Daily Archives: September 17, 2010

The question seems to be who am I ? Well I’m a procrastinator thats  for sure . Example #1: blog 1 due sept 17th . I’ve got less than an hr to – answer , write and post . This should be interesting . Truth be told , I doubt I can do it . No, not because I am now racing against the clock . I can’t give you guys the answer because I don’t know the answer . Sure , I know the facts . My name is Maria , I’m 18 , I’m Latina  , only child , blah , blah , blah . Those facts however , don’t define me. I’ll rephrase that , I don’t let them define me . Truth is , I don’t look to be “defined” . I want to be ever-changing , revolutionary . I have an open mind and wish to expand my horizons , that’s where Baruch comes in . This institution and the people I meet along the way will help me finish the mission I’ve just set out on . That is , make these next few years life changing , memorable and worthy . 

Hey, I’m Kristie Ching! I’m Taiwanese (ish?), My mom and dad both came from Taiwan, but my dad is Fujinese, and my mom is some other Chinese thing, I have no idea what it’s called in English. My parents have been divorced since I was born, I think? Haha I never asked. I honestly don’t really like my dad, or know him. My role models while growing up were my mom and my sister. I also have an 8 year old Shih Tzu named Golden; I love him more than anything! I’m a crazy animal lover, one of the reasons I dislike eating meat (yeah I know I’m pretty weird). I also love kids! I’ve been working at a family daycare/tutoring center for about a year now and love teaching them and playing with them, although I’m not too crazy about changing their diapers and wiping their butt! My dream career is to own my own daycare, and build and design it myself (I also have an obsession with interior design and architecture).
I’m really quiet and shy at first, if you didn’t already notice haha. I can be pretty awkward around people I don’t know well, so don’t mind my awkwardness too much, it’ll eventually go away. I’m a goody good, never cut class, never cheated, never stole, never did anything pretty much, yeah boring huh? I lived in Queens for about 9 years and in Long Island for about 8(hated it!). I have many interests and many dreams, but I’m just and ordinary girl trying make the best out of college.

After the first week of Baruch, I came to the conclusion that I was going to hate it. It seemed like it was going to be so hard to make friends! Everyone around looked like they were in a rush or had no interest in making friends. But after these few weeks, after making a few friends, I’m seeing that making friends will be easier than i thought! Like I said I’m a pretty quiet girl, and I hate talking to strangers and especially adults. So I’m always worried about calling or going in person to ask difference College Offices about things that I need and should do to succeed in college. Another thing that scares me is the work that professors are going to give us. Coming from high school, like everyone else, I’m used to having the teachers tell us what to study, when to study and constantly remind us about everything. I hope I won’t forget to do any assignments or to study for important exams!

So far, Baruch hasn’t been too different from high school. It almost feels like, it’s high school all over again just in a different environment with different people. The only difference is that in high school I knew where everything was, who everyone was, and how everything worked. Here at Baruch, I will need to learn everything all over again!

I think the first year at Baruch will make me more outgoing and social, not that I’m antisocial or anything. Regardless of what career I end up pursuing, I know that an extremely important skill will be communication and having the ability to get along with others and work with others.

Who am I? It’s a question that we always ask ourselves, not just when doing a mandatory blog post. How we see ourselves is often boiled down to our experiences and choices. A big part of it is also how we interact with others. If Sociology has taught me anything, it’s that humans are defined by their interpersonal relationships; that and high schools in Kansas are pretty bad. Well for the sake of you Clemente, here I go.

My name is Christian Torre, I was born and raised in Queens. I still believe Queens is the best borough, followed by Brooklyn, the Bronx and …Staten Island (ew). I’m an openly social person, though I definitely wasn’t always that way. College for me is radically different from what I’m use to. Through out elementary, middle and high school, the student body had been relatively small. For me, it made making close friends easier since you saw a lot of the same people day in and day out. Coming to Baruch, I see that I’m one in a student body that is in the thousands. It’s really easy to get lost in the shuffle if you don’t put yourself out there and meet people. So far it’s been a good experience, lucky for me the people in my LC are really cool (shout out to LC26!)

So don’t hesitate to talk to me, I can strike up a conversation out of nowhere, even if it’s about the most random of topics. Don’t freak out if I act a little strange, just means I’m comfortable with you :]. If you get to know me, I can be one of the funniest guys you’ve ever met. I’m really into movies, television (Pretty Little Liars, Burn Notice, Greek) and sports. I hope to learn a lot in college as I get to know you guys, but I’m pretty sure we’ve all learned a lot already like..

Math: TI-89 calculators are essential…and everyone is as clueless about WebWorks as everyone else.
Sociology: 2nd graders in Japan and Germany could outsmart us
Public Administration: Sneak and Peak is pretty complicated, and marrying 90 year old women is a sure fire way to get rich

Law: Never get involved with a suicidal lady’s family

Well I hope that’s enough Clemente. I really want to win the cash prize for most blog posts (I’m still assuming that’s what the prize is.)

I’m a freshman so i’m still trying to find my way around, i used to be kind of a big fish in my old high school and the fact that i don’t really know anyone over here does kinda bother me. I’m really a pretty funny, loud random guy most of the time but i’m afraid that if i act that way in college around strangers that people will think i’m weird creepy or immature. I admit some of my jokes are rated m for mature but i’m not a pervert, lol, and the fact that i like to tease people can come off as being judgmental but its just for laughs. I’m a huge flirt so just because i hit on a certain girl or multiple girls doesn’t always mean much since i find flirting to be fun and a good way of keeping things from getting awkward or quiet. I can also come off as a know it all since i like answering questions in class especially math since that’s my favorite and in some ways best subject. I also enjoy anime, writing romantic poems, action movies, being wined and dined and long walks on the beach, lol

What really bothers me is the fact that some of these books and things for class (i’m talking about you ti-89) are hard to find and/or are crazy expensive so you can’t get all of them if your on a limited budget. Things like math especially webworks are difficult since the teacher doesn’t put up a problem and have you all try to solve it for yourselves then he shows how to do it, so you don’t really know how to solve it yourself and you don’t know all the formulas sometimes. And some teacher assign multiple books to read and i’m worried i’ll end up studying the wrong book come exam time, like i’ll end up studying this book when the exam is really on this other one or whats happened to some people i know where the chapters you’ve been assigned are not the ones the exam is on.

What’s really been different between high school and college is that you’re more responsible and teachers expect you to learn and do a lot of stuff on your own. I think by the end of my first year i’ll be pretty used to everything and hopefully i’ll be more responsible and more disciplined because i’m sure that everyone will agree with me that high school did not really prepare us for that.

Jack McKee? Yeah I have heard of him. He is really tall with brown hair right? My name is Jack I play volleyball and most people ask if I play basketball.  I have had the same group of friends for most of my life so college was a pretty difficult transition. But, I am getting by pretty well, with friends from the volleyball team and the dorms.

I am from West Islip, Long Island, small town mostly known for our lacrosse team. My favorite part about growing up there was the people I was with. My least favorite was the laxers getting special treatment in school and in the town. I came to Baruch to play volleyball and major in financing. Hope that helped everyone to get to know me a little.