My name is Thomas Brock, I’m 18 years old and I hope to express “Who I think I am” in this blog post. I come from a small family and have lived in New York City my whole life. I am fairly quiet and won’t talk much unless I’m talked to first, or I have a question. I was raised as a Roman Catholic and I have more conservative political views. I think that I am a quiet, reserved person, but I am also reliable when I need to be. I’m terrible at public speaking because I get nervous talking in front of a crowd of people who I barely know. I’m pretty easy-going, from a combination of apathy and calmness. I do have some concerns about freshman year.
I am worried about meeting new people since I have trouble talking with people I’m not familiar with. I am also a bit worried about having to find out most things for myself, instead of like high school where everything was told for me, and I had people help me with things. My final concern is doing well in school. The transition from high school to college makes it seem like I will have to work a lot harder and not slack off.
I think that the Baruch College experience will differ vastly from my high school experience. I will have to get accustomed to being more independent, which will help me later on in life. No more relying on parents or other people to help me. I will have to find out important info myself, and do other stuff like choosing my schedule by myself. I will also have to adjust to the larger class sizes and faster pace. Hopefully I can do well in this new environment without much initial struggle. I have always been bad at keeping my attention on anything for a long time, but I will have to alleviate that somehow and develop better studying habits if I’m going to do well in college.
I think that my first year in college will change me a lot. It will help me to become more independent and do things on my own. Hopefully it will also help me to become a comfortable public speaker and increase my public speaking skills. I’m also hoping that it will help me to decide what major or type of career I would like to pursue. At the moment I am completely undecided as to my major and I have no idea what I want to do with myself once I finish college.
Great post Thomas. What concerns do you have specifically about Freshman Seminar? The monologue? Perhaps I can be of assistance. Please let me know.
Also, keep in ming that while you are more responsible for yourself as a college student, you do not have to “go it alone!” There are tons of support services available to you.