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The Rubin Museum of Art, to me was just like most of the other museums that I have attended. But this is probably due to my approach to them and lack of sentimentality about history. Yes, the exhibits were varied and interesting to an extent but in that sense, most museums are interesting. I guess I’m happy that it was large enough to hold such a collection unlike such museums as the MoCADA in Brooklyn which is terribly small in both size and variety.

– Kendon Marshall

The career exploration session was another seminar that I felt was pointless. Don’t get me wrong, the information itself was useful. But it was flawed in two major ways. One, all that she did was basically tour the website through a power point presentation. She went on explaining minute details that would be obvious to even the casual browser and thus ripped a bit of substance from the presentation. The second flaw was that the topics that she discussed would all have been better managed on a personal level. She talked about many of the one on one counseling and assistance offered by the SACC center but we don’t get to experience that unless we take the initiative to visit. I feel that these things could have easily been covered in a Freshman seminar session rather than an outside event.

– Kendon Marshall

We were mandated to visit a panel consisting of Charles N. Li, some Baruch professors and a woman from a Museum. Honestly, it was pretty boring. They all said the same things and they were all the types of stories and phrases that you expected to hear from people speaking at a school. Charles Li was pretty chill for an old dude and was pretty entertaining. Was it a nice experience? Yes, i guess. Was it worth it? No, not in my opinion. But it didn’t hurt to hear a little wisdom from older people so I don’t resent going.

– Kendon Marshall

So I’ve been going to Baruch college, you may have heard of it. It’s a college like any other I guess and given my lack of expectations, i guess there was nothing to exceed. To be honest, I didn’t do that well in most of my classes and ended up dropping calculus. I suppose that dedicated study time and better prioritizing could result in an increase in academic performance.  Attending Baruch has made me more aware of the prospect of failure. I actually have to kind of try in order to reach mediocrity which is a drastic change from high school. But I guess trying harder is all that i can hope to do at this point. that was kind of sad.. :'(

– Kendon Marshall

My Problem in High School was that I didn’t really care. I knew I’d pass anyway so i didn’t work that hard to succeed or to even be there most of the time. Sophomore year was a true testament and validation of my attitude. I got to first period late almost everyday and when I  was early, I’d celebrate by cutting class. For about half the year, I didn’t carry books or paper to class unless something was due and i happened to have done it. But even with all this disregard for academic gains, I still held a B+ average, which was higher than when I thought i doing well in school.

Starting college, I have a different yet similar problem. I sleep and play way too much Modern Warfare 2. As an example, I’ll go over the events of a few recent days. I got home sunday at 6pm, ate, then went to sleep at eight. I awoke at midnight to play Modern Warfare 2 which i did until 7am, Monday. We had the day off so I went to sleep at 9am and awoke at 6pm, then proceeded to play until 6am, even though I had to leave in 3 hours for a midterm. This single-mindedness has led to latenesses, missed assignments and other problems. But I really don’t wanna stop. Even when I try to play less, I just sleep more and problems still exist. I think i might need help, but I’m kind of okay with it. At least until I get really bad grades, then I guess i have to take action.

I don’t presume to know who i am. As far as I know, I’m probably lying to myself. But I guess I’ll just state facts and let conclusions be drawn. I’m a musician, a gamer, a Christian, a brother, a son, a friend and probably most importantly, a procrastinator (hence the late blog.) The differences that i see between high school and college is that I’m pretty secure with myself and won’t attempt to be popular or someone I’m not, but then again, I might be lying to myself again. I have no concerns or expectations for Freshman year or college life in general at Baruch. Mainly because I have no idea what will happen or how I will react, so for now I’ll take it as it comes. I don’t presume to know what the year will change in me but I hope i come out more studious and less of a procrastinator.