Category Archives: Journal Entry One

A little bit about me & my hopes and expectations for college life thus far. Continue reading →

For the most part, I can say that my life has been very sheltered. My parents have provided everything I’ve ever needed for me. Even so, every child must grow up and face the world. At eighteen years old, I have only made a few steps outside of the safe haven my parents have provided. […] Continue reading →

This is a difficult question for me to answer; I really don’t know how I came to be the way I am now. Of course, a long series of events and experiences have melded and shaped me to who I am today, but I can’t point out which ones. So as I sit staring at an […] Continue reading →

Each and every day, what I experience contributes to the person I am today.  In these past seventeen years and eleven months, I believe that my high school years have allowed me to learn the most about myself.  Four years ago, I was probably one of the most gullible person there is out there.  Rewinding […] Continue reading →

Since the age of five I’ve worked with my parents and siblings to run the family business.  I would get an allowance and save every bit I could, holding on to my money so tenaciously that my brothers would poke fun, calling me cheap.  Both of my parents were immigrants who came to America to […] Continue reading →

Where have I been?  Where am I going?  These two questions encompass what I have achieved up until this point and what I hope to achieve both during my college career and my professional career. Before I began my college career at Baruch College, I was an avid volunteer both in school and in my […] Continue reading →

College has been a totally different experience for me. I come from a high school of just 613 students. Where everyone knew everyone. We were all part of a community and we all lived within a 2 mile radius of each other. College has been much different. There are 13,000 students coming from all over […] Continue reading →

I’ve pretty much lived in Long Island my whole time. I guess you can say that I’ve lived a sheltered life, and haven’t really experienced all that there is to experience. So living in the “burbs” has had a great impact on my life, and I guess living in this type of area also means […] Continue reading →

I have the pleasure and honor of saying that I am surrounded by great people who keep me focused. My family and friends are a big part of the reason I am who I am today. To me, family is one of the most important things in life. My mother, and father have done a […] Continue reading →

My name is Shlomit Cynthia Bassalian. I live in a Jewish neighborhood, Great Neck. The most important things to me are my religion and family. When I was ten-years-old and went to Israel for my older brothers Bar Mitzvah, I wrote a wish on a piece of paper and slipped it through the cracks of […] Continue reading →