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Adam Ibrahim

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3 minute monologue.

If there is one thing that i like in this world, it is being able to do what i want, when i want to do it. I like having the capability to snowboard, to drive a fast car at a fast pace, and to enjoy the company of other people on a regular basis. I understand that being able to to what one wants, however, is symptomatic of having enough money to dispel time consuming responsibilities that are not preferable. That is why i am going to college; so that if i should not have a genius idea to take over the world as mark zuckerburg did, i can at least have a place to start. That brings me to what i hate, which is coincidentally a lot of what college has entailed so far. Constraints, such as writing papers that i have no interest in or blogging on a website as a prerequisite to completing a course that yields no credit, define the most prominent stresses in my life. I wouldn’t consider myself a role model per say, however i would consider myself inspirational to some people that i am acquainted with. This is because i have a way of making some people do things which are productive, whether thats by dragging uninterested friends to the library, or by telling a friend that he will never drive an m3 if he doesn’t start going to wall street club. I also create an example for some friends by doing things that i hate, because it is the more responsible thing to do in a situation. These actions usually consist of blogging, going to work, or writing a paper.

I learned about the two types of resumes: the chronological one and the functional one. Previously, I did not really know about the functional one. I have always written my resumes using the chronological format. Also, I learned what to wear so that someone applying for a job does not overdue it by wearing too much jewelry or perfume but also looked prepared with their business attire. They had good interview tips as well. I learned to send a thank-you letter twenty four hours after the interview or mail the letter if I need more time. They told us we have to “sell ourselves” to the company and tell them why we would add to their company. I think the “Personal Pitch” is a great way of practicing this. You should take 30 seconds to 2 minutes to speak about yourself and your talents. I thought this exercise would be useful to do before interviews.

During the Career Exploration workshop, I was introduced to the STARR Career Development Center, which I’ve visited before and knew most of the details and points made during this workshop. I already had done and made my own resume before and it was of the similar format such as the Chronological Format. But I learned about the other format, the Functional Format, which seemed similar but was not. This format was different in the sense that you don’t list your experiences in the order of achievement or experience but instead you list the skills and tools (experience) that you have learned or have gained, and that you can still use in your future career. I was also introduced to the requirement to write a “thank you” letter after your interview with the recruiter, I’ve done these letters unconsciously after my interviews for college applications. But now their fixed habits to my routine in applying for a new job or position. I was also introduced to the “Personal Pitch”, and as stated by the worksheet given, “A Personal Pitch is a thirty second to two minute long infomercial about yourself. It should contain the most important and relevant information that you want the listener to know about you.” And to me the personal pitch was a must, something that I will added onto my future interviews as a way to sell my skills and expertise. I know that this information that I learned will be helpful and I will use the different services provided at the STARR Career Development Center, such as the mock interviews, résumé advice and career opportunities.

The panel at the Academic Enrichment workshop consisted four very diversely experienced individuals. These individuals were Charles N. Li the author of The Bitter Sea, Katrin Hansing a faculty member of Baruch College and a Associate Professor of Black and Hispanic Studies, Tashi Chodron a spokeswomen for the Tibetan Resettlement Project and finally Bruce Payne a director and teacher of programs in leadership and the arts at Duke University, respectively in the order of appearance. The panel discussion was conducted by having each panel from left to right introduce themselves and their stories, then the question and answer portion proceeded. The questions that were dealt with in this discussion were all related to the idea of identity and diversity, for example, all four panel members were of some short mixed origin including the moderator Stan Altman, a Greek Jew. The questions were interesting because they made me think about the friends that I had who were also of mixed decent and what they have to go through in their future and maybe what my kids may have to go through in a future where their identity is not clear. The workshop was what I expected because as I read the paper given out during Freshman Seminar, “What is an Enrichment Workshop?”, the description for the Academic Enrichment workshop fit what I saw during the discussion, the discussion of identity and this was what I expected as we in our freshman seminar class did the same, wrote about our identity.

Nikola Vulicevic
Freshmen Seminar
Monologue

I enjoy my times with my friends; I love playing volleyball; as I played for my school’s volleyball team and managed the school’s girl volleyball team. I enjoy going to movies, from scary to comedies and I enjoy playing handball as a result of the want to be competitive and play my friends. I enjoy the random conversations that I may have with my friends and how these conversations make us laugh most of the time. The least favorite thing in my life is arguments. I know no one likes arguing but if I ever get into an argument, it’s usually a verbal one, I always treat it as if it’s a court case, I always present legal proof and I mean legal proof. I never based my evidence on just the word of the mouth but on actual items that I can use and show to the opponent. I always never liked the moments when people never understood my situation and I was the only person not blind in the society. If I was to identify myself, I would say, I’m not your typical white boy, I am not a drinker, all those typical stuff. But I believe I am a awesome person to hang out with, I am open with everyone, I love doing new things and I love just having fun. I also identify myself as a role-model for my brothers because I am the first generation in my family to go to college and my brothers always looked up to me as an example or destination in their lives. My parents are the most important people in my life because they proved me with all these opportunities and without them, I won’t be here. Baruch has been a very amazing experience so far, I really am enjoying the environment, friendship and activities but I can’t say the same for the work and readings we have to do, especially the readings for sociology and the papers for philosophy but I’m doing well so far and no late papers or bad papers.

I love challenges but what I love more is over-coming the challenges.

I am Maciej Niewczas. I consider myself an outgoing person, perpetually seeking for new goals I can possibly achieve. I arrived in New York two moths ago and I’m really glad I can be here, especially when thinking of all the opportunities New York has to offer or how many people yet I am going to meet.

My greatest concern so far has been communicating with people. I am constantly trying to improve my English so that I have no trouble understanding important issues. Another concern has been understanding all the important things that are going on during classes. I am sometimes also having hard time comprehending what’s written in books or reading passages.

What is making my Baruch College experience different from my high school experience are people that I have met only recently and had not known before I arrived in New York.

I have already noticed changes in the way I see myself or other people but I feel like even greater changes are yet to come. What this year is likely going to change is my English, which hopefully, in a few months, will be on a much higher level.

My name is Adam Ibrahim. I enjoy a multitude of daily activities and affairs. It would be preposterous to attempt reiterating even a fraction of the ideas that run through my mind on a daily basis.

The greatest three issues i am facing at baruch thus far are the quality of my math related work, or lack thereof, not knowing where to look for possible scholarship opportunities, and learning to cope with the new and more complicated enviroment that is intertwined with my early college life.

after a mere month and three days at Baruch college, i have gained a far deeper respect for education and the obtaining of knowledge. When i recall high school it seems extraordinarily ludicrous to my that i did not utilize any of the potential that i had. Henceforth, i will make certain that i over-perform any and all goals that i take into consideration with concern to the educational process.

Lastly, i find the question “who am I” to be unreasonable for my current state, and would find it an act of idiocy to try to effectively answer this question. If i knew just exactly “who i was”, i probably would not be pursuing a full time college career. As a teenager in the midst of my development in body and character, I am enrolled at Baruch to build the knowledge which, i should hope should leave me somewhat more equipped to make the determination of who i am as a person, and what i intend to do with whatever days of which the life that i have left consists of. I am quite sure that my fellow freshman students would agree with this perception of the question.

I am Andrew Paller. My top three concerns are reading, writing, and managing my time efficiently. So far college has taught me more than high school ever did. I hope Baruch will help me with my difficulties.

A) I think I’m just an average guy riding out his course in life trying to take it easy and have some fun. But also I’m the kind of guy who would like to have left a possitive impact on the lives of the people I meet and just do more good than bad.
B) For my first year in college I would like to meet some good substantial friends that’ll last throughout my four years at college, even though the chances of thathappening are small. I would also like to get and maintain my gpa in the 3.5 range, hopefully. And finally I hope to find a subject major of interest to me and pursue a degree in that field.
C) In college there is no one keeping you on top of your work, all papers or tests or whatever are on you. There reay isn’t anyone guiding you along the course to make sure you pass or get a nice grade for your gpa. It’s aliterate more adult feeling.
D) I think my first year in college will either turn me into a diligent and studious worker or just into a lazy bum trying to coaste through life.

1) I am Sang Pak. I think that I am a cool guy and pretty nice.

2)a. First concern for me is to keep up with my work because I always like to procrastinate. b. My second concern is commuting to Baruch everyday. I don’t know in a couple months than I will or will not miss a few days because of laziness. c. Third concern is time management. I just hope that I can keep up with all my work and do what I have to do.

3) One difference between Baruch and my high school is that I have to commute an hour to Baruch everyday. Also I in Baruch I can make friends with all different races unlike my high school where 80% of the students were Caucasians.

4) I hope that the first year of college will change me so that I can be more responsible with my work. I still haven’t fully gotten into college mode yet but hope that I will soon.