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 Archery! Where we learn how to hunt, we get fresh animals every meeting >:)

Just kidding! 😉 We shoot at Styrofoam targets with paper targets on them to calculate points. I joined this club in the middle of August, yup that’s right, you heard me, August! I heard about this club at freshman orientation, and I was psyched! I have always wanted to do archery since I was 8 and began reading medieval fantasy books. So one Saturday, I didn’t have work and I went to check it out. When I got there I met some of the regular members and there was 2 other new members too! It was a huge coincidence because they told me that we were the first new members for like 3 months. The first day was AWESOME~~ I had a blast shooting. Afterwards I went out with them for dinner and even drank a bit, shhh 😉 After school started I rearranged my work schedule and was able to go every weekend! I made some great friends there, and most of them are juniors. This means that I can get a lot of advice and tips on school too!

Alright I hope I’ve kept you interested for a while, if you want to try Archery, come on Saturdays 6pm-9pm and Sundays 4pm-7pm, everyone is really nice and outgoing, we are very lively and fun to hangout with 😀

I am an outgoing person and very friendly. I like the way i think outside the box. And my brain seems to remember more random fact than useful ones. I always think about random things because I like to do so much. I love reading books, and video games. Watching the history channel and comedy central. I like to learn as much as possible while relaxing as much as possible. I am a very lazy person and hate school, but I love learning new facts and ideas. My habits and wants are opposites.

There is nothing more frightening than pain. I try my best not to get hurt, in the body, heart and mind. A good way that I empower myself is by helping others. A moment that I felt empowered was when I gave some spare change to an old Chinese woman who was picking up cans. The smile that she gave me made me feel invincible. Later that day, I took the AP Calculus test, and every time I felt uneasy or nervous, I would remember that smile.

My favorite quotation might have come from a bad source, but it helps me get through the hardest times. “There is always something interesting just around the corner” this was said by a character from the anime naruto. In junior high school, I was always a bit ‘emo’ I didn’t know what my purpose for living was. After hearing that quote, I felt that my purpose of living was to find as many interesting things in life as possible. Keep taking risks, and never give up.

                  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.