Time passed by so fast. I can’t believe that I only have 2 weeks left in this semester. Im already almost done with my first semester..! This semester was very difficult to me at first. In the first month of this semester, I had so many problems with my school life.
First, a trip to school was so boring, uncomfrotable, and tired. I was not used to take a bus and subway in every morning for 1 and half hour. Bus was ok but I felt so uncomfortable to take a subswy because I usually took LIRR rather than a subway when I went out to manhattan. Also, LIRR station was very near by my house but I had to take a bus in order to get to the subway station. I planned to take LIRR to get to school before the semester began but I realized that if I take LIRR, I have to buy both monthly LIRR ticket and metrocard because Baruch is little far away from Penn Sataion. It takes about 20minutes by walking. It is ok with me. But than if I have to walk that much in every m0rning especially in a very hot or cold day, it would make me very tired. So if I take LIRR, I would have to pay about 3 hundreds dollar for transportation and I concluded that it is too expensive. So I just gave up LIRR in order to save money. Subway was much more dirty, crowded and slow than LIRR. I was so depressed that I would have to take a subway in everymorning for 4 years.
Second, I felt so lonely because I didn’t know anyone in Baruch untill I got closed to people in my block and met friends in Koran Club. Third, most importantly, I had so much stress on my classes. A lot of reading assignments and papers drove me crazy. Especially I got so much pressure from reading assignments becuase Im a very slow reader. Fourth, I had family problem at that time so I couldnt even take rest in my home. Everything was stressful and challenging to me. I was so depressed, tired, and frustrated. I even thought about to quit the school and find a job.
Now, Im ok with my school life. Taking subway is not a problem for me at all. I got used to it and I sometimes read some books or sleep in a subway. Also, now I have many friends in Baruch. Everyone is nice and friendly so somtimes I could get help from them. I still have many reading and writing assignment. But Im getting used to it and honestly, Im getting sneaky so I sometimes just skip reading. And I realized that all of 4 professors that I have are much more nicer and easier than other professor.
The final week is comming. Nowdays I got very lazy so I think I will have to study a lot from this week. Its giving me a pressure. I got good grades on the tests and essays so far. So, I hope I will continue good job on my finals and papers that I have left and get good grade in my first semester. I think I did good job in this semester. I had so much obstacles and problems but I overcame it by myself. I hope I will continue good job in next semester too.
