Who am I? I’m a man who never gives up. It is this mentality I carry with me that motivates me to do my best. Be it sports, academics, or video games, I will always try to be the best at what I’m doing. In basketball I could drive on you and lay it up; in football I can run over you or run past you. Either way, I’ll try to be the best. Granted, I am definitely not the best at everything I do. I know many people who could easily dominate me, but that has never stopped me before and it won’t stop me now. I openly accept challenges, even if I readily know I’m going to lose. With each loss is an experience, with each experience is a new skill, with a new skill is a new way to beat the opposition. I have a burning passion for competition. Beat me if you will, but know that it won’t be long until I beat you.
My top 3 concerns for college are pretty simple: Get good grades, don’t fail, know when everything is due (and do it). Sounds simple…but is actually much harder to do. Getting good grades requires me to be fully aware and on top of every assignment. Not failing means I can’t slack off, not even for a second. The last concern is probably the biggest because even though I write it down, I don’t exactly look at it; when I do look at it, I don’t do it. These 3 things are already plaguing me. It is not that I’m failing or anything, it is just that there are random assignments and readings to do every now and then that I’m not aware of….or I just don’t really feel like reading.
My college experience, so far, does not vary from my high school experience at all. In high school, I had teachers who assigned reading assignments with barely any, if any, written assignment attached to it. They didn’t care if you read it or not, it was on yourself to do it if you wanted to pass the tests/class. The workload of papers/long projects are also the same as high school. They assigned 1-2 big papers with 2-3 shorter papers during the course of the class taken. Since all the reading/written work load of college so far is the similar as high school, I actually feel more relaxed here than in high school due to only having 2 of the same class each week. Also, in all 4 years of high school, I had plenty of free periods to play sports or hang out, so these 2 hour breaks between classes is nothing new to me either. Don’t take me wrong, I’m not complaining, I’m loving this relaxed life.
If I dormed, that would be a totally new experience due to having independence from my parents. I would also have obligations and responsibilities, unlike what I’m experiencing now in my house.
Even though I stated above that the workload is pretty fair, I believe after this first year at Baruch it will change. I’m probably going to be reading more of the assignments than I am now. I’ll probably also lose my procrastinating ways as described in my 3 concerns, which is a definite plus. Even though I’m not dorming, I already feel like I have grown to be more responsible of my own work. As i said, I have to stay on top of everything if I want good grades! (and be the best)