Monthly Archives: October 2010

The things that will make me successful in collage are the same things that are my straights in real life. most people when they start collage fear the work load or the difficulty of the classes but I know that if I put 100% in to those classes that I will be able to pass even the most difficult classes with relative ease. My goal isn’t to just get by it is to secede. I was born with a learning disability and It has effected me my whole life I learned how to read when I was in the fourth grade so that’s age 9. My whole life when it comes to school I have always had a harder time than my pears. There were times when I would struggle and become frustrated and would throw my arms up in the air and ask “why me.” If it wasn’t for the support of my family and friends I know I wouldn’t be here right now. But I got passed my learning problems by acknowledging that I had to do things differently or with more effort. I wish I had some defining moment in when I overcame my disability but It was a gradual proses that involved a lot of trial and error. I view my dyslexia and ADHD as a straight now most people find out what there weaknesses are at unfortunate times but I have been in a battle with mine since grade school.

College is sort of the same thing as high school…for me anyway.  Baruch, brooklyn tech, it even sounds alike.  Th only thing is, I’m the same lazy, procrastnating person as before, except this time, it will actually affect my education.  Freetime, independence and responsibility all came with the price of having to look out for myself, and I’m not sure I’m up to that.  I’m having trupuble staying on task and even just ttending class.  Hopefully this changes in the next year ror so, as i continue to mature along with my peers.

What can I say about myself? I think I’ve lived a pretty normal life. I finished high school and now I’m in college. I expect a lot from college. I want to experience different things and make a lot of new friends. I think I will enjoy my time in college and I hope I find out new things about myself. I love eating and sleeping. I have one sister who I’m always in conflict with. I live in Flushing, Queens. I like to play basketball on my free time and I like sneakers. I can probably go on and on about more things I like and more facts about my life but I think I should talk about who I want to be. I want to be very successful in the future and have a very loving family. I expect to do well in school and find a deeper meaning to life.

“Hi. My name is Shavita Persaud. I am eighteen-years old. I am Guyanese-American.  I like the color pink”, is what I normally say when I have to introduce myself, or in other words, describe who I am. But that’s not just who I am. I honestly don’t know who I am. Does anyone at this age? I feel like everywhere I go, I am asked to answer the same question or a variation of, “What would you say describes you?” I go to school and I am asked to write a blog about myself. I go to apply for a job and the first thing I am asked at the interview is to describe myself. Try to make new friends and I am required to say something that describes me. I don’t know who I am, so I keep it vague.

Although I may not know who I am, I do know this. I am a daughter, granddaughter, niece, best friend and friend. I am honest and hate liars. I am a perfectionist and I am competitive. I am extremely sweet. I am funny.  I care too much about the people close to me. I am a fighter. I am not weak. I am on a journey to find me and what makes me happy.

So, does that describe me?

I’ve been in, and will most likely, be in the city my whole entire life. I never really gave it much thought but now that so many of my friends that went away from college are complaining about how much better it is here I have been appreciating it more and more. And I’m beginning to appreciate what I’ve always taken for granted also because now that I have all these activities it would be so much worse if there weren’t a slow and annoying but necessary train system or if there werent a starbucks every few blocks so I can get that five dolla coffee. The city also allows me to fully embrace the double life of a full time dancer and student. I love it here and wouldn’t mind spending how many years I have left here, going to Baruch 4 days a week for classes, Hunter 5 days a week for dance. I’m sorry=D

Coming into college I was nervous about what to expect. Throughout high school, teachers constantly said you have to make sure on your own that your up to date on assignments and write down the notes you find important because teachers never write on the board. So far, I feel the classes are pretty much the same, you go and you learn. What I find different is the fact that you do have more freedom, your allowed to go out between classes unlike high school you would have to stay inside the building or else detention, even though most of us found our way around. One thing I need to get used to this year, is taking public transportation. I never was a fan of it. Ever since junior year I would wake up and drive myself to school and make it in five minutes. Sometimes I would wake up and decide not to go at all whether it was the weather or the fact that I just didn’t want to get up out of bed. I took advantage of it. This year i have a minimum hour commute and i hate it.
I come from a family that is very big on tradition and togetherness. If anyone of you guys were to come to my house at any given point of the day, I always have someone over. We have family dinners and parties countless times a year. To miss one of these, you would need to have a really good excuse. Sometimes I get annoyed of the fact people are always over, I still love them.

My name is Michael Commissiong, I live in Brooklyn, and I have just recently turned 18 years old. My family and I are from the island of Grenada, in which I had lived there for about a year. In my free time, I like to hang out with my friends, play handball, and breakdance. Starting college, I was originally quite nervous of how I would make new friends and the amount of work that would piled onto me. However, in one way or another, I was quite relieved. People in my classes are friendly and social and my teachers are very welcoming and understanding. I would hope to eventually find some kind of career or purpose in life that I’d strive to pursue in college, though that has not happened yet, I am slowly but surely coming to a conclusion. Growing up in a poor but extremely family oriented household, I learned that the ideal purpose for one’s life is to help and support others to the best of your ability while still maintaining your own well-being as well. Hopefully, with this mindset, I shall, in time, be able to truly define what I want to do in life.

So far college has been different than I expected. I’m  not really sure what I expected but everything’s that happened so far has been a surprise to me.

My high school was extremely secluded from the real world, I guess you can say. It was full of either Irish or Italian American-born Catholics. So coming to Baruch and meeting all these culturally diverse people has opened my eyes to new things. I love talking to new people and getting to know who they are and where they come from.

Hopefully this school will make me less jundgemental of others because everyone is different in their own way. Honestly, I think I’ve already become a better person because of these past two months I’ve spent here.

I think I’m basically a free-spirited person who is up for anything and always looking to have a good time no matter where I am or who I’m with.

My name is Joe Morelli. I am seventeen years old and I have a brother that is two years younger than me. I consider some of my strengths to be my determination and perseverence. When I set my mind on something I usually do it.

Although I haven’t yet really had a defining moment in my life, I have accomplished things that I am proud of. One example is that I was cut from the baseball team in high school, but now I am playing college baseball for Baruch.

My name is benny nigri, I live in brooklyn. Im jewish, my father from lebanon/ israel, my moms from here. My hobbies are basketball, and working out. So far school has been pretty good i met some pretty chill people, and I like all my classes.
One of the things that has been most difficult for me in college, is commuting. I HATE waking up 645 for school, its enough that i have to even wake up at that time, but what makes it worse is that i have to take the train and wait another hour or so. Another things that has been kind of difficult is working right after school. I usually get to work at 2, when i should be coming in at 930 10, and I have to stay on top of my game at work making sure everyone suppose to be doing what there doing. I work for my dad, and he expects me to get the stuff i have to do done ( which I always do), to move on. I guess I cant fix these problems but its just something i have to deal with for know.