Monthly Archives: November 2010

It was a pretty interesting place. I saw that many people just got the tickets and left and i thought it was funny. I mean your there already. Why not just look and see why someone would tell you to go to that place. Obviously something had to be interesting. So i didn’t follow in those people who left right away’s foot steps. I looked around and saw that there was a lot of Eastern Art. I have never seen any art like that. I have seen Buddhism statues before but never in works of art. I saw some interesting things and I liked going. Those people who didn’t actually stick around missed some interesting stuff.

I like Mr. Lee. I’ll always remember the first line he said, which i thought was pretty fun. He was saying that he felt kind of like naked because we all read his book so we know so much about him. I liked what he had to say over all the others. It was just more interesting to hear what he had to say. From reading his book, i was really interested on his childhood. I felt that way because his childhood is not the way the generation of today’s kids see their childhood as.

I felt that the workshop was kind of helpful. I basically knew everything expect for one thing. I already have a resume but I had like included something that was before high school so i had to take that off. For someone who hasn’t done a resume then this workshop would of been really helpful because of the way they explained each step. Also a person from the Starr group came to talk to the basketball team about resumes also so I kind of heard it twice which isn’t bad sometimes.

I am not too shocked on how my first semester went. I love my schedule and that the fact that not one of my classes exceeded past 1.

I play basketball for school so it defiantly takes up time. I feel like I’ve made a lot of close friends on the team and also defiantly made friends in the entire sports teams. It had to happen I mean we spend so much time around each other and we support each other at thee games. I know the basketball team is like a family. We bond and by us going on trips makes our bond better.

The experience has been good. I learned some things and it kind of exceeded my expectations because Baruch is a commuter school so I didn’t expect much to happen. But I was wrong.

I think I did well but if there was some things I could change it would definitely be that I should of never slowed down on how I was doing my work. I took a little break that I made my grade change a little but that was a wake up call because I have a lot of semesters to come and to know that I can’t let that happen again.

I don’t know if I have changed but I do know I will by my senior year. 4 years is a long time and by the time I graduate I wont be a 17-year-old teenager anymore.

Who am I. Well that is a pretty good question. I see my self as a kind, understanding, helpful, generous and good teammate. People see me as a brother, a son, a nephew, a uncle, a teammate, and a good friend.

There are good things about me but not everything is good. I don’t like that I take things way out of control and that I don’t stop talking when I know I shouldn’t be like during class. I like to be an out going person and that hurt me sometimes.

The things that make me happy is playing basketball and being with my friends.  I like to eat and that’s not good because I eat a lot so I got to work extra hard so that I can be in shape to play.

The things I don’t like are liars and people who think their tough. Obviously if your lying that means your scared of the person that your lying to because you couldn’t just be straight forward and say the truth.

Everyone knows I go to Baruch and that I’m 17 but definitely don’t look like it at all. Also people know I play basketball for Baruch and that I like to play sports. I like the city but I’m used to it because I went to high school but it isn’t the same as in that I have so much more freedom. I’m just waiting for my apartment and everything will be great.

i play basketball and i love doing it. Thats my thing.

I expected multiple page essays to write every week, more “all-nighters” than normal hours of sleep, and heartless monsters for professors. Despite these I was exited to start college and was even happy to start in August. Although I expected lots of work what I got instead was a lot of actual “work”. I was hired in September and spent most of my time working 40 hours a week. It set me back academically but surprisingly I met very influential people working at a bakery.

Baruch definitely met my expectations for student service. My freshman Mrs. Cataletto helped me clear things out  during this semester and all of the staff were helpful whenever I needed assistance. There was one situation in October when I was dropped from Baruch for a couple of days because of immunization record problems. I had to get the MMR vaccine again when I was already immune.

I was already used to the diversity in Baruch as a Queens native. I am usually quiet but this semester also helped me to open up more. I haven’t had time to do anything other than academics at Baruch, which I hope to change immediately. I have to make new friends just like I had to make new friends in high school. I feel like I haven’t talked to my classmates enough, merely asking them for assignments and due dates.

I honestly think my first semester was mediocre and I hate it for this fact. It is up to my finals to determine whether its a failure or not but I’ve learned my lesson. Academic work is of main priority in my life now. If I had the chance to change my first semester, I would have begged for less hours or quit altogether and studied until I got straight A’s. I feel this is similar to what most students wish they had done: Study more and get better grades. But for me working opened my eyes to the harsh world of living on a set paycheck which I don’t plan on continuing. I won’t live the boring life and I will use all that Baruch can give me to live a full life. It all starts with better time management, which is the ultimate lesson I learned this semester.

The first semester of Freshman year so far was very busy and I made sure to make it on time on the day of the panel discussion. I think every freshman present was waiting to hear Mr. Li speak. He was by far the most influential speaker of that panel, using the right examples and stories to give his message.

I was surprised at the humility that each speaker had. This taught me that the academic lifestyle doesn’t have to end after you are successful; one can keep researching after retirement like Mr. Li. One of the things I’ve gained from the panel will never leave my brain; Mr. Li’s words sounded something like “Everyone’s realities are different… and the only sure way to resolve differences is to understand each others cultures and realities”.

Some of these speakers started from virtually nothing and it gives me hope to know that I am enrolled in Baruch College where I have many resources to brighten the future.

I was absent for the KM3B academic enrichment workshop due to work so I had to attend the one in early November with another freshman class. I was immediately familiar with the multi-purpose room where it took place, and expected a long boring talk like the one I had for freshman orientation back in August.

I felt out of place but as soon as the speaker started speaking I realized that I was just as clueless as all the strangers around me. The speaker was very effective; his presentation had my attention from beginning to end. I learned many new things about interviews and what goes on in the interviewers mind. This session also firmly reminded me that like high school, grades are not everything.

Looking back now I wish I took more notes although I have all the handouts. Life is one big game where we have to juggle everything we have. That is why one must throw out all the unnecessary things that waste time. The workshop opened my eyes to the fact that I have very little precious time to give to do the mountain of things a college student must do.

Although I have very little interest in art, my experience at The Rubin Museum of Art proved to be a worthwhile visit. As I toured around the museum many sculptures caught my eye.

I was particularly interested in a sculpture of an egale-like sculpture, Garuda. Its outstretched wings reminded me of Hawkman, a comic book superhero.The majestic creature Garuda was the half bird half man, animal companion of Vishnu. Garuda was a common figure in Naplese shrines.

This experience has enriched my knowledge of art. I have gotten the chance to explore Himalayan art in the Western world. I would revisit this museum when i get the chance.

I can’t believe that my first semester at Baruch College is nearly over.  Time really has flown by quickly.  I must say, though, my first semester at college was not bad.  My high school (Edward R. Murrow High School) really did prepare me in the sense that I had to pick my own classes for every semester, and I was even used to the fact that every semester, I would be with different students.  However, there were some things that my high school did not prepare me for, but I was expecting this as part of my college experience.

Even though I expected this, I was also not really prepared for the many readings that I would have to do for college.  The other thing that I expected to be part of my college experience was the amount of responsibility that I would have.  I am aware that now that I am in college, it is my responsibility to make sure that if I have any problems, I need to make sure that I take care of that problem by calling the college and seeing what the problem is and then taking any action to fix it.  The other thing that I have realized about college—and this is actually something that my mother helped me realize—is that I remember in high school, I could get somewhere in the 80s on an exam, and I would still somehow get an A in the class.  It could probably be because I would do well in the other areas, such as get an A on a project, but I think it’s also because the teachers knew me; they knew that I was a good student, and they would give me the A in the class.  In college, however, it’s not like that.  If a student gets a B on all of his or her exams, then the student will get a B in the class.  From this, it has made me realized that I actually need to work hard in order to get the grade I want.

Overall, though, I think my first semester at Baruch College went well.  I met a lot of fun and amazing people from my Block and from the Undergraduate Student Government that I joined earlier this semester.  However, there are some things that I would have done differently this semester.  I would have made sure that the distractions in my personal life would not have affected some of my studies.

I have changed since I started Baruch College, and it relates to something that I have mentioned before, which is that now, I have to actually work hard for my grade, rather than thinking that I can get any grade and still manage an A in the class.  From this, it has made me want to study more, and honestly, I love the feeling of actually working hard and receiving the reward that I deserve (hopefully a good one, of course).