LC 14

Ohayo mina~ I’m Grace Li. As you can probably tell from the japanese, I am an anime fan. I don’t like the dubbed versions that the Americans has translated though, it’s horrible compared to that of the Japanese. Anyway, on to the questions!

Well, to be honest, I am a shy girl, what else is there? I prefer typing over speaking, but that doesn’t mean I’m anti-social! I can be quiet and seemingly boring, but once I get to know you, you’ll be seeing a different side of me. I also am a tomboy to a certain extent, I’ll admit. I don’t really care much about fashion or shopping, but I’m not athletic either. I would rather go to a bookstore than shop 24/7, let’s just go with that.

My top 3 concerns would probably have something to do with grades or just the classes. My first one would have to do with my laziness. I get extremely lazy when the work is boring. My tend to sway away from my task if it doesn’t keep my attention…Not a very good idea for an undergraduate student, especially since I’m a freshman. I also prefer games over schoolwork, probably because they keep my entertained more than schoolwork. The second concern would be my Business Law class. For some reason, I couldn’t grasp anything in the textbook! Perhaps it’s because law never intersted me, or it’s because the textbook itself is boring, or it’s a combination of both. *sighs* I envy my friends who seem to understand this better than I do~ Finally, extracirricular activities. Did I even spell that right? All schools want their undergraduates, or the equivalent of, to join clubs and teams and all kinds of things. Well, what if the student lives far away from the school? Shouldn’t schools realize that some students just couldn’t afford to join one because of the time restraints? My high school certainly didn’t, which surely showed up in my resume. But I will say that Baruch did a great job creating club hours, it certainly gave more time for the undergraduates to join a club or a team.

Well, like I said above, Baruch has put students first over itself (at least more than my high school ever did). College is also more about learning to find yourself than just completing the assigned courses. I have to learn how to manage my time doing papers and studying for upcoming exams while trying to find time for myself. The professors here at Baruch are also more sophisticated; at least most of them know what they were teaching. They took more pride into advising and teaching their students more than my previous school ever did.

My first year at college would probably make me more responsible and less childish, or so I hope. To be honest, I don’t know what will happen to me during my first year. I never actually thought about it. Better to leave that to the future and worry about now, that’s what I think, or maybe it’s because I want to eat while I’m typing this. xDD

Hi! My name is Serena Chung. Who do I think I am? I think I am a great friend and a great listener. At first I may seem to be a quiet person who doesn’t talk much or give much feedback, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to be friends or talk to you. I love making new friends and talking to people, it just doesn’t come as second nature to me. So please, if I don’t talk, talk to me :).

I certainly have concerns for this freshman year at Baruch college, maybe even more than three. My first concern is about the homework load. There is such an overwhelming amount of work that I think is unbelievable and crazy. I don’t think professors should give that much work out because students do have other classes with homework as well. I am worried that I will fall behind because I am already getting lost with the reading. My second concern is with finals and midterms. I don’t really feel like i’m learning much at the moment, or it’s just not sticking in my head. Hopefully when midterms and finals come, I won’t draw a blank of what I have learned and fail. My third concern is regarding whether I can handle all this school work and my job and be able to excel in both at the same time. I recently got a job at a x-ray clinic and I am still learning a lot of new things. Taking in all this new information is hard and this college work load sure isn’t helping the situation.

Baruch college is certainly a lot different from high school. In high school, nobody really forces you to do anything, neither do they in Baruch but now you just know that you have to. Cramming information before tests work in high school but I have a strong feeling that it will not anymore. In lecture classes, you are supposed to pay close attention to the professor and take notes as he/she talks, but back in high school, everything was about copying off the board. Calling out “wait! I’m not done writing down what you said” will no longer be effective. Its all on you and its your responsibility to get everything down.

I already see change in myself after college had begun, in a good way though. I feel as if I have grown a little, maybe because of knowing the fact that I am in college now. I feel more comfortable opening up and talking to random people and making friends. This is only the beginning of everything, school had just begun. I know in the future, maybe a few more months into college, I will see a bigger change in myself. After this whole four years of college experience, I know I will gain a lot of new experience and become a little stronger and more independent than I am now.

1st (by mid-September): The theme for this year’s PERFORMING DIASPORAS: IDENTITIES IN MOTION project is “Who Do You Think You Are?”
a. Tell us who you think YOU are!
b. Share your top 3 concerns about your freshman year at Baruch College and explain why.
c. So far, what do you think will make your Baruch College experience different from your high school experience?
d. How do you think your first year at College will change you?

2nd (by mid-October): Students will be required to post the text of their monologue. (Do we want to require a self portrait as well?)
a. how do you see yourself post-monologue?
b. how have you developed in freshmen seminar?
c. UPLOAD a self portrait of yourself [photograph/cartoon/image/drawing] depicting how you see yourself.

3rd (by early December): Now that your first semester at Baruch College is nearly complete, how was it??
a. Tell us how your experience at Baruch College has lived up to your expectations? Not lived up to your expectations? Exceeded your expectations?
b. How well do you think your first semester at Baruch College went?
c. If you could do it all over again… what would you do differently the 2nd time around?
d. How have you changed since you started at Baruch College?

Welcome to Blogs@Baruch!

This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging.