Self Assessment

After spending a semester in Freshman Seminar I have acquired a lot of knowledge. Freshman Seminar taught us about awareness and remembering our past. A word commonly used during our freshman seminar lectures was "Sankofa," which means in "Akan language of Ghana that translates in English to "go back and take". Literally meaning to learn from our past and take it with us into our present times. I thought that "Sankofa" was a powerful meaning because it allows life to transcend into greater things with using the things from the past. I believe that from Freshman Seminar I have learned something small about African culture and will be able to take it with me and be able to expand on it throughout my journey at Howard University. Freshman Seminar also The most important thing I learned from Freshman Seminar was that we have to remember our past to realize what our future may hold. Freshman Seminar changed the way I thought of Howard University itself and even what I thought about Howard University's legacy. Knowing all of this allowed me to change into a better and more informed individual about the history that is being made on this campus everyday.

Jahmonni Long