LC 24

I thought my first semester of Baruch went actually pretty well because I met a lot of new people, and I got to experience Baruch more than I was able to during high school. When freshman seminar started, and I founded out that my whole class was people whose English language wasn’t their native language, I seriously thought to myself that I was in the wrong class. But then, I founded out that it doesn’t matter; I still had fun with them, regardless of their native language.

To be honest, the semester hasn’t really lived up to my expectations. I never have really thought I would drop a class, I always figured out myself as the person that sticks with something no matter what, but I guess the first semester changed me. Other than that, my semester has went the way I wanted. I take advantage of the gym and library every chance I get, especially the wifi.

I think I have changed due to the fact, that I would always wait for someone to introduce them self to me and talk to me, but now I learned that I must take the lead, and do things myself. I learned that college work is also a lot harder than high school work, but I’m getting use to the work. If I was to change my first semester, I would definitely try to pay attention more, because its essential to passing the course. I feel that I should regret dropping my course, but I don’t.

Also I made a lot of new friends, that were pretty cool themselves in their own different way. This is probably due to the fact that for the whole semester, I have been taking classes with them, so I got to know their personality, their traits, etc. Because of that, I became friends with them, even though it took a while, because I didn’t really talk to them much, but now, we’re all pretty cool with each other.

i went to the rubin musuem and i saw alot of interesting artifacts like buddha, and stuff from other various religions. i mostly saw alot of stuff from japanese and from china in the first floor. it made me think that even though japan and china may seem similar, it is actually very different from each other, noted by the religion from each. it made me think that we are all different even though we are in the same world, and that no matter how close we are to each other, we have the slightest differences that makes us and our religion unique from each other.

I’m Wei Feng and I was actually born in China, but I moved here with my parents when I was really little and since then I stopped speaking Chinese and instead adopted English as my primary language.

I graduated from Baruch High School which is on 25th and Park, and we in fact use to go to school in the 23rd street building. However the college decided we were taking up too much space, despite the fact we only used 2 floors and the gym and they kicked us out. So then we moved to 25th and Park instead.

One thing i noticed different about Baruch High school and Baruch college is the amount of residents. In Baruch high school, there was roughly 400 kids; 100 kids per grade. So it was pretty crowded back in my high school and one thing i liked about Baruch college is the amount of free space there is.

One thing i see in common was the amount of clubs. Baruch High school also had a lot of clubs and i see the same thing in Baruch College especially during club hours, where they try to promote clubs.

i see myself as a guy who knows a lot about technology and is also cool and helpful at the same times. Although i spend a lot of time on the computer, i also like to go outside and hang out with friends too.

Well I think I am a freshman, and I think that I am a normal regular person attending Baruch College for the first time and is new to all the experiences and to all the features it has to offer, like their library and their gym and computer lab. But for now, I shall worry about grades for now because we are still new to Baruch, and how things go. Otherwise that is about it.

3 concerns I have is about balancing out the time between school, work and the time you have for yourself. Right now, I’m feeling pretty stressed about having to work around four days a week from four to nine respectively. That barely gives me time for myself and for the other people who wants to spend time with me. Another concern is about finding what I want to study in. I know that it’s hard to figure out so in freshman year, but I would like to know at least some broad or general idea of what I would like to study in.  The last concern i have is about opening up. For now, I usually stay pretty quiet, but once I get to know people, I talk a lot to them. So once I get to know the people in my class, I shall start talking to them and etc.

What I think college experience differs from high school experience is the amount of people and the amount of buildings that there is. In my high school, there was around 100 kids per grade so making it around 400 kids total. In Baruch College, I seen tons of people all over the place, especially around club hours. I also like the technology and the library that Baruch College has; its not something Baruch High School had. The library was impressive when I first visited it during high school and it still is to this moment.

I think my first year in college would change me by being in a crowded environment, it would make me talk to people more and get to know them more. Also I think clubs would change me more too, because clubs in Baruch High School did not suit me that much. I never really liked the idea of staying more time after school to participate in clubs so I am hoping that would change in my freshman year in Baruch College. I also think the clubs would change the general idea of what my major would be. Right now I am not too worried about finding what my major is, but i would like to see if clubs would change my mind about it or enforce it even more.