New Semester Thoughts
For the “This I Believe” assignment I have been considering a few different ideas. My first idea is to speak about DuBois’ Talented Tenth essay. The essay talks about how it is up to the top 10% of a community to raise the rest of the community up. My father shared this essay with me early in my life and since being shown it, it has shaped me immensely. I really think that when you are given certain gifts it is up to you to figure out how to use those gifts to empower your community. Another idea I am considering speaking about is my belief that no matter what people will try to bring you down. This idea was sparked by the fire that occurred in my previous home. Long story short, my dad was running for elected office in Philadelphia and his opponent burnt our house down. Philadelphia politics is kind of crazy but in the end I saw that even when you have the best intentions and just want to do good things, haters are gonna hate. I think it would be interesting to discuss that people will always try to bring you down but you just have to hold your head up.
For my passion blog this semester I would like to continue my current blog. I think that with a topic as large as mine it allows for constant new songs to be evaluated. I think that most songs have some meaning deep down and I think bringing those meanings to light is very important. I think that I can improve by possibly narrowing in on a specific time frame though I believe there is a lot to be said for music of different times.
For my Civic Issues blog I have considered a few different ideas. I am very interested in what is currently happening in our society and love to discuss them. My first idea was to do something in the category of Politics. I grew up in politics and am a political science major so I am very interested in discussing the various elements of our American politics. I think it would be really interesting to discuss party politics and how it is shaping our political scene. It would be an especially interesting thing to look at now considering that the Republicans run the House of Representatives, Senate, and White House. I would also be interested in discussing Civic Discourse within the country. Now more than every movements are rising up and people are voicing their opinions thanks to avenues like social media. It would be interesting to take a critical look at the discourse and talk about the positives and negatives that can come out of it.
I think your idea about DuBios is a great one. He’s a really intellectual author so I’m sure your essay will be intellectual. I finished The Souls of Black Folk and you could take a lot away from that. I am also interested in writing about politics so your blog will be good to compare to mine.