Well as I said earlier I think it clearly shaped my career path, my
interest in education, and interest in working towards insuring that
schools become more responsive to the needs of all students. And I think
that it has definitely shaped my character. I find that I am very
interested, even today, in issues related to civil rights, equality, and
all of those things. And I am sure that it is a function of the kind of
experience I had in high school. And my commitment to, to maintaining
the integrity of historically black institutions. I mean I am working at
a historically black institution. And [pause]. So I think that that experience
clearly shaped my mind, shaped me as a person. And think it's kind of
interesting that so much of what I do, I take students to Africa for
study abroad experiences. And one of the things that is kind of
interesting to me is that they bring with them their, their cultural
baggage. So even though they meet people who look like them, they're
expecting them to think like them, and they are disappointed sometimes I
think when that doesn't turn out to be the case. Particularly when we
talk about race relations. And my travels in Africa have certainly you
know given me a much broader perspective, but everybody hasn't, we don't
have the same shared legacy. So—. But I think we clearly have some
connections, some cultural connections that—.