The Eloquence of the scribes

“The Eloquence of the Scribes Expectation and Mastery – Continuing the Legacy of Howard University” this was the title of this weeks lecture by Dr. Alvin Thorton.  We were asked to redefine our liberty, happiness, and most focused on redefining our citizenship. When I heard this question, I really had to think to myself and wonder what he meant.

As students of the best HBCU, Howard University, we must constantly strive to be the best at anything we set fourth to do. We are the privileged few allowed to be here. We must constantly set the bar and surpass it once we do.

We must use the education we have gained to define new ideas and teach the world. We need to have educated question about war, peace, public education, and jobs and income in this society. We need to learn and know our history to be able to power our future and out children’s future, without knowledge of you past, you have a blind future.

To become the “Best and brightest” at Howard University I refuse to settle for anything less that what I know I deserve. I will not accept a “No” when I know I want a yes. I will work hard in class to get and maintain a high G.P.A. If Dr. Martin Luther King settled for just anything, I probably wouldn’t be typing this blog right now. “Those who settle for less, gets less than what they settled for”.

I identify Ralph Bunch as a historical inspirational figure of Howard. He mediated conflict between Israel and Palestine and won a Noble peace prize. Not many schools can say they have had someone on their faculty who has accomplished that. He inspires me to go beyond my measures of reach to accomplish what I need to do.