Finale Thoughts by Russell Grandberry

      As this semester comes to an end I begin to think back to the first day of freshman seminar. It was very crowded. There we're lots of people I didn't know and the teachers were handing out sheet with a word that i didn't know on it. Mbongi, I didn't know what that meant at the time, but later on I came to find the meaning as a house with no rooms, which means everything is open to discussion. From that day on i knew i was going to be learning a lot in this class. I learned things about my African heritage that i didn't know before. I learned that not all of the things taught in my history class pertained to me. There we're things that were very important that our teachers left out. They didn't tell of our great ancestors on the other side of the earth. They tried to mask the truth that we built the pyramids. Not only did we build the pyramids, but we also built New York. The world was built on the shoulders of our ancestors. From the dawn of time our ancestors have been building the earth into what it is today. These things hidden to me before, after this class became apparent. I realized that It is always important to ask questions. You must do research before you can present anything. This freshman seminar class has not only help me transition from high school to college effectively, it has also given me a deeper understanding of truth and the world as it all pertains to me. I feel that i need to be informed as well as the rest of my generation. We should all go fourth and try to make a difference. If not now, then when?