Dr. Dunston

On September 7th freshman seminar was very interesting to me. I gained a lot of knowledge but most importantly Dr. Dunston made me think. During her presentation she talked a lot about the Earth, genomes, and science. I felt connected to what she was saying almost immediately because I understood what she was saying and it was much deeper than science. Her scientific explanations were only metaphors for her true statements. The TRUE statements being made were about the generation that I am apart of. I found this to be true initially because of her statement "This is your time". After she repeated that a few times I realized that she was trying to tap into our intellectual thoughts. Dr. Dunston talked about how Earth was said to be flat and then proved to be round and how scientist still try to argue their side about something that has been proved. Earth as she used it was a metaphor for situations that go in our lives and how people will always have their opinions about things that we know to be true. When she discussed the element of life, i took that as a metaphor for us to understand who we were, who we are and what we can become. Her speech was empowering because it made me believe that I have more purpose than I imagined. I know that my generation is an important one because of the things that we have witnessed in our lives thus far. All that we are learning we have to take it in and embrace it because it is our time to be that force in the world to change things positively.
Richelle Jenkins