PR 1A

First off, my name is Omar Elgamal . I was born on feburary 21, 1992 in Brooklyn. Im in love with football and i am a very active person. I do not stay home much and im always doing something . I have a job and i am currently saving up for another car. I still live at home with my parents but i want to dorm my sophomore year.I do not like Baruch very much . The education is good but everything else about it is so boring .  My top 3 concerns with school with year is passing, staying awake , and meeting new people.  Passing is very important because i do not want a failing grade on my transcript. I would look very bad if i fail so im trying to get over a b in all my classes. Even though that is going to  be hard my first year, i will try my best.  I must learn to stay awake in all my classes because i happen to fall asleep for some reason whenever im  in class i don’t no why . Maybe because i wake up early to go to school and when i go home i stay up late doing my work but i need to find something to keep me awake all day. I tried coffee and red bull but it doesn’t really work  And i want to meet new people so i can start networking myself. I want to meet educated people that are successful and can guide me to get to where they are.  I also want to study abroad and travel to a different country . I think it is a great experience to study in another country and i want the opportunity MAytb. i  am a self motivator. This college experience is not much different than high school, matter of fact, it feels like high school all over again. There is no campus and it does not have that college feel . It is a very boring school with a lot of weird people. Maybe if i was more involved in clubs and activities it would be easier but i just dont have the time for it because of all the homework and studying that is required. I still need to get accustomed to college. Hopefully i do not procrastinate anymore and do alot more reading . I also hope im like a bookworm by the end of this year .

cheap eats: papa johns- dollar slices. when your low on cash its the best way to go and the pizzas good too .

gyros – cost about 3 . 50  also very good and appetizing .

Subway- I can have subway everyday of my life. They have so much to choose from . i love the buffalo chicken and the chicken tyrickai . the subway by the school does a special discount for students and a meal comes to about 7 dollars which isnt that bad .

Today’s monologue-

I am doing just fine.I am pretty content with myself but minor issues back home.  I am still finding school hard because some of my classes are very boring. My biggest challenge is staying awake in school . I fall asleep in almost every class . Its hard to stay awake when a teacher is just talking and talking .People seem a lot more friendlier now that everyone knows each other and other specifics. I am not enjoying this college.There is still nothing fun about school . It is not like any college that i visited and i have visited many other schools. I need to get my priorities straightened. I still often procrastinate when it comes to school work . I have to get into a different habit . Hopefully i learn from my mistakes for next semester. I also plan on dropping my physiology class. i find it to hard to pass and stay attentive in that class. I must go speak to my academic adviser soon to handle this issue.

1. Monologue- a scene by scene of a day in the life of our blog. starts off in our English class which led into philosophy followed swiftly by communications and last but not least math.
2. School causes me to be depressed. i have to much work and not enough time or energy. ='(
3. in my first blog post i touched on this depression where school work is to much, hopefully it will get easier and i will have some time to myself.

Setting-englsih class
Vecchio opens door 5 min before class starts and says
V-why arent you in your seats yet?!?! ( makes the face)

class-walks to seats and mumbles under their breath
everyone sitts
Vecchio introduces herself
V-everyone is going to fail except for nima (winks at nima)

Nima-psst albert!
A-wat!
N-I have a bagel!
A-who cares!
N-Im gna eat it now!
A-are u nuts! shell rape u!
N-nah bro dw she likes me
A-just go outside and eat it
NIMA LEAVES

JORDAN WALKS IN LATE with starbux & sits near justin & starts talking
V-walks over and makes scene about his starbux
V-do u not see what the signs say?!
J-what r u talking about? wat signs?
V-(points) there, there, there, and there!
J-oh those!! i didnt see them sry
V-well either throw it out now or im throwing u out
J-ok ur highness
V-watd u say!
J-i said ok no problem

VECHHIO WALKS BACK TO BOARD
Justin- (trying to get her attention) MRS!, MS!
V-no response
J-DR! TEACHER!
V-no response
J-HEY! WOMAN!
V- watd u just call me!?!
J-DENY DENY DENY
V-Only address me as DR Professor Master Vecchio Queen
J-yes commander!

V-assignment, ethical issues, is abortion right or wrong? there is no wrong answer
Danny- I think its wrong
V-wrong! how dumb can u possibly be?!?!
FAHIM-(to himself) i no this answer!
F-i think its right!
V-u think we should kill babies!? ur dumber than danny!
Albert-(raises hand slowly)
V-no questions albert!!

NIMA-(walks in) is it both?
V-yes nima ur so smart
N-speaking of abortion, look what i found! CONDOMS! (throws them in the air)
V-wow nima, since u solved the problem of abortions, u get extra credit!!
N-yay whoopie

laila-(raises hand) i dnt understand your assignment!! it doesnt ake sense and all u do is bash us!
V- too bad! since i had a tough time in school, so will u!
laila- well u no wat!?, i dnt need this class or ur annoying lectures!
I thought i could survive but I QUIT-(walks out)

start song- i will survive
-before words start, vecchio say
V-none of u will survive my class-hahahahahahaha (evil laugh)

song ends- we all get back in our seats

V- if ur done being stupid, we can get back to learning

V- WAIT! my witch senses are tingling
kevin walks in late
V- excuse me! r u in this class?
k- ye y?
v- do u no how late u r?
k- ye u got a problem with that?!
V- YE I DO!
she shoots him in the arm
K-crying and screaming all the floor
V- if anyone helps him, they get one letter deducted from their grade!
Fahim walks slowly to kevin to help him, but Vecchio sees him and shoots him in the chest killing him instantly
(FAHIM IS LEFT THERE FOR THE ENTIRE PLAY. HE ONLY GETS UP DURING THE LAST SONG)
kevin crawls to his seat

V- if u looked on blackboard last night, i assigned 2 books to be read for today
did anyone besides nima read them?
class- all mumbling that they didnt do it

omar- howd u read both books?! (to nima)
nima- wat u mean? vecchio didnt come to ur house and read it to u also??

class- DEAD SILENCE & STARES AT NIMA & VECCHIO

V- since u all read the assignment, im giving u 5 minutes to write a 10 page essay on how the book relates to this picture

pic-blank page

Qui-i dnt understand, wat is that a picture of?
V- clearly u didnt do the reading if ur asking that question
Gibran- but i read the books and i still dnt understand the picture
V- well that just means ur an idiot and didnt take notes good enough
Gibran- wat notes? u never told us to take any notes!
V- its implied that u take notes with everything! ur in college now
Gibran- screw this! life sux anyways, im gna commit suicide (leaves classroom)
V- oh good, less papers to grade (sits down in her chair)

2nd song- another one bites the dust
end song-everyone sits

Justin-yo albert u got the stuff?
A- dude not now were in class!
J-i cnt wait any longer, im dying!
A-just hold out another 10 min, ull get ur fix
J-im begging u, i need it now!
A-alright fine! take it (give justin bottle of water and cookies)
J-thanks ur a lifesaver (starts eating)

Vecchio hears justin chewing and runs to his desk
V-what the hell do u think your doing!
J- (talks with mouth full)
V-give me those cookies or ur gna fail
J-(talks with mouth full)
V-(grabs cookies and throws in garbage)
J- You monster!! (throws water at vecchio)

Vecchio starts melting
V-AHHHHH im melting!!! ahhhhh im melting!!!

Everyone sings and dancing around vecchio’s melted body
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!

This photo best describes the type of person I am. I’m the type of person that is always in the mood to lay back and relax whether it be with friends, family, or a significant other. I do however believe in doing work and then being able to relax after the work is done. When it comes to work, the truth is, I only do what is required and nothing more. I do not engage in extra curricular activities or do any extra credit work for a class to get the “big boost” of 4 or 5 points on the next test. My biggest upset until now in the short time I have been in college is without a question my english class. As you may already have heard from my classmates, english class is simply unfair. The monologue posted above the picture is what we presented in class last week and I believe conveys to its viewers what our class thinks about our english professor. She treats us as if we don’t have any emotions and will put us down in the most subtle and ruthless way, however, lately she has lightened up but only very slightly. In my first free write (9/13/10) I wrote that I’m afraid of failure, rejection, public speaking, and a few more things. Some things that make me happy are new shoes, playing soccer with friends, driving nice cars, and spending time with my close friends and family. Some things that are important to me are my religion, maintaining a healthy diet, and having an overall healthy lifestyle because without health, you can’t do anything. I do not dread coming to school every morning I actually like my classes (other than english of course) but the work from the classes simply destroys me. One of my favorite quotes – “Business before pleasure”

In my free write from September 13th I spoke about a few of my fears.

1) My biggest fear in school right now is being afraid of failing or doing poorly on my quizzes or tests and class assignments. School is harder now because I am required to do a lot of hard work and I need to succeed and it is pretty difficult.

2) Another thing that bothers me is my English professor Dr. Vecchio she is extremely mean and difficult to deal with.

This picture best describes me because I dj on my free time and I love doing it. This was a graduation party I was djing at one of my best friends homes in the summer with all my friends. As you can see above I am standing with my good friend Dillon. We were very drunk and having a great time djing together!

Ryan Johnson

Monolauge #1

Classes are going fine. there is a lot of work to do and so little time to do them. i have met a lot more people then i originally met in the beginning. Not only from my everyday classes but also outside my classes. i want to be involved with various clubs but i find it hard to manage right now because of all the homework, tests, projects, speeches, gym, girls, and parties. I am most likely going to relax with the clubs for now and join them later but that wont stop me from joining a fraternity >=] I cant wait to explore more of Baruch and meet much more people because its always great to network.

Now here is the presentation done in class…summarizing our first semester class as a whole.

This is the monologue we did and you are going to see the same one for many posts because we were a big group.

Setting-english class
Vecchio opens door 5 min before class starts and says
V-why arent you in your seats yet?!?! ( makes the face)

class-walks to seats and mumbles under their breath
everyone sits
Vecchio introduces herself
V-everyone is going to fail except for nima (winks at nima)

Nima-psst albert!
A-what!
N-I have a bagel!
A-who cares!
N-Im gonna eat it now!
A-are u nuts! she’ll rape u!
N-nah bro dw she likes me
A-just go outside and eat it
NIMA LEAVES

JORDAN WALKS IN LATE with starbucks & sits near justin & starts talking
V-walks over and makes scene about his starbucks
V-do u not see what the signs say?!
J-what r u talking about? what signs?
V-(points) there, there, there, and there!
J-oh those!! i didnt see them sorry
V-well either throw it out now or im throwing u out
J-ok ur highness
V-wat’d u say!
J-i said ok no problem

VECHHIO WALKS BACK TO BOARD
Justin- (trying to get her attention) MRS!, MS!
V-no response
J-DR! TEACHER!
V-no response
J-HEY! WOMAN!
V- watd u just call me!?!
J-DENY DENY DENY
V-Only address me as DR Professor Master Vecchio Queen
J-yes commander!

V-assignment, ethical issues, is abortion right or wrong? there is no wrong answer
Danny- I think its wrong
V-wrong! how dumb can u possibly be?!?!
FAHIM-(to himself) i no this answer!
F-i think its right!
V-u think we should kill babies!? ur dumber than danny!
Albert-(raises hand slowly)
V-no questions albert!!

NIMA-(walks in) is it both?
V-yes nima ur so smart
N-speaking of abortion, look what i found! CONDOMS! (throws them in the air)
V-wow nima, since u solved the problem of abortions, u get extra credit!!
N-yay whoopie

laila-(raises hand) i dnt understand your assignment!! it doesnt ake sense and all u do is bash us!
V- too bad! since i had a tough time in school, so will u!
laila- well u no wat!?, i dnt need this class or ur annoying lectures!
I thought i could survive but I QUIT-(walks out)

start song- i will survive
-before words start, vecchio say
V-none of u will survive my class-hahahahahahaha (evil laugh)

song ends- we all get back in our seats

V- if ur done being stupid, we can get back to learning

V- WAIT! my witch senses are tingling
kevin walks in late
V- excuse me! r u in this class?
k- ye y?
v- do u no how late u r?
k- ye u got a problem with that?!
V- YE I DO!
she shoots him in the arm
K-crying and screaming all the floor
V- if anyone helps him, they get one letter deducted from their grade!
Fahim walks slowly to kevin to help him, but Vecchio sees him and shoots him in the chest killing him instantly
(FAHIM IS LEFT THERE FOR THE ENTIRE PLAY. HE ONLY GETS UP DURING THE LAST SONG)
kevin crawls to his seat

V- if u looked on blackboard last night, i assigned 2 books to be read for today
did anyone besides nima read them?
class- all mumbling that they didnt do it

omar- howd u read both books?! (to nima)
nima- wat u mean? vecchio didnt come to ur house and read it to u also??

class- DEAD SILENCE & STARES AT NIMA & VECCHIO

V- since u all read the assignment, im giving u 5 minutes to write a 10 page essay on how the book relates to this picture

pic-blank page

Qui-i dnt understand, wat is that a picture of?
V- clearly u didnt do the reading if ur asking that question
Gibran- but i read the books and i still dnt understand the picture
V- well that just means ur an idiot and didnt take notes good enough
Gibran- wat notes? u never told us to take any notes!
V- its implied that u take notes with everything! ur in college now
Gibran- screw this! life sux anyways, im gna commit suicide (leaves classroom)
V- oh good, less papers to grade (sits down in her chair)

2nd song- another one bites the dust
end song-everyone sits

Justin-yo albert u got the stuff?
A- dude not now were in class!
J-i cnt wait any longer, im dying!
A-just hold out another 10 min, ull get ur fix
J-im begging u, i need it now!
A-alright fine! take it (give justin bottle of water and cookies)
J-thanks ur a lifesaver (starts eating)

Vecchio hears justin chewing and runs to his desk
V-what the hell do u think your doing!
J- (talks with mouth full)
V-give me those cookies or ur gna fail
J-(talks with mouth full)
V-(grabs cookies and throws in garbage)
J- You monster!! (throws water at vecchio)

Vecchio starts melting
V-AHHHHH im melting!!! ahhhhh im melting!!!

Everyone sings and dancing around vecchio’s melted body
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!

=]