freshman year
hey my name is albert azar. im 18 and i live in brooklyn, ny. so far my freshman year has been going pretty well but im starting to get nervous about a couple of things. first im realizing that most of what we are being tested on in our tests are not even covered in the classroom. the teachers make us go home and read around 5o pages in 2 days on material that we didnt discuss in class nor will we ever. people told me that college is hard but at this point it has nothing to do with college, its about the work itself. scool is suppose to be a place where you learn things, but so far all ive seen is that the school hands us textbooks and say read!. i dnt see y i need to go to colllege for that. im pretty sure i can buy a textbook all on my own if i really wanted to learn about the subject. the second thing is that being jewish and very religious, i am finding it difficult to find places to eat. ive checked the food they have in the cafeteria and it doesnt exactly meet my requirements. in addition to that, i have found that the closest restaurant that i can eat at is approximately 30 minutes away on foot which is a pain. i am currently speaking to the head rabbi at the hillel group to see if anything can be done. the third thing that bothers me is that when the teachers give an assignment to do for hw or during class, they dont explain how they would like it done. they do however yell at you when you hand in your work and it is not in the form that they want. i mean come on! if your not going to tell us what you want then how are we suppose to give it to you!? its like someone saying they dnt no what they want for a birthday present and then when you get them something they dont like, they complain!
so far, the diferences between college and high school would have to be everything!
lets start with the size. the size of my high school would probably be able to fit into the vertical campus building with plenty of room to spare. the students in my highschool were only syrian sephardic jews from my community but baruch is the most diverse school in america! ive met so many people from different parts of the world, its incredible! also probably the bigest difference would have to be the teachers and principals from my high school. they were always on top of me for every stupid little thing that i did wrong and made school a bad experience for me because they didnt let me enjoy it. but in college, no one is folowing e around and barking orders at me. its a good freedom but it comes at a price. in high school, if i was failing or doing badly, the teacher would talk to me after class to tell me to do better or call my parents. but in college, they couldnt care less how well or how bad im doing.
i think my first year at college will teach me to be a more responsible person and point me in the direction of my future