Genome by Jordan Henry

This week in freshman seminar, Dr. Georgia Dunston provided the class with a lecture about our DNA.  She stated every single person that ever existed or exists has their own special genome sequence in their DNA.  The genome sequence is responsible for making us the kind of individuals that we are and she continued to go into greater detail of why we should indeed value our genome system.

Dr. Dunston states that our genome sequence is different from everyone else and that it can never be duplicated at any point.  Dr. Dunston put a great emphasis on how special our genome sequence makes us and she said that we should take advantage of our individuality.  She said that we all have the power to succeed and achieve great things due to our genome system.  She said that it is possible for us all to reach our goals and she proved so by listing some of the great people that came out of Howard University.  This list included doctors, educators, historians, and many other powerful figures that existed in society.  She said that we as students can be just as great like the great ones that came before us because of the power of our genome sequence.

Dr. Dunston’s lecture was inspiring and thought provoking for me because I never put that much thought into how special we really are as individuals.  We all are truly unique just by the simple fact that we all come from our own distinct genome system.  We all have the power and responsibility to use our uniqueness to achieve the impossible.