Jonathon Kamali
1- I think I am an individual who is still looking to find myself and looking to find what I want to do when I am older. I have a few ideas but they could use some guidance. I dont like people telling me what to do especially when it is something I dont feel comfortable doing. I like to think of myself as a nice independent guy and I thankfully have alot of friends to show for it. I enjoy having a good time more than anything but I know that I need to start to take school very seriously or else it could hurt me in the long run.
2- My top 3 concerns for my freshman year at baruch include my grades, meeting new people, and learning how to adapt as well as I can to Baruch. Grades were my first concern because at the end of the day we all want to get as high as average as we can because the better you do in school the better job you can get out of school etc. Also my goal is to transfer soon so I would need to get as high grades as I possibly can. My second concern was meeting new people because there really is no campus life at baruch and people go here to get credits more than to socialize. My last concern was adapting to baruch culture because my high school was very different so to do well I must learn ways to help myself make the studying and test taking as easy as possible.
3- So far I can see that the biggest difference from my high school experience to my college is the student teacher relationship. In high school you can develop a relationship with a teacher because you are going to have him or her for one full year and its of vital importance to get on his or her good side. In college they dont really care about that. You take a class for a semester, your teacher teaches and you better do well because he does not really care about you. You must care for yourself.
4- I think my first year of college will make me more responsible and will help me realize that If i want to succeed in life; I have to do whats best for me. College will help point me in the direction that want to go and end up living later in life and hopefully my first year at baruch will be the starting point to this path.
