Lily Terhune
November 21, 2014
ENGL 1100, Writing Skills Workshop
Professor Young
With many of my other classmates, had the opportunity to sit in the audience and watch the author, James McBride speak. Although I never got to read McBride’s most popular book, “The Good Lord Bird”, I was still able to connect with some of the topics he was talking about. McBride came out wearing a hat on his head and automatically felt comfortable with the crowd. He made jokes that us students could directly relate to.
McBride gave a lot of advice for us to be who you we are. He explained that failure is okay and that we need to forgive ourselves for doing so. Also, he mentioned that there will always be someone better than you so failure is going to happen in our lives. For the first time ever that McBridge gave a speech he made us close our eyes then quickly open them again. He explained that life goes by just like that fast and you should do what you love for the rest of your life. He told us to imagine what we do when we aren't doing anything and find a way to achieve that.
He also explained the importance that reading has on our overall intelligence. He told us that the way we can become smarter is to for example pick up the NY Times and read it every morning. And that is the way that we are going to broaden our knowledge.
I really enjoyed having James McBride come to our school because he did not just give us a boring assembly where we had to struggle to keep our eyes open. He gave an insightful talk that I received a lot of vital information from that is beneficial for my future.
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