Welcome

Welcome to DRE 098!

The purpose of this course is to provide you with the necessary skills to prepare you for college-level reading, writing, and thinking. These three skills will be developed over the next eight weeks. I will be teaching you strategies to improve these skills, but you should be aware that the only way you will get better at them is, in fact, to read, write, and think.

All of the coursework that you complete will be centered on the theme of Race Relations. This topic covers a wide variety of issues, many of which may expose difficult or uncomfortable feelings. People develop their belief systems or personal values based on two primary factors: social influences (including family, culture, religion, education, economic status) and experience. The beliefs and values that each of you brings to the conversation will help illuminate the variety of perspectives that exist about these issues. I challenge you to include, along with your personal influences and experiences, an open mind and heart as we embark on this journey together. 

I am also excited to announce that this semester we will join many other classes in reading a non-fiction book. We will read Blood Done Sign My Name, by Timothy B. Tyson.

The next eight weeks will be interesting and challenging. 
I look forward to meeting each of you on October 19!