My Name is Thomas Brock and I’m 18 years old. I have lived in Ridgewood, New York all my life. I went to High School at Brooklyn Tech. I am pretty shy and won’t really talk unless someone else talks to me first. I am slowly getting used to college life at Baruch. I’m getting used to the subtle differences from high school, like the higher work load and lower number of classes. I enjoy the long breaks between classes because it gives me time to do other things and it is nice to take a break from work. I am adjusting to life at Baruch nicely and have joined the archery club. I’m hoping to meet new people, learn new things and improve my communication and public speaking skills. I am also hoping to figure out what I would want to major in. Baruch will hopefully force me to break my habit of procrastinating, which I have had as long as I can remember. The moment when I felt the most embarrassed was when I used to play baseball. I only played because I thought my father wanted me to, but I was terrible only getting maybe 2 hits that weren’t fouls in over 3 years of playing. A moment when I felt empowered was when I used to tutor in math. It felt great to feel like you were helping someone. The student who I tutored had their math scores improve a lot. I had to stop this though, because in High School my math grades started to drop. The thing I like the most is to hang out with my friends. The thing that I hate the most is Public Speaking. I can’t deal with it and every solution I can come up with just causes more problems. I just have a hard time getting used to talking to a room full of strangers. I also dislike creative writing because it is hard to get a good idea. Free writing is also bad for me because it feels unnatural for me to just come up with ideas without thinking about them first. My fears are failure, because I don’t want to disappoint myself or my family and friends, and heights. The second fear isn’t the fear of being high up, but falling from high up. The roles that I play in my life are son, brother, friend, and student. My family and friends are the most important thing to me because they help me and guide me. I don’t really have a motto or anything like that.
Self-Portrait
I’m pretty shy and keep to myself for the most part. I have a hard time getting to know new people and I think sometimes I am aversive towards talking to them. I like to take things slowly and don’t like being rushed. Also, back when I used to play sports I was mediocre on offense but great on defense. I was even my team’s goalkeeper in soccer. So since we see each other everyday, I’ll post an image representative of myself instead of my own picture. So I chose this image of a turtle. Which has a shell which it can use to hide from things and for protection and defense from other things. It also moves slowly. So the picture is based off of the qualities I see myself having.
