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For this workshop I went to see A Doll’s House at the Baruch theatre. I went with some friends who will remain anonymous. It wasn’t that bad but it wasn’t what I expected. It was just 5 people on a stage and they read from a script. It could have been better but it also could have been worse. They read the script with alot of enthusiams and the narrator was a pretty cool guy. It was funny that most of my anonymous friends were sleeping half of the time. It was long but not so bad. So on a scale of 1 to 10 I give A Doll’s House a B-.

so we only have one more class of seminar left.this went by pretty quick. we didnt stayed too long for the 2nd last class.all we had to do was to fill out the evaluations and we had some donuts and sodas afterward. =) anyways, even though this semester is coming to a end, it also means that its time for finals. =/ just jopefull i will do good on them. especially music and math class, that i think im gonna fail if i dont do good on the finals…. no more fun, time to study… even though i dont want to, but its just college. it sucks…..

Title: Perspectives on Immigration Lecture
Date: Nov. 23, 2009
Time:12:30pm – 1:30pm
Place: 135 East 22nd Street, Room 302

this workshop was pretty cool, wasnt lonh only lasted about an hour. which is good. the shorter the time is, the better it is. so the Professor talked about “Horatio Alger Lives in Brooklyn…But Check His Papers ” for some time. then ppl asked some questions. he answered . and basically that was it. pretty nice. nice and short….. just happy that im finally done with all the workshops!

So here’s another late blog about the very last workshop that I will ever go to for the rest of my life in Baruch =D

It was about a man who did some pretty awesome things in his life. This guy worked in the White House, traveled around the nation to help Al Gore’s campaign during the 2000 elections, some other stuff…really inspiring. Inspiring enough to make me consider minoring in Political Science, which is what I think he majored in during college. I only went because it was the only global/community awareness workshop left but it ended up being the best workshop I’ve been to for freshman seminar. Super~ =]

The food was great too. Free subway sandwiches are always welcome in my stomach! ^.^

The freshman meet and greet was the first workshop I had been to, and along with the resume writing workshop probably one of the more useful ones as well. The workshop which was hosted by the center for academic advisement, was a chance to meet your fellow classmates in one of the first weeks of the school year. The staff at the workshop was very friendly, serving drinks and food, they avised us on the courses we should consider for next term and what our academic options where. The center also talked to us about any questions about academics we had and was very helpful especially for freshman students in the early stages of their college academic careers. The workshop was a rewarding experience although it only lasted a few minutes I felt it accomplished a lot.

Since I had not done a workshop fulfilling my personal enrichment requirement, I was required to talk about an activity at Baruch that enriched me. I chose to talk about joining the tennis team, as it was one of the extra curricular activities I became more involved with. It has been so far an exciting and rewarding experience overall. Although it has been hard work it has taught be valuable life lessons about hard work and perseverance. It has also introduced me to many new people some of which I have grown very close with. I recommend joining more clubs or activities for a lot of the people in this block that have not as it can be a fun and rewarding experience.

This play was pretty boring not going to lie. The actors didn’t seem like they were prepared and basically they just read from a screenplay. They had strong voices and projected clearly throughout the hall, but the plot of the play involving the financial struggles of a man and his wife sparked little interest in me. On a positive note, this was the first time I saw Ingelman (sp) Hall and it is very impressive.

Stress and anxiety can overcome a college student very fast, that is why I thought this workshop would be interesting. I, like most people get stressed out, but the techniques being taught will do little to help me defeat stress. The whole demonstration with the raisin was just weird. When I get stressed out I go to sleep. Sleep recharges my brain and allows me to start all over again.

This workshop was one of the best so far. Even though it was longer then the other workshops it went by pretty quickly. They served pizza, soda, and desserts. I think I tried counting the boxes of pizza. There were about 40. They expected a lot of people to attend. The speakers were interesting, but money management is something I do pretty well. They stressed the importance that we as business students should be most cognizant as to what we do with our money.

I attended this workshop on November 24. This was one of the less enjoyable workshops that I attended. The speaker was engaging and seemed enthusiastic about the subject material. Unfortunately he kept asking the audience a lot of questions and we were not very receptive of them. The workshop was about controlling the impression that you give of yourself to other people. It dealt with how you want to appear and act in class and when working or applying for a job. A lot of the information I have been told a million times: firm handshake, proper attire, thank you letter etc. I lost interest often during the presentation. I don’t think a career planning workshop should be required for future Freshman Seminar classes.