Author Archives: xiaoli.zhuo

My experience in Baruch College has hardly lived up to my expectation. Although this college is great, i did not satisfy my performance this semester at all.

 To be honest, college is not an easy work. I can even equal it to the nightmare-like senior year in Chinese high school– Homework-filled abyss, well, in fact, it’s not that bad. At lease, we developed a precious friendship among classmates, had memory of dealing with troublesome together, getting through difficulty side by side, chasing the same dream hand by hand. Friendship just like breeze when I got frustrated in school works. However, in college, I have to learn to digest all stresses by myself. To be independence is a big lesson in college. I think I did not get a good great of it in first semester, but I still strive for it.

I promised to myself no matter how hard it is. I would never surrender to the challenges. But i did not do well so far. I’m a little bit frustrated. At the beginning of this semester I told myself that I should go to have more communication with new friend; I should be more activated in class; I should spend more time in practicing English; i should preview before class and review after clas; I should talk to professors when I have any problem; I should memorize more new vocabulary every day. But these “shoulds” which were I push myself to do before I came to college were ruined by my characters.  I still cannot make a breakthrough of my individual personality. Until now, I am still unable to feel any improvement on my English.

 My first semester is soso. It seems that I was working on essay every single day, even when I was sleeping, it’s definitely a nightmare. I think my problem is time management; sometimes, I hope I could have 30 hours a day. College is a place to gain knowledge and abilities. I should make full use of these 4 years. Grade is not important; the important thing is that you indeed learn something and you have tried your best. I do not want to be sorry for myself. Life is short, college is shorter. But college is not all about academic performance. i once describe myself that “play like a crazy, study like a lady.” now, i almost forget how to be a crazy. If I can do it again, I would make more friends in club, be more easy-going, and find a way to be myself.  I believe that Each of us has a fire in our heart for something, it’s our goal to find it and keep it lit. I will find my fire sooner or later.

 This semester is almost there; I make a conclusion about my “give” and “take” in this semester and try to do better next semester.

I like Kimberly Delgado’s speech. she looked confident. what’s more, she had good eyes contact with us. and her speech was inspiring.

Lucas and Victor both did a great job at humor sence. we enjoyed their speeches. they had kind of magic to draw everyone’s attention.

hello again, I am zhuo,xiaoli. time flies,we have been studying in barch for more than one month. it is just like yesterday that when we got together and playing” I have never ever” game. but now, mid-term is coming, tests are coming. tension replaces  happniess. anyway,we will get used to it.

I came from China, and I am fuzhounese. my father went to new york when I was 3. I even could not remmember anything. following my father, I came here last december with my mother and older sister. family reunion which was my dream came true.

to be honest, the biggest challenge for me must be the language. for me, english is still a new language. i need to spend two times longer than you to understand the same article or writing the same topic essay. what’s worst. sometimes, i can hardly express myself comfortablely both in writing and speaking. i got a bad grade of my first english paper. but i do not feel depressed.it’s just a process.

i wanna share my “empowered”thing with you. I remember clearly that when I was a freshman in Chinese high school. because some terrible things happened to me,which made me can not focus on my study. finally, I got a 38 out of 150 in my first math mid-term exam. this grade is almost equal to 2.5 out of 10. but i still didn’t care about it . since then, when my classmates were talking about math, they would laugh at me, which made me shamed and angry. i start to reflect and made up my mind to study hard. finally, my math got a great progress in one term effort. almost every math exam, i could make it A. I felt invincible and powerful. it’s true that  where there is a will, there is a way. as long as I believe myself and never give up. things can go well.