at Howard? Would it be about how to avoid the Freshman 15? Or maybe about resisting the pressures of drugs and alcohol. Boy was I wrong! Freshman Seminar turned out to be a class that instructs on who and what made Howard University the school that it is today and how to continue the legacy.
From Wednesday's lecture, I expect that Freshman Seminar will give me the basis I need to be proud to say that I am a Howard University student. I am looking forward to learning more about the history of the school and of African Americans themselves. Freshman Seminar will overlap on some of the concepts that I am learning in my Black Diaspora class and will therefore deepen my understanding and better prepare me for my experience at a historically black university. I hope that this class will provide me with the pride, integrity and knowledge of being a Bison.