On the 16th of September, Dr. Eleanor Traylor gave a speech in my Freshman Seminar class. I really enjoyed the intro of her speech because I could really relate to it. It was exactly how I felt when I got to Howard. I was actually very disappointed when I first stepped foot on Howard’s campus. While that feeling hasn’t changed much, that’s a story for a different day. During the course of Dr.. Traylor’s speech, she added several new words to our vocabulary including “bisonage,” HUSAD, and “bisonish.” I learned several things during her speech including facts about Ernest Everett Just as well as the fact that Newsweek considers Howard to be the most diverse college in the DC area and perhaps in the entire nation. From here, Dr. Traylor starting giving the class “assignments” to do. While most of them seemed like they would be enlightening and fun, students have lives and work to do for other classes. I could see where she was going though. If I had more free time, I would have done most of her “assignments.” When Dr. Traylor started assigning her projects, she started losing most of the class. Instead of focusing on her speech and the information that she was giving us, most of us were worrying about how to get this extra work done. She should have explained that none of these events would actually count towards our grades. Because she didn’t, many of the students started talking due to their surprise. This was rude but it could have been avoided altogether.
Monique Smith
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