Final ROP Essay

This year I have learned a lot of things from Rites of Passage. It has benefited me in several ways. One way Rites of Passage has benefited me was I learned that you can't always believe what you hear the media. The second thing I learned was that my ancestors stood up and fought for their freedom. The last thing I learned from was that music began in Africa and other cultures tried to duplicate our music by imitating it but never really.

The first thing I learned was that you always can't trust the media because the media doesn't always tell the truth. The media tells a story in a way that makes them look like a perfect nation but in all actuality they are not. Americans and other countries are taking advantage of the Somalian country by killing them by way of starvation. Even though that's the truth you don't hear that from the over exaggerating media. They killed teenagers, not men but boys and they don't feel remorse for it but you don't hear that in the media either.

The second thing I learned was that my ancestors were fighters. This includes my ancestor John Garang. He was at first fighting against his country but then he was given a wake up call to what the government was doing to his people. Then he became enraged and retaliated. He was not alone people like Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman and many others contributed to this free land we now live on.

The last thing I learned from Rites of Passage was that music originated in Africa. It originated in Africa before Africans had field music. African People sung songs in their native language with the drums as instruments. The drums of Africa gave us our rhythm and the step we have now. Our dance moves are made to mimic their African dances.

In conclusion, I learned a lot this year.I have learned more about .This class has given me my place in history. It has opened me to things in life that I have never questioned. It made me think twice about what I am listening to because music plays a role in how I think as a young female and a young African-American.