Author: kayla.colon

             This semester has been pretty good. I thought the classses that i got were good, and challenging. The classes that were in the block started my freshman year at college at a good start. The classes are classes needed and focused on material to help the transition. At of five classes I think that three of them were fun and not so challenging including speech, calculus and of course freshman seminar. My other two classes English and Philosophy aren’t so hard but gave me a challenge and made me realize this is not highschool. My english is not hard it is just that English is not my subject and i am not to good at it so to write 3-7 pages  is hard at leadt for me. philosophy is not hard either but the reading material is hard to understand and that is where the answers to the essays we have to write come from . Since this is the only thing the proffesor is grading the class on i get frustrated and knowing taht my grade comes from something i am not understanding and is hard for me to. Otherwisse the semester has gone good and I am learning things that will help me further my education in this first semester block schedule. The people I met , the classes I took and the things I have learned gave me a good first semster at Baruch College.

Annie, Eldan and I went to the Making the transition from student to professional workshop. This was the 21st of October where Andy Teach the presenter gave some key information.  At the workshop there was not only freshman’s but sophomores and juniors and even Michelle was there.  Andy Teach gave the audience information on what to put on a resume, professional social networking sites like linkedin.com. Also he explained finding a job and the interview process on what to do and what not to do. He explained things very well and he related everything to the audience. He then  added  his own stories about him being the interviewer at the company he works at and other stories that really intrigued me to the information he talked about. The information he gave us really did sink in and i remembered most of the do’s and don’ts of the interview and being socially responsible. I think he really did a good job in pulling the audience in but at the same time giving the necessary information to help us become professionals ourselves.

On the 26 of October the complete freshman class attended the The Bitter Sea panel discussion in the mason hall. I didn’t know really what to expect when i first heard of it but since it was mandatory i had no choice but  figured it would be fun since the author Charles Lee would be there. So when i arrived the whole LC 20 sat together like always and listened to the panel discussion that included the author Charles Lee and other panelist that really related to the book. I thought that Charles would be very grumpy and mean but he was very nice he talked as if nothing ever bothered him which i really did like. Also the author took some questions from the audience which i enjoyed the most hearing what he had to say about life, the book and other things such as his teaching career. This event was very informative and gave us an inside look of the book adn the author himself which i found interesting.

Almost the whole LC 20 decided to go to the art gallery together. When we went I figured that it will be the same old styled pics. But when we arrived I saw the pictures and I was surprised that they were pieces I was interested and haven’t seen . The pieces really did make me think about groups and how people associate themselves and others. The director talked through the photos  and explained some of  the good groups like a club and the bad one like a war slave. I thought the exhibition was really cool I don’t really like going to see arts because its usually something that cant be related,weird or even a piece that you dont really understand or know what really it is.  I thought the exhibition at the Mishkin art gallery was really cool and the pieces did make me think about social groups. I really enjoyed going there especially with the whole Lc20

There are three things that are important to me. First  thing is happiness which includes  which includes the happiness of my family, close friends and happiness. Usually if they are happy and feel good then i am happy. Another thing is love with that warm feeling between each other in family and friends is very important. without this it makes everything complete. And the last things might sound cheesy but it feels good to have peace between family and friends. without peace the arguments make the environment we have better and more comfortable.

I think i am who i think i am. I am quiet and sensitive. I let others thoughts and opinions persuade me which is usually a bad idea. Meaning I usually put others in front of me especially family and friends. I give my everything to please others even if they hurt me. I am a very forgiving person and let things pass by me like the wind on a winter day. I use my manners even in an argument and i put myself in their positions to figure out why they do what they do. I could sometimes be judgemental but at the end who am i to judge those who dont judge me. I am the girl who is not from the new york streets born and raised in a suburban country way up in Florida. The girl who is very creative and thoughtful and puts nothing into something. Though I am sweet, nice and sensitive i am observant where when i see something i dont like i say something since there is freedom of speech. I take control of my own actions and it stresses me to see others use and hurt innocent people. When i say no the word means no and when i choice to do something not even a tornado or a fire can change my mind. Some say im demanding and controlling with an attitude but after all everyone has a little spice to them. Though these things are all what people think of me I am me and that is the person I think i am .