Personal Enrichment Workshop

Tuesday the 13th of October i went to a personal enrichment workshop. At first i was confused about what it was going to be about because before we walked in we were given a ticket for a raffle and admission ticket, I had no idea what to expect. it was downstairs in room 1-170 and basically what you needed to do was go to different tables and ask questions about different things baruch offers. I really liked the table about going abroad i learned something about how instead of going a whole semester I could just go for three weeks and take a couple of classes and get credits which I thought was really interesting.

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English……..

So I was wondering if anyone was feeling the same way I do about English class. I mean it’s great having a class that’s so layed back but for me, personally, it’s just getting to a point where I’m not challenged at all and, because of that, losing all interest in the class alltogether, which is something that I hate to do. It was nice having a class that was like that in the beginning of the year, a class at the end of the day thats pretty layed back after two classes (political science and history) that are pure lecture. But now, for me at least, it’s getting to the point where I think to myself, “wow, there’s so many other productive things I could be doing with my time than this”. I have all the respect in the world for our proffesor, don’t get me wrong, but I wish it was just a bit more than just freewrites and “discussion”, with the occasional written assignment. Not saying I want to get bogged down with homework or that I want an absurdly dificult class, all I’m saying is that I wish the class had enough substance where I could find it interesting because really, I’m not too sure how many freewrites I can possibly do.

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Career Planning: Impression Managing

I went to this workshop today. It explained the things that you should do and avoid to make a good impression of yourself. Most of the things were already known but the presenter did a good job making it interesting enough to hear again. I learned the importance of networking and its ways because new technology is affecting society and how people communicate. This was a very basic workshop, maybe that’s why she recommended going to the next ones they had.

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Gallery Tour

Two down, four to go. In regards to completing these workshops, it’s been a relatively slow start for me. As I was lining up for the Gallery Tour, I glanced at some of the students passports, and I was amazed by all the workshops students have attended. Some had attended 4. Others had attended 5 workshops. Heck, if my eyes aren’t deceiving me, there was this one girl who didn’t need to attend anymore workshops. I guess she has a true appreciation for art. Speaking of art, the Gallery Tour at the Sydney Mishkin room was good. Never before did I have the opportunity to scrutinize photography. It always been paintings, drawings, canvas, etc. So it was quite interesting to say the least. The tour guide said it best; “Photgraphers aren’t copying nature, they are trying to create their own vision by using nature.” I felt like some of the photographers were trying to convey a subliminal message. It’s easy to think that these photographs are just black and white, but sometimes you have to take a step closer, or a step back to see the message that’s trying to be conveyed. My favorite photograph was a bird’s eye view of a small village in Greece. I can only wonder how can one navigate through those small, white, cramped houses. As I stepped back, it was almost as if the small houses formed a big white fish. Again, who knows, maybe my eyes are deceiving me. Although, I took the time to scrutinize these photographs, the student leaders had left me! I guessed they assumed that everyone was disinterested and wanted to leave immediately. Luckily, I went to the Seminar Office, showed proof of my attendance, and I was able to get credit for the Gallery Tour. I should really stop taking so long at Galleries and Museums. One day, I’ll probably be stranded in the middle of Europe.

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Political Science

Politcal Science in my opinion is the second most useless class after math. We don’t know any of this stuff and will not remeber any of this stuff after I take this class. I don’t like the class at all and it’s not interesting. There’s this one kid in the class who is really rude and needs to watch his mouth because everybody is sick of tired of his rudeness! What do you think about Political science class?

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NBA SEASON

I can’t lie i’m a Knicks fan and lately we haven’t been doing to well. I think that this is the year that we turn it around and actually make the playoffs. If we actually play some defense that we could make the playoffs and make a serious run at .500. Overall I think that the Lakers and the Magic will meet again for the NBA finals and the Lakers will win again. All you NBA fans out there, what do you think will happen this season?

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career exploration

I went to my first enrichment workshop last thursday (10/8/09) it was in room VC-2-190. It was about creating your own major. When i first realized I had to go I was not excited because I never thought I would want to create my own major. After hearing the lectures about it I am starting to really consider it. I spoke to my parents about it and they said I should definitely consider it. So we will see. I recommend this to other students because it will really open your eyes to something you might never consider, and it is a great opportunity.

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New Season of Heroes

So sasha came and threaten me to write about this on facebook so I’m like ok. The first 2 episodes of this season were good then  its starting to get a little boring because I DON’T KNOW WHY Hiro is putting his behind on the line for some retarted people doing all that time traveling (its killing him).  Also, that lesbian girl stalking the crap out of Claire… is that necessary comments please  cus I’m about to stop by NBC studios after class and maybe cap a few people (jk if u think im serious lol…maybe)

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So far, so good

Hey. I can’t believe we’re not meeting until the 28th of this month. I must have forgot. Anyways, everything is fine. The psychology test went well and hopefully that happens to be the same case for history and political science exams. Though I must say, that with the exception of the math, all the reviews/review sheets for every other class has so far been useless.  It’s really aggravating to place so much emphasis on certain material of the course, when it’s not going to proportionally appear on the exam. If this the case, the professor should just tell us to study each chapter equally, as oppose to misleading us. But who knows, maybe it is just I who feels this way. Aside from this, I’d like to say that our math professor is really funny. You would think that as people age, they tend to get cranky, but this is not the case for Professor Buckley. He is so enthused when he discusses his life. I honestly don’t know why you guys are so hard on him. He’s a decent math professor to say the least. And as oppose to many other math professors, he doesn’t have a strong accent. So everything that he says is quite clear and coherent.  I just simply enjoy being in that class.

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Blood drive & Building and managing relationship work shops

So i attended the blood drive on october,6, and i didn’t have a chance to write about it until now. Well i thought overall it was a very good experience because i mean it does feel good to know that donating your blood will end up helping another person in need. Although afterwards i had to go out and get a huge meal because it drained my energy completely.

As for the building and managing relationship workshop which i attended today oct, 8. I felt it was an alright workshop even though most of it was similar to what we had heard in orientation. I didn’t mind being there but i did want to leave considering i was hungry. I don’t think i saw anyone else from my block there.

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