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Finally, the first semester of  college freshmen almost end! Time went by so fast, I still feels like the first day at Baruch College. Remember when I first step into Baruch, I carried a lot of expectations along with a lot of worries, now it’s been one semester already. I can’t say I accomplished all my expectations, because at least, I didn’t get involved in any club yet which is originally one of my expectations. However, I did fulfill some others, such as making a lot of friends which I didn’t expect that I actually exceeded my original expectation, because I wasn’t really good at social communication before.

Well, I can’t say my first semester at Baruch is perfect, because I still have a lot of expectations that weren’t finished, and also the large amount of readings from every class really give me a shock that I couldn’t deal with it. I guess because I was still dreaming in high school, that causes I did not put 100% effort in class working, which made the deeper knowledge than high school more complicated, and eventually led me a bad test grade. Thus, at the end of the semester, I think I need to have a self-examination,  in order to improve my ability to fit in college life better.

If I could retake the first semester again, first of first, I will put more effort in class working and concentrating on class listening,
try my best not to fall asleep in class, or do more class participation to keep myself awake, so I won’t be worried about my test grade anymore. And also try to find some interesting clubs to join, and then my college life won’t be such boring. Well, I know all these are just hypothesis, because things already happened and won’t go back, but at least I can set those as my goals for the next semester,
which is not too late, isn’t it?

To be honest, I actually changed a lot after I went to college. I noticed that  I wasn’t so afraid of public speaking or class participation as I used to be in high school because of my language barrier, and my pronunciation is more smooth than I used
to have, which actually makes me really happy. Well I guess I can say this is really a big progress. I believe that I can improve more during the later life at Baruch, which I am looking forward to it.

Keep fighting!

      Among 7 billion people all over the world, I’m just like a small ant on one leaf, which flows in the broad ocean without ending. Sometimes, I experience some “storm”, but no matter how hard the situation is, I still believe that, there will be one day, when I find my own ideal place to land.     

     “Who do you think you are?” This is a hard question to answer. People usually can’t see their own portrait rightly. To be honest, I don’t believe there is a perfect person in the world, and of course, I’m not a flawless person either, especially, I have strong feeling of jealousness, but I don’t think that’s a bad thing to have, because that always inspires me to improve to the same level as others whom I’m jealous with.

       Time surely goes by fast. 2 years ago, I’m still a little girl in China, who is wondering around, and do nothing, depending on parents, teachers and friends, but now I’m in America, the country with freedom, but the only one you can count is yourself. During the two years, what I have learned is not only the language, but the ability to live independently in society. Maybe sometimes, I fell lost and confused, but everything will work out in the end.

        As a college student, it’s just as hard as I imagine, the way you behave has to be more mature, and things you have to concern are also much more than in high school.  First, making friends are might not as easy as you think. I want to make a lot of friends who are from different countries all over the world; this is the goal that I didn’t accomplish during my high school year, because of the language barrier. I’m still worried about that now, but I will try, and I believe that I will accomplish someday, because there 4 years left after all, time is enough. Second, the way of teaching in college is really different than high school. There is no one who will help you hand by hand anymore or pages of notes on the board for you to copy. You have study by yourself, and taking notes by listening. Actually, I still can’t fit in this kind of situation very well now, but I will try to fit as soon as possible, because there are some tests coming up soon, I may fail the test though.  Third, the writing skill problem has bothered me for a long time, and plus there are so many paper works and essays need to do in college,  so I have to work harder to improve it, maybe I will go find some help from the Wring Center someday.

       Still, there are so many concerns about college, but I believe this is also a great chance for me to jump to a brand new level of life; maybe it’s going to be a turning point. Anyway, college life just start, there are still many unknown things to explore, and I’m also looking forward to it.

College life, fighting!