PR 3B

      I came to Baruch thinking that I wanted to do business. I wanted to wear a suit everyday, and go to an office an make a lot of money. But after being here for over a month now, I have realized that is not what I want at all. The word “success” is always being thrown around here. It makes me ask “what is success?” If I’m working as a business man for the rest of my life, and I hate it, how can I call myself sucessful? I can’t. Thats why I think I need to go for something I love.

        My greatest interests in life are baseball and movies. Thats why I feel journalism is the major for me. If I could do anything, I would be a film critic, if not I would like to write about baseball. If neither work, sure I’ll be poor but maybe I won’t be angry at myself for not trying.

My name is Mony Gluzman and I identify myself as me, an 18 year old trying to make it and figure out my place in the world. I enjoy being happy, stable in the financial and emotional sense, and successful. I don’t like being sad, when life becomes too turbulent, and awkward moments.

My close friends and my family matter most to me, so much that I put them in front of myself. The well-being and happiness of those aforementioned figures is very important. Losing any one of them would be tragic and it’s one of my biggest fears including failure and the uncertain future.

I like playing and watching sports such as basketball and soccer, listen and play music, and having a good time with my friends. I also like feeling empowered, most notably when I got my first job and paycheck.

Lastly, my biggest challenges will be dealing with the workload, dealing with the commute, managing my time, and making friends. But, I believe everything will be resolved in time and I look forward to learning more about myself as I settle from adolescence onto adulthood.

My name is David Wong a freshman in Baruch College, like most of you. I’m going to talk a little about myself now. What do i like best? well i like friends for one, family is a huge one and i like to watch T.V, play video games, taking strolls and above all else….’MONEYYYYY’. I know, i know that sounds wrong but hey what can i say I’m Chinese raised by parents who believe money is key to a happy life, i doubt it but whatever works, right? I dislike Insects especially bedbugs i had them for over a week i couldn’t sleep at all; people who shows no respects for their elders and family and excessive amount of hw. I see myself as a hardworking yet laid back kind of guy. My role in life is to live, to take care of my family and overcome the obstacles that comes my way. My family and friends is the most important to me because we all have ties and memories that are precious to us all and it keeps us together. I’m afraid offffff..ghostss…..yeaaa ghostss… Anyway Doing the things I like is what makes me happy. The first time i got pied over the summer for my summer job was the very first time i felt empowered. It was a very exhilarating feeling. My model in life is to respect my elders, family, and friends in general. I’m afraid of many things besides ghost of course i am afraid of death but who isn’t but more importantly I’m afraid of the future after all you never know whats going to happen. So far Colleges been rough. I didn’t expect to take midterms already but i did. the problem with school isn’t the fact that there’s too much work, its getting used to my new environment and adjusting my hectic schedule. OH, and i don’t think i passed my math midterm test.Thank you for your attention.

P.S. Yea i didn’t pass my math midterm test like i thought, better next time, right?..sighhh

My name is mark Hulser and as a freshman at Baruch college I am experiencing a uniform but exhausting transition from high school. The changes are well how can I put it so everyone knows what I am talking about; a crapshoot. There are the good times in which I can go to work between classes and make some money. ( Who doesn’t like money) Plus I can get work done, schoolwork that is during these breaks in the computer lab. ( I am doing this post right now as I speak in the computer lab.) Now the other end of the spectrum, I feel as if I am going insane with the amount of work that has been thrown at me by these professors. it doesn’t matter if they have an accent or a phrase in which (I should say and all or am i right) they all give a killer amount of work. For those of you who don’t have Pison or Kim as professors don’t understand why I put the two phrases in parenthesis so just ignore the parenthesis for the last part. About me outside of school, I am a 195 bowler, (thisd has to be the fifth time I mentioned this so if I am boring anyone I apologize). I love my family to the point where they go first before myself which is why I am not dorming since I have to help my mom pay rent. To finish off this monologue I am going to end with two points. First when riding the trains for those of you who travel, Bring your IPOD or something to avoid conversing with the bums of New York. You don’t want to have to talk to them if you come prepared. Finally The Yankees will not win the World Series. Let’s go Texas, (Or San Francisco if the Yankees get past Texas.

My name is Danny Shin. I come from a small town called North Woodmere out in long island. I like to play sports, hangout and party. In high school, I played baseball, bowling, and volleyball.

My three concerns transitioning from high school to college at Baruch would be managing my time, getting distracted with social events, and getting use to larger classes. I have to manage my own time well because teachers aren’t going to baby you anymore and so its my responsibility to get work in on time. Also since my closest friends go to school at NYU and Pace, we will hang out a lot and so I might make a wrong choice and hang out when i need to study for a test. Lastly, since I was always in smaller classes, I feel a little left out in the larger classes.

Here at Baruch College, everything is more self motivated. Like I stated before, no teacher is going to baby you and to me, is the biggest difference between college and high school.

I think the first year of college will change me to be a more organized and independent.

Hello, My name is Marek Klepadlo. I am eighteen years old and i love to do sports, work out, and just hang out with my friends. I am also a ballroom dancer. I have been dancing since the age of seven and I have three national titles. I travel all over the United States as well as some other countries to compete against the best dancers in the world. This is not only a hobby it is also my job. I am a dance instructor in flushing. The best thing is that i love my job, i get paid very well and i teach what i love to do. In the future i plan to continue my career as a professional dancer.

My top three concerns for freshman year are time managment, grades, and freedom. Time is very important for me because as a dancer, i have a busy schedule. I need to practice with my partner every single day, work, as well as obviously go to school and do homework. I am scared i will have trouble managing my time and in consequence get less sleep :-/. My grades are my second concern because i was never the most studious person. I know that now i really have to focus on school work because college is a big deal. This determines my ultimate future. And once again, this is going to take time off for me to work on studying and homework. Lastly freedom is a concern for me because i don’t just want to be working hard in school and dance i would like to have a life too. I want to still be able to have time to hang out with my friends go out to the movies and just chill. I am hoping everything will work out for me…

I honestly think college is much easier than high school because you are not babied by your teachers and its a bit better organized. I never have the same class one day after another helping me to organize my studying. From what high school teachers kept telling us, i believe that college is overrated… But otherwise my college exprience so far has been very good. I met some really cool people and the atmosphere is very alive.

I think that college will change me in a positive way by helping me take on more of my own responsibilities and grow as an adult. Hopefully it will also lead me to a great career and good money. One other way that it will change me is that i will have new friends and hopefully stay close to them after i leave college.

-Marek Klepadlo 🙂

a) Tell us who you think YOU are!
b) Share your top 3 concerns about your freshmen year at Baruch College and explain why.
c) So far, what do you think will make your Baruch College experience different from your high school experience?
d) How do you think your first year at College will change you?

A. Hi my name is Edwin. I am a studen at Baruch College.

B. The three concerns I have or think I will have this year at Baruch College are:

1. Managing my time well so that I have time to relax, study, eat, etc. I need to balance my time well so that I will be prepared and not fall behind on anything while having time to relax and do my usual things.

2. Forgetting to hand in assignments in on time. I would not want my grade to drop because I forgot the due date.

3. Having good organization so that I know what I need to do and where my things are. I need to know what things are located where, what needs to be done when etc.

C. The workload will be much more than what is given during high school. There is so much more work to do in college rather than in high school.

D. I haven’t really managed my time well when I was in high school therefore many assisngments were either due late or the night before it was due. Here in college it will be way more crucial for me to get things in on time and way before the due date.

who am i? i think we went over this in class already once but talking about who i think i am is easy enough so i really do not mind questions like this. . .its probably one of the easiest questions I’ve been asked during the few short weeks I’ve been at Baruch college. I like to think I’m alot of really cool awesome things like a pirate, astronaut, or even someone with a real job who goes to work from 9-5 and goes home to a wife at the end of the day. but for now im none of those things. i’m just a normal guy whos having a little bit of trouble adjusting to the workload at Baruch. It kind of bothers me how senior year of highschool is a breeze and you can get by without doing any work and spend all summer goofing off and doing nothing with your friends (or girlfriend like i did haha, my friends weren’t too happy about that) and then get thrown into a school thats more demanding than any place i’ve ever gone before in my life. its a tough adjustment so far. but. . . i think im starting to slowly get the hang of it, i actually logged into webwork to do online math homework about a week ago. its really not as difficult as it seems this whole college thing. i find its mroe about time management than anything. if theres one thing my freshman year will do for me its this; wake me the hell up. i havent really legitimately put more than an hour into school work since freshman year in highschool. everything was just so easy i had all the time in the world to do things but now i know ill fall behind if i dont keep on top of things. even with the realization of the amounts of work and how serious college really is im still worried that i might not be able to balance out all of my time, this is going to take some serious effort. i remember when i was a kid and an hour felt like a day, you would look foreward to Christmas as soon as thanksgiving was over and that 25 day countdown would feel like an entire lifetime. but now days go by so fast i blink and i feel like i missed everything important thats happened. my grandfather always told me that one day i would wish i were a kid again and that pretending to run around as ironman would be the days i wish i could have back cause they’re the ones that feel like they last forever. i didn’t believe him until i went to Baruch. my grandpa knew what he was talking about. college forces you to grow up. noone holds your hand through your assignments or cares if you fail out or not. its kind of like the biggest wakeup call of your life if your not prepared for it. im just hoping to make it through the year with a decent average so that i can transfer out if the school doesn’t impress me by January. i hope i did this blog thing right, its not punctuated right or planned out i just started typing but its my blog and i can do what i want so it should be correct. . .shouldn’t it?

Hello, everyone~ My name is Ada Li. I like children’s stories and olde-timey music, like Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf. My favorite television shows are Doctor Who, Torchwood, QI, Adventure Time with Finn and Jake, and The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. I’m someone who just wants to stay as a kid forever and never grow up. My dream is to win the lottery so that I’ll never have to. I also like to think that I’m a pretty righteous lady too. I fight evil, protect the innocent, support causes, attend protests, etc.

My top three concerns about my freshman year are making friends, finding time to sleep and getting my work done. Sleeping and getting my work done are self-explanatory. Making friends is what worries me. When I came to Baruch, I noticed that almost everyone had friends and that “cliques” had been established already. I feel like the odd one out because only one other kid from my high school had decided to come to Baruch and  she’s not in any of my classes. I’ve made some friendly acquaintances, but I don’t know how to make the transition from being friendly acquaintances to friends. I’m terribly self-conscious; I don’t want to be that kid (you know, the one who forces himself/herself into a group by latching onto them? It’s not righteous in the least.), so I don’t know how I’m going to make friends this year.

I don’t find college all that different from high school aside from the class hours and that my lack of sleep has grown.

I don’t think my first year at college will change me in any significant way. Everything taught in my classes are things that I’ve already learned, to an extent. Being in the city every day isn’t new to me either because I’m in the city all of the time anyway. Also, I’ve already been really independent since I was 13. For the past five years, I’ve pretty much lived on my own; My parents lived two floors above me and only checked up on me once every few months. I’ve cleaned, done laundry, bought food, etc. Eventually, I even got a job to pay for my own expenses. Nothing is new to me in college. I don’t think I’m going to change. I hope I’m wrong and that I do change though (but not like Gregor Samsa).

I hope my post is adequate, hahah.

Everytime someone asks me a question like this I go one of two ways. I either don’t know how to answer it and simply say I’m still working on it or I say whatever i feel is the answer that day. Today I’m going down the second road, I think I am a complicated individual whom, in a way, is a different person to or around certain people. It’s a little complicated to explain and I also don’t feel like elaborating on the matter.

My top 3 concerns about my freshamn year here at Baruch are as follow. Concern numero uno, That I’m not working as hard as i should be and i need to get my head in right damn place. The key exaple is one you can see now I didn’t do the easiest thing i was assigned to do by not posting this blog on time. I mean really I dont know what i was thinking I was pretty busy with things over the past few days but not THAT busy that i couldn’t do this. I need to get my head out of my ass and start working harder starting now. Concern number deuce, I really don’t like the people i’ve met so far here at Baruch. Well actually thats not all true, I sould say that I don’t like all the people i’ve met in my classes and school cause the people i know on the swim team are really cool. The only people i stick around during school are my buddies Joe and Seamus, (but he tends to go by james in classes) The reason why is because I’ve known Joe for 14 years and I’ve known Seamus for about 12 years i think. I’m hoping there are some more interesting people somewhere out there in this College. 3.) I’m concerned about that I really don’t know what the hell I wanna do, major wise, I originally came in thinking business but now I’m thinking thats not the way I wanna go. Recently I’ve been thinking Psychiarty because the mind and all those disorders really interests me. Now I would say i’ll just transfer out but thats out of the question for two reasons, reason one I really like the swim team and the people I’ve met on it plus I’m that good yet for D1 and some D2 schools and I wanna swim in college. Reason two I CAN’T AFFORD IT. I’m paying Baruch with my own money right now and I’m pulling my hair out wondering how i’m gonna pay next year. I cant go to my parents cause they’ve done enough for me so far and i can’t burden them anymore plus I’m basically a dumbass so Its not like I got scholarships coming out the butt heading my way.

So far I dont know what will make my Baruch Experience different than my highschool experince other than class size and length.

Hopefully my first year of college will make me stronger academically and a bit more mature and definitely a better swimmer.