I believe my role in the Baruch and broader community as a Baruch Scholar is quite “simple”.
For Baruch, the general role is to fulfill the requirements of the program – GPA, community service hours, cultural events and the rest. Though we all have specific jobs to do. I think our job is to learn about the culture and communities our classmates come from, while it is our duty to teach them about our own. Personally, learning about my peers’ lives have given me such benefit to relate with him and make constant conversation. For me, being Jewish, I love when I explain to my classmates about why I’m missing school due a holiday. Or what the holiday is all about – or even discussing how my pre-college school days were like. Diversity is a thing of beauty.
In terms of the broader community, I’d split it up into two parts. The first is the local community around Baruch, how will we present ourselves. Being that we are Baruch Scholars, people have expectations of us, and we normally we should follow through. When it comes to doing community service, I think the project assigned helps us grow but also be representatives of the amazing school we attend. We are walking into orginzations titled as “Baruch students”, and then it is our job to give the public a good impression of who were as students.
The second part is the community we come from. It is our job to show our neighbors and friends how we are striving in Baruch. Show them that we are able to balance our school life with our social life while even getting involved in community service.
The role seems the opposite of simple, but I know we are capable and will all succeed and grow throughout the process.
Hello, Ezra, I find your definition of our roles in Baruch and the community interesting. When I thought of the role in Baruch, I only assumed the social part of joining clubs and becoming closer with everyone. However, I failed to think of the cultural aspect which you highlight. I also like the idea of serving the community we come from by showing “our neighbors and friends how we are striving in Baruch.”
Hey Ezra, I appreciate how you shed light on the fact that our community isn’t limited just to Baruch, it is also our home or cultural communities. We are all members of communities in Baruch and outside of Baruch. And our roles should be simple, because all we have to do is contribute to these communities we are part of.
I liked that you emphasized about learning about other people’s cultures and backgrounds as part of your role here at Baruch, not just doing community service and attending cultural events. This is important because these are people you are going to be around for the upcoming years.
Hi Ezra,
I never considered learning about others’ cultures as a role of a Baruch Scholar but it makes sense to me now as part of taking advantage of New York’s uniqueness. I also liked how you said our service is a representation of the community we came from.