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I really liked the Rubin Museum. I went with some other kids from LC12 and we had a really nice time. Personally, I am very interested in art and I love eastern religions so the first few floors especially interested me. I have always been really big into eastern religions and have many statues of them in my room. The statues we saw were absolutely stunning and the prayer room took my breath away. If I could I would have that room in my house. I really enjoyed the museum and I think Baruch would benefit it’s students by having more art related things like that mandatory for students.

Well, some other people didn’t enjoy this semester and have decided to transfer. In the beginning I was considering that but as the semester continued I decided I really like it here. My grades are pretty good and I enjoyed my experience with the LC12 group and my professors. Baruch has definitely lived up to my expectations. I haven’t met as many people as I would have hoped to but I know that will come with time. The only disappointment for me is that fact that I didn’t do my homework in math and it’s going to affect my grade most likely. If I could change one thing it would have been that. Also I should have joined a club. I’ll do that next semester. I think my first semester has made me a lot more positive. I was a bit of a downer when I got here, but living on my own and independently going to school has made me a lot happier. I feel really good about the rest of my college experience. :]

I thought that this was a very helpful workshop. I have been to interview before but nothing very professional. Just interviews for the jobs that I had in high school. I thought that this retold me the things I knew and had forgotten while also adding to my knowledge of how to act in future, more professional interviews. I loved the website she showed us as help for us to write resumes. I had always had trouble writing my resumes and I know that I will take full advantage of that sight. Also, the career center at Baruch seems like it would be incredibly helpful for things such as resumes and practicing for interviews. I think this workshop was very important and helped me find all of the things I can use within the college to help me towards a career.

I personally was not a big fan of this book. It was an inspirational story but not my type of book. It was nice to hear from the author though. It gave me a new perspective and insight to the book. I have never before met the author of a book I have read. I enjoyed listening to him and how important he made his readers seem to him. I was not aware of how insightful of a man he was and I’m glad he came to talk to us. I really enjoyed how he talked about wanting to be part of the audience instead of just talking to us. He seemed like a very intelligent person and made me want to go back to the book so that I could look deeper into it and try to understand him more. I think it was a great idea for Baruch to invite him to talk to us.

This is a picture of Charlie Chaplin. I chose this picture because I adore Charlie Chaplin. He has had such a huge influence on my life and has always reenforced my belief that laughter can sure anything and there is always time to smile.

Here is my monologue:

Dear Brittany,

Hi. I have lived with you for two months now. I must say, it has not been what I expected and I have had to adjust to living with you. If you knew me, which you obviously don’t, you would know that I am very open to people about how I feel about them. I always tell people how I feel about them and at times when I need to I will tell them off. But since I have been living with you and will have to continue to live with you I have kept my mouth shut. Brittany, more than anyone I know, you need to be told to grow up. I tried to be your friend once. We went to that club one night. I knew I wouldn’t be able to deal with you once you told me that we couldn’t leave since you had only danced with 3 guys and you can’t leave until you’ve danced with at least 5. Seriously Brittany? And I don’t care if you drank half of a bottle of Malibu when you were out, it’s not okay to try to pour vodka into my fish bowl. My fish doesn’t want to get drunk and you will kill it. If you kill my fish I will kill you. Please, don’t wake me up at 4 am to tell me that you hooked up with however many guys. I don’t care. I’m trying to sleep.

Love, Carla

Who am I? I am Carla D’Amore! I am a young girl with a not-so-young mindset. I have always been a thinker and an intellectual. I adore reading, the piano, art, the water, being outside, and just enjoying life. I am a really easygoing person. I love to try new things and usually get along with all different types of people. You’ll also find that I’m incredibly opinionated but ironically extremely open minded. I love listening to people who have completely opposite ideas from me. I have grown through many experiences and consider myself an extremely strong person. Anyone who knows me well enough will tell you I’m one of the mentally strongest people they know.

I guess I’m concerned that I’ll let my grades slip. I am really driven to do well in college but in High School I was pretty lazy since I didn’t need to work hard to do well on tests and such. And I never used to go to class. Ever. I also am a little nervous that I can be kind of anti-social but I seem to be meeting people just fine so far so I’m not too worried. I don’t think there is anything else I’m concerned about… College is very different from High School in so many ways. Believe me, in good ways. I can be independent here and completely take care of myself, when it comes to life in and out of school. It’s great.

I don’t know how this year will change me. I’m already a pretty self-suffient and independent person but I think this year will really improve my ambitions to do well in school and strive to get good grades. I also think meeting new people will give me new ideas and opinions. All together, I think it will be a good year. I just NEED to get a B or over in everything or I’ll be really disappointed in myself. Anyway, yeah. That’s me in a nutshell. :]