My name is Knee, just kidding, it’s Ni. I am a very fun-loving guy, I don’t care if you joke with my name; I’ll laugh with you. I try my best to stay relaxed, I don’t stress out over minute stuff. My life is hectic; my family life is, complicated. I spend as much time as possible relaxing and hanging out with my friends. I Love to find out everything about the world. I try to do everything at once. I am a novice at 5 instruments, I read books, play games, philosophize and participate in many other activities. I always wish I can clone myself so I can have 100 clones each working specifically towards one goal and specializing in it.
My top 3 concerns at Baruch are tests, essays, and deciding my major. Tests are very important, they assess whether you have learned to material or not. Professors will judge whether you have learned enough material to pass or not. Essays area big concern for me because I was a big procrastinator in High school and there are a lot of essays to write in college. Unlike the 10 question homework of high school, college essays are very long and tedious. I won’t be able to procrastinate anymore. I am also concerned about deciding my major. All my life I was very indecisive. When I was a child, I would spend 20 minutes deciding which ice cream I want, after finally choosing it, it was bubble gum flavor and I couldn’t eat it. I have to learn more about myself in order to choose a major, the major I choose will have big consequences on my life. Businessman, lawyer, engineer, every choice leads to a different path and a different life.
College and High school are similar in some respects, but very different in others. In high school, I have homework, I go to class, and I have tests, just like college. The differences though, are very obvious. College instructors are called professors and not teachers because they don’t ‘teach’. A teacher incorporates all the information and asks questions and answers questions from students. A professor gives out countless bits of detailed information, but doesn’t make sure a student learns it. College work requires me to be diligent in my own mind. I must learn to be independent in studying and researching data; this will help me when I become a working adult in just a few years time.
I think college will make me more mature, and more connected with the world at large. College is a place where you learn about how to live and work in the modern world. For every career, there are rules and regulations. The pace the college sets will help me over come my procrastination due to necessity. As the amount of essays and homeworks increases, I have to try harder and become more diligent and ultimately overcome my habit of procrastination.