LC 18

I have yet to encounter a person who can thoroughly and successfully answer the question stated without having to go back to say “oh and also…” How can you really describe who you are? Do you try to do so in terms of your personality, your education level, or maybe your name? If I had to try to formulate an answer to suffice, I would answer in all 3 ways. I am Marlen. Mar like hair, not mar like car, seeming as no one has successfully pronounced it correctly in the past 18 years. No it isn’t mispelled but my parents did decide to think up as many ways possible to make sure I am never bored. I like to characterize myself as smart, kind, and funny. I am loud when I am comfortable, outspoken, always, as well as always opinionated. I am the definition of a clutz and a class A perfectionist. I hate public speaking, unless I have no idea who I am speaking to, but I love math. I like to think of myself as the coolest nerd you’ll ever meet. I am a college freshman at Baruch which I absolutely love. One of my biggest concerns of surviving in college is adjusting to changing classes, professors, and classmates every symester. In Goldstein, the high school I went to, you had the same students with the same teachers all year round. Another concern of mine is learning what is necessary to read and what you can skip through. Reading 300 pages a night is not only strenuous but highly impossible. Lastly, writing a great paper is what worries me most. In high school, I could sit down to write a term paper the night before it was due and get an A+ on it. In college, this seems highly unlikely and the professors want the papers done exactly the way they like it. The college experience already feels much different then that of high school. In high school you are babied and rewarded for doing what you are supposed to do. You go from class to class with one lunch break and see the same exact people in every class. In college no teacher will reward you for showing up, you have to actually participate and put effort into your learning experience. There is much more reading involved and passing a class is your concern, no one elses. Meeting all the new people and professors will definitely be a huge contrast from the high school atmosphere. Although I love who I am, I hope college makes me more amiable when meeting people. People tend to think of me as an ordinary Regina George (Mean Girls) but I am not at all. Aside from radiating friendliness, I would also like to become a better public speaker, without getting nervous, and learn how to be more permeable to change.