LEARNING COMMUNITY 13

Just read & play the song while you’re at it. Say by OneRepulic ……………………… The Invitation by Oriah It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living I want to know what you ache for and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are […]

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So these last few weeks have been a bit tough for me and my family. Besides having midterms and quizzes and group projects and work and life going on I have a grandmother in NY and a grandfather in the Dominican Republic who are really ill. Every time I get a call from either one […]

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I feel the same about myself after the monologue. Nothing feels different. But I the way I see my classmates have slightly changed. I was able to learn something new about my classmates through the monologue presentations. Everyone in the class has developed into sort of a big family. After all freshmen seminar class is […]

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I just saw on the news today that it was discovered that when you go onto facebooks apps such as farmville, mafia wars, some of the quizzes you take, etc, these third parties companies take in users’ Facebook identification numbers. The number then tied into a user’s profile and could identify the person by name, […]

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFep-zt7pmg This is Winston, a Maine Coon breed. When I’m feeling down, I usually watch candid cat videos. It makes me feel warm inside and it makes me want to adopt a little friend. Unfortunately, my brother is allergic to cat fur so this is a dream that will have to be put on hold […]

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After the Monologue we presented at Thursday I felt I could’ve done better. I definitely got used to speaking in front of people. However I felt I could’ve improved on my eye contact with the audience, my volume and tone of how i speak. It was a good opportunity to know  about everyones point of views. Im […]

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I honestly don’t feel very different after the my monologue. Even though i don’t feel different my views on other people in my freshman seminar class have changed. The monologues were spotty and unclear but that is what made it interesting. It kinda allowed me to fill in those spots for my classmates and allowed […]

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Everything I hear and see always ends up relating back to a song, hence the title. After doing the monologue, I don’t really see myself differently. I see everyone else differently. At first, I thought I’d be all confident and I would run through it easily; however, I never have to really open up in […]

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The day after the monologue I felt something. It was this warm fuzzy feeling that I got. It was something I could not describe, almost as if I had somehow changed after the monologue. My views on life, school, and people seemed to be affected by the monologue. No actually I lied. I didn’t feel […]

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Following the monologues that we presented on tuesday, I see myself as someone who isn’t afraid to get in front of my peers, especially those in my LC. I feel like our LC is full of people who don’t judge one another and just like to associate with everyone as opposed to keeping to ourselves. […]

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I feel that i was the same person before and after the monologue. I’m always able to blurt out stupid comments and things without hesitation, and my monologue was pretty much stupid. But I feel that after all the monologues, everyone in our LC got a better idea of who each other are, and help […]

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     I see myself as the same person I was than before I presented our monologues. I am not afraid of public speaking and actually have more confidence in it than one-to-one speaking because I have a script of things to say. The monologues gave me more confidence with one-to-one speaking with those in LC13 […]

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After reading my monologue to my classmates I felt that I could have a bit room for change. For example, I mentioned that I cursed at those younger than me when I play online first person shooters, well, from now on I will tone it down. Instead of using harsher words, I will create fun […]

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Before I presented the monologue I felt insecure and thought people would just laugh at me. When I heard that I was tied for first place I was shocked. The whole monologue thing got me thinking. I realize I have serious decisions to make that will determine my life. This isn’t high school which determine […]

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After the monologue i felt relief. I hate public speaking, especially when i have to talk about myself. Honestly, i don’t really feel any different though, and i don’t think i really know myself any better. Really i feel like i just completed another assignment. Freshmen seminar i think helped me feel a little more comfortable, […]

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Well after my monologue I feel like I know myself a little bit better I guess, but not that much. I never really knew how to put the words together of how I define myself. I never really think about this before because the topic is all about myself, and I should ace on that […]

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LEARNiNG COMMUNiTY 13 You all make me so proud! Yesterday When you presented your monologues I noticed that even the quiet ones had a lot to say. Maybe you haven’t realized it, but you  have all opened up to one another and even to me. I just want to thank you all so much for […]

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After writing my monologue, I don’t feel much different. I am the same person with the same personality. However, before I wrote my monologue, looking through the free writes I’ve completed in class, I felt different. I felt that I have grown since the beginning of my entering freshman seminar. From the first free write […]

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Post monologue, I didn’t feel any different. I was quite nervous though cause I was never good with public speaking in the first place. My heart would beat faster then its normal pace. I really just wanted to get it over with so my heart could stop speeding. I’ve developed a lot in and through […]

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Post monologue I honestly don’t feel much different. It was a fun experience, and we got a few laughs out of it. I feel that the monologues helped us learn a lot about one another. They helped teach us things about our fellow students that we probably would not have got to discover otherwise. I […]

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After the monologue, I feel relieved. Even though I left my copy of my monologue at home today, but I manged to print it again at school. Phew, thank god I email myself documents. I enjoyed listening to other people’s monologue. it really sums up each and everyone one of them. I certainly sis not […]

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I woke up this morning wishing I didn’t even get up in the first place, I felt like the worst thing on earth, you have no idea. I pulled enough energy to look in the mirror, boy did I look like a huge pile of poop. I had what I thought were breakouts all over […]

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Post-monologue, I view myself as nervous and fidgety. I’m normally the one who doesn’t participate in class because I really am shy on the inside and I have issues with stage frights. I can almost see my hands shaking while holding the paper in front of the class. However, that has all changed. I took […]

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     From looking at the info tab of my Facebook page, someone would know my name that I live in New York, that I attend Baruch College with the class of 2014. Using that information, someone could deduce that I am around 18, since it is suggested that I just started college this year. I […]

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     My name is Zachary Triano. I attend Baruch College. I have cerebral palsy and I am in a wheelchair. I plan on majoring in Accounting. I have been attending this school for a month and I have some issues that must be addressed in order for me to perform to the best of my […]

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The city is cutting money on access-a-ride, which many disabled and elderly people use on a daily basis. I understand that this costs a lot of money. However, the government seems to have enough money to change the street signs from capital letters to lowercase (some 17 million dollars). Furthermore, the Baruch VC building is […]

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In thinking about the philosophical idea of personal identity, I have always worried about the idea concerning what animate us? Although this may not make any sense, what makes us us? What makes you the one who animates your body and me mine? I understand that our brains allow us to think, but it goes […]

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     I have an extremely traceable online identity. When I google myself, I am listed on the first entry. In google, when you type in “Zachary Triano”, I am the first entry listed and it is my facebook page. The second result refers to a friend I have added on facebook, but it lists that […]

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