Section LC19

I remember I went to this reception a long time ago and I guess I should have blogged right away. Now I cannot remember all the details in that meeting but I will try to come up with some contents.

Basically, this reception was leading by Ms. Brown who is an advisor and she explained whole bunch of things that freshmen should know and things that we are going to have to go through. Besides, she also mentioned about gpa and how to choose minors based on our personalities. At the end, she explained how responsible an advisor should be to help out many students or advisee

This was a good experience. As a freshman, how possibly can he/she know about this school? However, Ms. Brown at this meeting told us many useful things that we are going to have to use to be good students or to be successful in this college. This reception also reminded me of the importance of getting adequate credits to do certain things such as getting into Ziklin school or making an appointment with the advisement office. This is why I would recommend this workshop to anybody who is new in this school.  It can get you an basic idea of how you are going to get through in this school.

Earlier this month, I went to this workshop to fulfill my required 6 workshops (unless the library tour doesn’t count as a workshop in which case I will still need one more after this). Like its name suggests, this workshop was about stress and anxiety which many college student apparently suffer from. Honestly, I thought this workshop was really useless for me. And, considering how many people were freely chatting during the speaker’s presentation, they too probably felt the same.

The speaker made everyone who attended do some activities: one involved examining a raisin which was to help us be more aware of our five senses and another was to follow instructions and be more aware of our bodies and muscles (kind of like a yoga video). Being aware of our bodies was supposed to help us reduce stress. Anyways, I found both these exercises useless.

Coming out of high school, where I had to go to 7 different classes a day 5 days a week, college is really a joke. We have only 2 or 3 classes a day, lengthy breaks in between classes, and no classes Fridays; it’s awesome. In fact, I’m still in senior-itis mode from high school. Also, the classes and work are not really stress inducing. The professors and their policies and their classes for that matter could all be better but it’s not really anything unmanageable. I personally don’t get stressed out about these things and have never gotten stressed about classes. I procrastinate and complain all the time but that’s just part of being a student. If I had to give a presentation on stress reduction, I would not give any exercises with dried fruits or anything like that. I’d keep it simple and say that although school and grades are important, in the grand scheme of things none of this really matters.

I have always been able to handle my stress and workload within my previous years, but I still wanted to check out this workshop on November 3rd. The guy in charge asked everyone to complete a few activities, one involving a raisin. The activities seemed interesting but I doubt I would do any of them when I am stressed out. Though I tend to procrastinate a lot and end up with a huge workload when projects are due or when exams are rapidly approaching, I still have always managed to get my work done.

I think going to a school like Brooklyn Tech has prepared me well for college. Granted I will admit, making the transition into college life was a little difficult at first, but now that I am settled in, I feel it is a lot easier than high school. Some of the methods I would use before to get read of my stress was just to music while I worked or talk to a friend or two on aim. And on those late nights when I would stay up to continue working I would just climb in the shower if I got drowsy to wake myself up again. I think I will stick with my methods for the time being. The only problem is I should make more use of my free time. Still I could see the workshop being useful to students who have a harder time dealing with stress.