LC 24

My first semester at Baruch College went so fast. I remember that the first day of class made me so nervous. But I was getting adaptive later on. I got what I wanted this semester, such as, great professors, multicultural environment, and good grades. Indeed, my experience at the college has lived up to my expectations. The final is getting close, I wish that I would get some approving grades that is my last expectation.

My first semester almost went well. Every class went well as my expectations except Anthropology. Because of a few issues with professor, I had to drop it after midterm. I planned that I would complete the first semester without dropping any class so that I will get ample credits to become a sophomore in 1 year, but it seems to be hard for me now. Moreover, I got many good friends in this semester, and I want to say that they really helped me a lot when I got confused with studying. I really want to see them again in next semester again.

If I could get another chance to do this semester all again, I would pay more attention on anthropology class so that I didn’t have to drop that class. Actually, I tried my best to understand and memorize course materials of anthropology, but I still failed midterm. It was what I couldn’t face. I guessed that I did study hard around midterm, but I didn’t pay my attention enough on the class before midterm. That’s it.

I think I am not as nervous as before when I speak in public even though I still need to practice more. Also, I made many foreign friends that is what I hoped in my first passage. These two expectations come true now. I think I will be better at speaking in public later on and make more and more foreign friends while I am studying at Baruch. Also, I am trying to manage my time well, which I didn’t do before. I notice that the time management is pretty important. So I will keep doing it in every semester.

At last, I want to thank my freshmen seminar instructor, Michelle Li. Thank you for helping us and taking care of the class this whole semester.

My friends and I went to Rubin Museum last week. We really enjoyed it. There are many amazing arts in the museum. The Buddha is the most interesting art in it. I think some of them represent Chinese cultures. We took many wonderful pictures, but I can’t post them. WHY…WHY…WHY???????  Oh…………..Nooooooooo!

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I don’t know whether you can open this. Let me know if you want to see picture, and I will send you by  email.

I am Tony, and I have been NY for fifteen months. I remember when I studied in ELI at QC one year ago, I was so scared when I spoke English in class. However, I am not scared any more to talk in class now, and I even gave a few times presetations in class. I think this is a big improving for me. Even though I am not as good as other public speakers and a little bit scared when stand in front of class, I will keep practicing and trying my best.

  There are two things that really annoy me. First of all, I am living in Queens with my parents. It is really annoying that it takes me 1 hour to go to school. I am getting tried to get up early in the moring every day. Second of all, assignments are my another annoyance. As we know that the mid-term is coming soon, so I need to be prepared. As other college students, the GPA is very important for me. I want to get a good grades on my first exam, so I will pay my 200% attention to this mid-term. In China, I never cared about how I will do on midterm and final because the scores which I got on midterm and final were not as important as here, except the last year.

  In short, I want to say I really get improved a lot at Baruch. I used to be afraid to speak English, but I can stand in front of class and give speech now. Also, I used to be a lazy student, but I try my best on every assignments now. No matter how hard is going to be in next few years, I will keep going and do my best.

I am a freshman who has the same goals with other students. For example, I hope I can get a high GPA because it is important for every college students. And I also hope I can find a good job after graduation. I am here because I like business, and I also want to be a successful businessman in the future. Moreover, I also think I am a student who is not a very fluent person. I, for instance,  need more time to read books which are required. I also need pay more attention during the class because I do not want to miss some important details or questions.

  How to talk and share opinions in my class, how to make more friends who are not Chinese, and how to graduate in four years are my top three concerns. First of all, how to talk and share opinions in class is the top one concern. I am a very shy person. This personality make me scared when I talk in class. For example, when teachers ask questions, I am even afraid to make an eye contact. So I am trying to change it, but it is still one of my top concerns now. Second of all, how to make more friends who are not Chinese is another concern. I think every ESL student like to make friends who are from same country and speak the same language, so do I. I,for instance, knew every classmate who speak Chinese in my class. However, I really did not talk much to other classmates who do not speak Chinese. I realize that it is important to make more foreign friends here because the majority of students are English speakers. Finally, how to graduate in four years is the last concern. Like some other students, I also got this concern. Imagine, what if students can not graduate in four years? It means we need to pay more money to school and  more time for graduation. At last, I wish these concerns would no longer bother me while  the time is fleeting.

  I can say that the college experience is totally different from my high school experience in several ways. Because I graduated from high school in China, the school type and the teaching style are all different, so this is the reason why I said it is totally different. First, students in China are not supposed to give presentations in class. However, give presentations is a very common thing here for each student. Second, if the students who are in Chinese high schools can graduate is based on the points which they get on their finnal exam but credits. On the other hand, schools here are use credits to count if the students can graduate. So the credit systems is new for me now. Third, there is no clubs in my high school. I think this point is the most different thing from my high school, and I think I will join one of them in our college so that I can learn more American cultures.

  I think the first year of my College journey will change me such as my personality and attitude of studying. Also, I think I will be more enjoyable in our big college family.