I find that I’m a guy who has so much to say but is constantly feeling held back. I end up holding myself back because of my being shy when meeting new people and past experiences. I’m a nice guy who is there for my friends when they need me. I used to be a bit of a slacker but I’m trying to change that. I’m a guy that thinks a lot about what goes on around me. I’m the guy that lets his emotions dictate his actions. I’m the guy who is deep but hides everything under a cover of laughs and smiles. I’m the shy guy, the nice guy, the go to guy, and the emotional guy. I am me. I am Vincent Do.
My start at Baruch college probably gave me more worries than the average kid. My biggest worries of all were my books, my time management, and my work ethic. When i came to getting my books i had neither a credit card or a debit card. Because of this i was forced to ask my parents for help. I already had them paying for my tuition so I didn’t want to bug them for more money. Cause of this i got my books later than i should have and i started falling behind in the first week of school. My next concern was my time management. I, like most other people, constantly find myself on random other websites like facebook and youtube. I never know how but i can spend an hour or two straight on those sites without realizing the time wasted. Since I’m in college now and there isn’t anyone to really be on you to get your work done this worries me. I know every minute is important for my studies but i get distracted way easily. My last concern is my work ethic. When it came to homework in high school i would just look at the homework and never start it cause i never wanted to. Now I know i have to do the work cause it counts for my future but those same feelings come up again! Hopefully i can fight it back this time
I think that the larger classrooms will be the biggest difference between my new college life and high school. Because of the large classrooms I can’t ask as many questions as i used to so i would need so much extra time to understand concepts. Maintaining focus for 75 minutes straight is hard for me and the fact that i can’t constantly ask questions to keep me awake gets me a bit frustrated.
I think my first year at baruch will make me a more independent person. I’m hoping college will make me a harder worker and I’ll be ready for the future after its all over with. College scares me in a good way i guess
Firstly, say what you want, right after you think it through. You may have some great ideas, that can be very beneficial to you and others and holding it in will help no one. If you don’t take risks in life, i.e. just talking, it will be more difficult to get to places in life.
As for FB, yes it can be time consuming, it felt so wierd not being monitored and having complete freedom over what I do online at school. What I have done, is to remain in that mind-set of restriction, surprising it has worked!