Author Archives: michael.jeneralczuk

Now that the semester is over, I can look back and reflect on my time at Baruch as a whole. I can lament on the fact that I had a weak start and wish my GPA was higher or reminesce on how difficult it was adjusting to city life. Yet, I think it is most important to cite how much I have learned about life. Yes, life itself. I think my move to the big city and independent life, have truly helped me discover who I am. I know what I want to achieve in life and what makes me happy. Although I’m not totally convinced that the city is for me or if Baruch was a good choice, I know that without this experience I would not be who I am today. Whether I choose to remember making great friends or playing basketball at Baruch in my first semester, or choose to remember feeling home sick or sick for other reasons… I will know that everything I have done has defined who I am today. Looking onto the next semester, I hope that I will be more focused and happier to be where I am. I hope to continue to learn as a person, basketball player, and student.

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The definition of a monologue is a prolonged talk or discourse by a single speaker. Yet if I was to
stand in front of the class and talk about myself, then I would be speechless. When you speak about yourself, you’re expected to say something interesting and include unique facts about yourself, but if you know yourself really well, then are those facts actually unique to you? This is the dilemma I was confronted with when thinking about my monologue.

Back in October of 1992, I was born in a small town in Western Massachusetts. Part of my early childhood was spent in Poland,
as I lived there for a few years. Apart from that, I’ve lived in Amherst, Massachusetts my whole life. I have a younger brother, who’s almost identical to me, a side from the fact that I’m four years older. My passion my entire life has been basketball and it remains the most important thing in my life to this day.

Moving to New York was a huge change for me. I went from being a dependent, small-town kid, to an independent college student that must make decisions concerning my future, by myself. Life hasn’t been easy, but it’s definitely more exciting.