EG 3A

Hey guys, I’m Manny Haber and I’m a freshman in Baruch College. I was born and raised in Brooklyn. I carry the load in my family as the oldest of three children and therefore I’m usually the scapegoat for everything that goes wrong around the house. I’m a determined and optimistic student, always striving for success and setting personal goals for myself. I also a very skeptical person as I tend to think things over a lot. This is sometimes a bad trait because if I was ever in an awkward or embarrassing situation, it would play over and over in my head like a broken record. But generally, it’s a good characteristic because I can make decisions very carefully, by weighing the pros and cons. I was a member of the hockey team in high school, but I enjoy playing other sports as well. My favorite TV shows include Jersey Shore, Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm and SportsCenter. I see college as a new chapter in my life. It symbolizes responsibility, independence and academic achievement to me. The long commute to school everyday is worth it because I learn new information everyday. It has been easy for me adjust thus far, given all the friends I’ve made so far and the help and guidance I’ve received from students who have been through the system here. Currently, I am an undecided major, but I may land along the lines of finance or accounting.

Christopher Neckles

Monologue

10/6/10

Freshman Seminar

So for those who don’t know, my name is Chris.  I’m 18 and I’m from Brooklyn. My favorite form of recreation is basketball, which is how I heard the quote that I try to live by. My old coach constantly drilled into our heads “if you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail”. This is not only true for basketball, but can pretty much be applied to every aspect of life especially school. Here at Baruch College I quickly realized how different it is from high school, where I never studied and aced every test put in front of me. Here, if you fail to prepare for a test or quiz, you are almost guaranteed to fail

A huge shocker for me here at Baruch was the amount of freedom you get. After attending St. Edmund prep, a catholic high school in Brooklyn where teachers breathed down our necks whenever a deadline approached, the amount of responsibility required was unexpected. The amount of people at Baruch was also a shocker. At St. Edmund there was about seven hundred students who were all pretty much similar to me. Here, there are thousands of students from so many different parts of the world. Having a chance to meet and talk with so many different people is exciting and will probably be helpful for the “real world”. My goal is to become a C.P.A after college where a good amount of clients could be from foreign waters. Although I am enjoying Baruch thus far, I have come across complications, the biggest one being professors. Unfortunately, several of my professors aren’t good teachers, my math and sociology professors in particular. Although they are seemingly intelligent, they aren’t too good at transferring their knowledge to us. Now, about four or five weeks into the semester there has been a slight improvement in their teaching techniques and hopefully they continue to make progress. So far my time at Baruch has been successful, and hopefully it will continue to follow that track.

hey guys, my name is haibin. to start off, i love adventure and traveling. it’s probably because i came from china. it was a big chance and it took me awhile to adapt but it was full of excitement; especially the change from a farm life to a city life. i think the adaption was thanks to the help if my friendliness and my ability to laugh easily. i am also very disciplined and my friends also think i have quick eyes. when my friends and i go out looking for things, i would always be the one to spot the object. what i do not like about myself is that i have a really mad memory. i could forget what a friend can say in like 5 minutes. i am also really bad at choosing paths. i would always have someone else’s opinion effect me.  something else as bad as everything else is being slow. i really have my slow moments. sometimes when my friends tell me a joke, it would take me ages to actually get it. as for my fears, i am extremely scared of snakes. and like everyone else, i am also scared of failure.  i have this big fear that i would no succeed in life and end up on the wrong path. hopefully, i can overcome this fears and dislikes one day. and until that day, i will keep on at it.

Hi, my name is Phillip for those who don’t know me. Some things I like about myself is that TEND to be sociable, key word tend I am shy some time and barely talk. What I like I like about myself is what I also hate about myself  like: I like that I am calm but sometimes I’m too calm and i procrastinate on things that are important, I like that I’m never really angry but because of this not to competitive and since I like playing sports I get weird looks from time to time, and I like that I am polite but there are times were I’m too formal. Also other things I hate about myself is that I’m very lazy and I’m very awkward.

I like Baruch so far like we have more freedom but this i also don’t like this because this is lacking the normal structure I was use to during high school. Also the school work is a bit to easy like there wasn’t really any big assignments and this also what I fear. I fear that now since we have so little work to do the instructor will later on in the semester start piling massive amount of work on to us. My other fear about school so far is that my grammar isn’t on a college level because my English professor has commented a few times about it, and my general

fears are ghosts and the supernatural, and the funny thing is that “Supernatural’ is one of my favorite show and also “Dexter” and “True Blood”. My other major fear is expectation, it’s just to much pressure on me and I don’t do well under pressure.

Some of my hobbies are Anime, sports, Facebook, music, dancing. For music I like rock, trance, techno, hip hop, basically I listen to any thing that sounds good. I’m also trying to learn how to dance and play the acoustic guitar, I think I’m doing all this because I feel like i’m need to be more artistic. For my major I don’t really have any thing in mind, but isn’t this what the college experience about and as my motto goes, “be smart to be lazy”, work hard and have a easier time later on in life.

Oh yeah! Since I’m an Anime fan I’m going to Comic Con this weekend and hit me up if your planning to go!

Picture: this is the lazy side of me

Hello everyone. I’m Jessica. I’m from Queens and just graduated from Townsend Harris High School. There are several things I like about myself.  First, I love people and laughter. I know how to relax and just have a good time with anyone. I love to travel. I want to go to every corner of the world to explore new cultures, foods, and traditions. I’m extremely determined when I set my mind on things. I also like that I come from an interesting background being from Guyana. Things that make me happy is great photography, watching scary movies, and doing any kind of dance. I play basketball and tennis for pleasure. Keeping active and getting things accomplished are major mood-boosters for me. I have extremely intense fears of dogs, failure, and roller coasters. I hate feeling like I’m spiraling out of control which matches my fears. I also want to work on my public speaking skills as I tend to get nervous or anxious about these presentations. Coming to Baruch was definitely a new experience with the required time management skills as well as its large size. I’m really pleased with my Baruch experience so far. I’m just trying to get out there through exposure to new clubs and even Greek life. With an intended major of International Business and intended minor in Sociology, I plan on making the most of my time here.

Who do I think I am? First off, my name is Brandauer Chen. I think I’m a kind, respectful, and imperfect student currently studying at Baruch. I’m a very skinny and underweight individual, who has uselessly done everything he can to gain some weight. I’m often forgetful, and may procrastinate time and time again. I like the outdoors, exercise, and warm weathers. For some reason, I’m one of the few that dislikes winter. Honestly, whats to like about winter other than snow? It’s harder to wake up, harder to do homework, and playing with snow results in frozen fingertips and a runny nose. Anyway, I enjoy anything outdoors. I’m very open about sports, and I love to walk long distances just to ponder about my life. I’m currently a freshman in college, and I believe that it should change me quite ideally. For one, I have many flaws, and I’m hoping that the college life will help amend those. I hope that I’ll lose my procrastination habits, improve my sleeping habits, and improve my GPA. I think I’ll be less shy around people, and become more open towards meeting new people. With new classmates, and countless clubs, I’m sure to meet a few new people before my freshman year. Three concerns I do have about Baruch are the teachers, the work load, and perhaps the few places I can eat. Some professors aren’t the best, but for now, they’re bearable. And even though I’ve been relaxing due to the small amounts of homework now, I’m sure it’ll all change after the first month. Also, the food here sucks. There’s only a few places to eat lunch in, and I don’t want to walk 10 blocks just to eat.

I am Joe Mann, I am confident, and never tentative about decisions I make. When i want something I will run over anything in way to get it. One concern I have, and this is no disrespect to Mi Ji or Alex, I feel as freshmen orientation is a waste of time, and thats just my opinion everyone could disagree. However I feel as though free writes serve no purpose and I’m just writing things that make no sense and have no use what so ever. I thought coming to this school i would see something interesting in my first semester, I thought I would see and learn new things, especially about business, and instead I feel like I’ve learned nothing new so far except for philosophy which is an exceptional class. I feel like its the only class that brings something new to the table and is a class that makes me feel as though Im in college. Freshmen orientation is good for some students but i feel it should be an optional class, the students should be able to pick what they want to learn. I honestly don’t like the block system at all. why are we forced to take classes like sociology where Im learning nothing new, or how about communications, the only thing I heard in that class is making eye contact I know that already!!!

Who am I? My last name is Chang and my first name is Ricky. I am a Baruch student looking for a pathway to success and my main academic interests include mathematics and economics. However, I do not know the specific career or job position I am going for since math has so many opportunities to offer. I find most of my professors to be respectable people, who respect students and realize the independence we expect from this university. Some classes, which I expected to be boring (since I’m retaking them) are actually surprisingly stimulating; for example, I’m seeing calculus in a different more refined perspective compared to my view of it in junior year of high school. Some things, when reviewed, offer something new each time despite its familiarity. I enjoy Baruch for the most part, students are extraordinarily formal and polite; this was actually something I didn’t expect. As for my classes, I expect many As. A little ambitious or even conceited? Well, that was what I was going for.

Today I am me, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is me-er than me. I’m sarcastic. I’m very self critical, and I don’t like writing blog posts. I like people with quirky personalities, especially when they’re funny. Also, candle-lit dinners, long walks on the beach, skinny dipping. I expect my first year in college to change me quite a bit. I started working a permanent job this year, so I’m slowly learning to balance my workload at school with a job. Also, I’m expecting to get a feel for how to study more efficiently, and stop thinking of tests now as though they were still high school tests where I didn’t have to study and could ace the test. Definitely not looking forward to that freshman fifteen, though. My main concerns are not having enough time to do well in school and maintain a job, midterms, Global Warming, finals,  not getting an STD, and understanding what the heck is going on in my Sociology class.

When I am asked, “who do you think you are,” it is fairly difficult to render an answer.  As a matter of fact, who I am is probably too complex to put into words. One key noun that helps define who I am as a person however is “student.” Being a student is my job, and is probably the most potent aspect of my life, which is why I take it as seriously as I do. My goal in life, like everyone else, is to become successful both economically as well as academically and I believe school is the first step of my stairway to triumph.

Up until recent years I realized that I struggled socially. It seemed to be awkward in a sense whenever someone I wasn’t familiar with was in my presence. Now, I developed a fascination with familiarizing myself with people from various parts of the world, especially at Baruch College. Although I’ve only been a student at Baruch for a few weeks I believe I have become more responsible mostly with deadlines. After being part of the family at St. Edmund Preparatory High School, where teachers breath down your neck when deadlines approach, I have learned to organize and plan better so that I can be successful independently.

Although all is well so far at Baruch College, I am concerned that the workload may become overwhelming being that each progressing week professors are beginning to assign more and more work. Hopefully the remaining weeks of the semester are as smooth as it has been so far.