September 5th 2016
Ha (Skylar) Le – Self-delusion vs. Pragmatism
My name is Skylar (Ha) Le. I’m a rising junior and native of Vietnam. I came to the U.S. by myself at the age of seventeen to live on a farm in rural Missouri. The host family consisted of twelve children with special needs which exposed me to a very unique interacting system. There, I quickly discovered the meaning of my action as a stakeholder and a creator of resources.
When I came to New York City and Baruch, I started to see the many interacting systems of the world in a macroeconomics course. I began to take more classes in finance and economics to gain a better understanding of how the markets work. This helped me realize my desire to become both an analyst and a catalyst in the movement of those markets. More simply put, the fast-paced environment of the stock market and the global economy intrigues deeply my curiosity and inquisitive nature for both quantitative and qualitative knowledge.
A finance major at heart, I’ve encountered many assumptions of others about my being too pragmatic and currency driven. The statement might be somewhat true, yet I’d prefer to describe myself as a mixture of pragmatism and self-delusion. My favorite book genre is romantic novels, as I find myself infatuated with two classics, Gone with the wind and Pride and Prejudice. Not until very recently, when I’m about to turn 20, did I realize the consequential impacts of the ideas embedded in these timeless classics on the mind of young and independent women of the 21st century. As going into the fall semester, I would hope to expand my scope of reading genres. In other words, I took ENG 2850 with the intent of embellishing my passion for the dynamic world of literature. The world of critical thinking, of morality embracing, and more importantly, of values and cultures sharing.
