Required Blog posts
by Analucia Castillo
1st (by mid-September): The theme for this year’s PERFORMING DIASPORAS: IDENTITIES IN MOTION project is “Who Do You Think You Are?”
a. Tell us who you think YOU are!
b. Share your top 3 concerns about your freshman year at Baruch College and explain why.
c. So far, what do you think will make your Baruch College experience different from your high school experience?
d. How do you think your first year at College will change you?
2nd (by mid-October): Students will be required to post the text of their monologue. (Do we want to require a self portrait as well?)
3rd (by early December): Now that your first semester at Baruch College is nearly complete, how was it??
a. Tell us how your experience at Baruch College has lived up to your expectations? Not lived up to your expectations? Exceeded your expectations?
b. How well do you think your first semester at Baruch College went?
c. What would you do differently during your first semester if you could do it all again?
d. How have you changed since you started at Baruch College?
I think that I’ am a shy person at first but once you get to know me I’m pretty easy to get along with. My top 3 concerns for freshman year are time management skills since I will be commuting for the first year or so. I’m also concerned on whether or not I should join a fraternity or if I should do clubs. My first exams are something I’m concerned about due to a lack of knowledge of the curriculum that may be given out since its no longer high school and more is expected from the students. Getting involved in social activities such as networking fairs and attending seminars is definitely a change from high school. Working towards your first internship in a career you enjoy can be a quite rewarding experience. My first year at Baruch will change me in terms of how I’ am socially. For example, I can sign up for STARR on the online website and I will soon be able to receive any information regarding job or networking fairs. This way one can augment social skills, and communication skills by joining clubs and getting to know new people that share the same interests as you.
A. I am a very easy going guy and i can get along with anyone, but i am also very lazy
B. 1.I need to have better time management skills because i procrastinate way too much, and that is a very bad habit
2. I hope i can actually get a decent grade in english because the professor seems like a strict grader, and overall she seems like an angry individual
3. I dropped art so i am three credits behind, so i can hope i handle the extra class i will be taking next semester
C. The 2 hour commute from home and the workload are the notable differences between high-school and Baruch
D. Hopefully college will force to me set my priorities correctly, and help me develop my time management skills