The first Honors class I ever attended at Longwood was the Longwood Seminar. This was an “introductory” class of sorts. It introduced us to Longwood and the Honors college, and it taught us how to be productive, hard-working, happy college students. Some topics we talked about included the Three Pillars of Honors College, how to be productive, how to take proper notes, and how to navigate the Farmville community.
One major thing that stood out to me in this class was the time we had to attend a Town Hall meeting. (I have included my essay regarding that meeting at the bottom of this page.) We had been learning about community service and civil discourse, and the Town Hall was a perfect example of both of those things in action. Thanks to watching the proceedings, I learned how town government works. I took how mature and polite they were to each other, even when they disagreed with each other. (This is something that certain people in our federal government could stand to learn.) I thought to myself “this is how government and disagreements should be.”
Then, I took that knowledge and applied it to the rest of my life. I tried my best to hear out other people’s points of view, even if I did not agree with them. I did not get into needless arguments with people on social media. I tried to respect others’ opinions, and if someone had an opinion that I did not respect, I simply chose not to interact with that person. Going forward, thanks to Longwood Seminar, I will always keep civil discourse in mind when I interact with others, especially when the topic is a sensitive one.
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Open in new tab In this artifact (dated November 14, 2017), I detail my thoughts and observations about the Town Council meeting. I also talked about how well they practiced civil discourse, which was a major component of our studies in Longwood Seminar. I learned a lot from attending this meeting.