Monthly Archives: September 2010

I have been in New York for more than two years. I was scared when I first time went to high school here. I guess I was not used to the new environment. But now, I am very comfortable to live and study in New York City. I think I am a lively and optimistic person.

I like to make friends. So one of my concerns is making new friends in Baruch as a freshman. In my block, all people are nice and funny. We almost have same classes every day, and we start to know each other by the time we calling each others’ name correctly. We are friends already. I believe I will have more friends in Baruch.The main concern about my freshman year at Baruch College is to improve my English. In these two years, my English is better and better. But it is not good enough. I still have problems when I talk and write in English. Fortunately, I have friends who can help me with my English. I hope I can speak fluent English just like the way I speak my mother language. Another concern about my freshman year would be my academic grades. I guess this will be everyone’s concern, because students are happy when they have good grades. I want to be happy, so I will work hard to make good grades.

I found out that college is so different from high school. No one will be chasing you for homework, there is no make-up test and you are on your own. Your grades depend on your efforts. You do not have to be super intelligent, but you have to be super diligent.

I have a speech communication class. I represented last week. I was so nervous that I made many errors. However there was no one laugh at me, they listened to me patiently and commented friendly on what I said in the end. I am cheerful because I have this class which can make me more confident when I stand in front of people, also it can improve my English.

I will be changed a lot, because the college life will be not easy to deal with. I will be more stronger, more confident and more educated.

Hanyan Yu

I view myself as an ordinary girl, who grows up happily under the protection and support from her family. Although I’m so average but I think there are still something about me that can make me special and I wish I could find these things someday.

I have a lot of concerns for my newly started fresh college life. One of my concerns is about build up relationships with my classmates. In high school, I’ve always been quiet and I barely communicate with my classmates about my thoughts. As a result, I don’t have a lot of friends in high school, and I often feel alone. I hate this feeling so I decide to learn how to be friends with people around me in college. Another concern is about my language. I know language problem should not be an excuse for me anymore since I’ve come to this country for such a long time now, but still sometimes I just can’t express myself with my English skill. Last but not least, I have to read a lot for each of my classes, which I found to be very hard to me. Sometimes I read but I can’t comprehend what I have read, so now, reading has become the top of my concern.

I found out that my classmates in college are way nicer than the classmates I have in high school. They are more polite and friendly and I feel relaxed around them. In high school, some of my classmates were mean and they don’t like to talk to me since I have a Chinese accent when I speak English, but not in college. Therefore, I feel easier to express my feelings here in college.

The first year of my college life will absolutely change me. The people I meet, I deal with are different, they are more mature, and have more thoughts. I think, their way of thinking may change me a lot during this year.

wenhao liang

From the day I think I was able to control my mind, I been telling myself that I am nothing related to the world but a son of my parent and a brother of my older sister. I care my family so much that even more than myself. I care my family’s health and happiness which are the two most important things for human. My only road in this world is to make them happy. Even though the things I don’t like to do,like study, but I will do it with 100 percents of power if they will be happy. To live forever together with my family will be the most lovely thing in my life. You may say I am a person with no ambition. I agree, but I would say I am who I am. Because every single person in the world has his/her own road.

I usually call myself a thinker because I really think and concern a lot sometimes. My top concern is english. As a immigrant, language effects me in so many ways. There is no way to survive in a country without knowing its language. And I has been in New York for 3 years, but still not finding a way to learn english. My speaking and listening are very terrible. My second concern is hard to make friends in Baruch. Baruch college has so many students that in and out time to time. For our classes, each class has at least 100 students. You get different person sitting next to you everyday. Its hard for you to make friend when your neighbors changing so frequently.  My third concern is choosing course for my next semester because I am still not sure what courses they provide and what courses are must-taken.

In high school, is the teacher chasing you. In college, is you chasing the professor. My professors are no more the teacher that care me so much. They just teach and give out assignment. The rests are our responsibility to catch up. I must make up my mind if I really want to learn something here.

I will learn to have survive in the society. I think the college is just a mirror of the society. The college provides everything,includes cafeteria, liberary, clubs, job opportunities, different offices, different services, etc. It is our own ability to use all the things the college provided. If I learned how to survive in college, I can survive in the society too.

Jianjun Mo

              I think I am a both diligent and lazy person. Why do I say that? Because  I think everyone has their own principle. If the thing I really care and want to do it, I will do it until it’s perfect. If not, I just do it with carelessness. Also, I think I am a special person, because everyone is unique, none can replace. Usually, I keep quiet. I don’t like to talk and I want to have my own time .

              The top concern about my freshman year is about grade. I am a satisfied person. I just hope I can pass all the classes at the end of the semester. Since I have started my college life at Baruch, this one month I have found is hard to survive at college, because my second concern is language. For immigrant, the big problem is about language. I just have been here about two years. By different culture, sometimes, I am not really understand what does the professor talk about . Also, I am really worried about my English level. Finally, my third concern is about my future. I don’t know what’s my future going to be and what should I do?  Actually, I don’t like NY. Sometimes, I don’t want to stay here anymore. However, for some reasons, I have no chose…

             I think college experience is totally different from my high school experience.  At college you are responsible to  yourself, none cares about you . At college you have more freedom, it’s different from high school. None will force you to do anything. However, you have to pay your tuition fee. It means you have your responsibility. Also, the big account of homework is going to kill you ….

            The first year at college will make me change my attitude to study .  It will make me to work hard and  concern about myself.  I learn how to divide my time  and do not  waste time at some useless things anymore. I think I will learn how to communicate with person though I am a quiet person.

1.I think I am a lazy person. Specifically, I like to stay inside where I don’t have to move too much. I also don’t like to waste my time on time-consuming activities such as exercise. Most of the time, I go home as soon as the school day is over, and I rarely want to stay in school late for another additional second. I think I am very neat with my school work. For example, I organize my binder in a particular way where I can find the materials that I needed easily.
2.My top 3 concerns are school work, grade, and lunch. Everyone is somewhat concerned with school work because the amount of reading is unbelievable. For example, I have to read at least twenty pages everyday. In addition, I have written assignment where I try to be cautious in order to respond the questions correctly. This leads to my second concern that is I try to keep up with the grades. I want to achieve high grades which will benefit my future job interviews. For the third concern, I found that it is hard to find a place to eat. Although there are many restaurants locate around Baruch and there is a cafeteria locate inside Baruch, I have to pay what I choose which is most likely to be really expensive. I don’t wish to spend a large amount of money on lunches. In addition, I start to feel sick of the qualities of lunches served around the school!

3.I think that the amount of reading will make a big difference from my high school experience. In college, I have to read and answer the questions with pressures of concerning answered correctly whereas in high school I rarely open my textbooks and answered correctly. Last, I also learned the degree of difficulties of reading college-level materials.

4.In the first year of college, I think I will adapt a money management skill. In high school, I didn’t spend any on tuition whereas I have to spend large amount of money on college tuition as well as transportation fees and lunches!