Monologue

Who am I? My name is Anthony Angilletta I’m a friend a son a brother a teammate an employee .I’m a Staten islander I’m a new Yorker im’ an Italian I’m American. I’m  a student at Baruch.  People ask me why I chose baruch? Why didn’t I  go away ? I say because baruch a Cadillac at the price of a Toyota. Why go to a school that’s 45k  when baruch has a better reputation and its cheaper than my high school. Speaking of high school my experience there was much different than my experience here. I went to a small private catholic school with just 1600 kids total.  Of those 1600 kids 1599 of them were either Italian or Irish. Not much diversity. It was like I was living in a bubble. I’m not gonna lie high school was the time of my life. I could wake up 20 minutes before school , throw on my uniform and drive to school in my Audi  like there was no problems in the world. I would get out at 130 every day and come home and not open a book. The weekends were amazing. I would go to parties get drunk and just have fun with my friends. Life was carefree and laidback…How times have changed
​My lifestyle changed from the 1st day I walked through the door here. I feel like I matured overnight. Gone are the days I could sleep late and stroll into school whenever I wanted. No, now I have to wake up at 6am and stand on a line to get the bus at 7am . I pile on to a packed bus. The woman to the right  of me sneezes, the man to the left of me snores.  I sit on this bus for an hour sometimes more with traffic.  When I arrive we shuffle in one by one swipe our cards and begin the day. My classes are large , most have over 100 kids . The population is extremely diverse. People of all different ethnicities come together as one as  we all  are after the same goal, a college degree.  Teachers ,teach fast and assign hours of homework a night. No longer do I spend my nights drinking a beer with my friends or going to parties. No, I now sit in a library and bury my face in a book.  I told my self I would start off strong and finish with a 4.0 average. But already I have hit a speed bump. A 61 on my first math test and a 68 on my first psych test was not the ideal start I had hoped for.  Its not like I didn’t study … I put hours of effort and practice into the material. I just failed that’s all I can say. But now I know what to expect and ill put more effort into it next time.  I know it’s hard to believe but I’m not complaining. I know I am getting a taste of what the real world is like. This college experience will make me a stronger person. It will strengthen me and prepare me for a real job. So while all my friends are away getting drunk at college, failing classes and living it up. I’m back home, preparing myself for real life, not some fantasyland. This is why I chose Baruch. To prepare me for the lifestyle I want to live in the future.