Author Archives: Wen Shan Xue

To: Professor A

Subject: Questions regarding the Identity Assignment

Hi, Professor A.

I am not sure what the questions are asking for on the Identity Assignment. I have spoken with a few of my classmates and they also have questions about it. Can you tell me your office hours so I can set up a meeting with you and get help?

Thank You.

-Cynthia Xue

ANT 1001, T T 2:30 – 3:45

Hi! My name is Cynthia Xue and coming up is my monologue.

Do I go with it or not? What if it doesn’t turn out to be what I want to do? What do I do then? I can’t believe this is happening again. First it was high school, then college and now this. When I first started high school, I did not like it one bit and practically didn’t want to go to school the first week. I didn’t know anyone, didn’t like that it was in Brooklyn and wanted to switch schools. That ended up being pointless because I love my high school now. It’s pretty much the same for college. Didn’t like the fact that I ended up at a CUNY but after hearing my parents say this and that about Baruch, I decided that it isn’t that bad. But I’m still not at the stage of loving the school yet.

The reason why I said that it’s happening again now is that I do not like what I’m doing right now. Two nights ago, my dad was talking about how I went to the Medical Science program in Midwood, my high school, but that I do not intend to do anything related to that. That got me thinking about what I really want to do after I graduate college. But this goes back to high school and middle school. When I was young, I really wanted to be a doctor up until the whole health care bill started. I heard from someone that doctors would start getting paid by the hour and not by how many patients they see or what they actually do, meaning that doctors would make less money. Then all of a sudden I changed to wanted to work in business since I love math. But that was a stupid reason to change my desired job. That wasn’t the only reason though. It’s also because of the many years of school doctors need to attend in order to start working and I don’t want to become an actual doctor at 30.

Now back to two nights ago when I was thinking about becoming a nurse. Since I don’t want to become a doctor, I thought, a nurse is the closest thing to it so maybe I should become a nurse. I started comparing of what it would be like to be an accountant or be a nurse. I realized that although I like math and science, being an accountant would be too boring for me. I mean, how can you sit at a desk all day and just do the same thing again and again day after day? I don’t like doing things that are repetitive and getting bored after an hour in a quiet environment. So now it sounds like becoming a nurse would better suit me with all the action going on at the hospital. I wouldn’t get bored and start to hate my job. I can work as a nurse anywhere in the world because medical things are similar in many countries.

My point is that I’m being indecisive again and want to switch to something else. But this time I think is something that I would need to carefully make my decision or else it’ll ruin me and waste a lot of years. What if I really decided to switch my major and then after a year or so, want to go back to doing business? If I want to become a nurse, do I transfer to another school like NYU School of Nursing of stay at Baruch and get a nursing degree here? I think I’m going to go with nursing and take a risk, a very big risk.

3 things that are problems for us:

– Arriving to class late

– Falling asleep in class

– Not reading textbooks

3 reasons leading to the problems:

– Not getting enough sleep

– Not taking notes or paying attention

– Not used to reading a chapter a day for each class

3 solutions to the problems:

– Setting up a schedule to manage time

– Pay attention and take notes in order to stay awake and/or drink coffee or tea

– Split up the reading into a few days

Hi everyone! I’m Cynthia and I’m still only 17 years old. But I’ll be turning 18 in one month and a half. I am someone who likes to laugh A LOT, I mean A LOT. I like talking with people about funny things and make jokes all the time. I usually don’t post online about myself but here I am. I have two brothers, one in middle school and the other in elementary school. They still have a long way to go before entering college. I’ll be sure to pass along any tips about college to them. I think I am a perfectly normal girl who collects stamps and coins. I came to China when I was four years old and I can’t wait to go visit next summer!!!!! All in all, I’m ME.

Now that I’m in college, I have a whole new set of concerns to worry about. I’m afraid that I won’t be able to finish all the readings on time since I don’t like reading that type of literature and prefer to read my own young adult novels borrowed from the library. I’m also worried about not paying much attention in class and then failing the tests. But as long as the tests are based on the text, then I’ll make sure to find time to finish reading. And last but certainly not the least of my worries, it seems harder to make real friends here since everyone’s so concerned about themselves and looking runway ready. Oh, college, what a pain.

First of all, I still miss high school and seeing my friends everyday. But now that I’m at Baruch College, one thing that will certainly be different is joining a fraternity. And no I didn’t type the wrong thing, its fraternity, not sorority. That’s because it’s a co-ed business fraternity. I hope I get in but if not, joining clubs is fine with me. I’ll just try again next semester. Its very different since it’ll, the fraternity, help me get connections, help me with my problems and oh, I don’t know, just become friends forever?

I don’t think it’ll change me that much since I don’t give in to peer pressure and don’t allow myself to change just so others will accept me. But it’ll definitely make me read more boring text than I used to. After that who knows? I’ll maybe let you know when the time comes.

See you guys Thursday.

Almost forgot, Good Night.