This might not mean much to many people, but Angela Davis is a professor at the school I am going to attend. This is my idol. As a child, I read her biography and have admired her since.
In 2006, I wrote an article about her for an Oakland newspaper, and the editor received several emails requesting my contact information. I think the article gave readers the impression I knew Angela Davis personally. They were quite disappointed when I told them I did not.
But now.....in 2011 I have a chance to study in one of her sociology classes. The class is full, but I am going there Tuesday to do what the admissions office calls "crashing"......meaning, I have to beg the instructor to accept one more student.....me. How humiliating?
