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I went to an Info Literacy workshop. At the beginning of the enrichment workshop, they showed us a video found on the internet of penguins flying and a spaghetti tree. The program was about how we shouldn’t believe everything we see on the internet and how to trust and use our sources because a lot of things on the internet are false. The video was to show the obvious, that there isn’t actually a spaghetti tree.

1. How did your community service work help the community?
I donated brownies and cupcakes to a bake sale which raised money for the breast cancer awareness.

2. What were your initial reactions upon hearing that you would be engaging in a community service project?
I didn’t really know what I was going to do but baking is always fun and seemed like I’d enjoy it more than anything else.

3. How did it make you feel to give your time and energy to others?
It was nice knowing I wasn’t wasting my energy on something pointless but actually helping people out.

4. What did you learn about yourself, the people around you, and the service site?
The mutual benefit in helping others but I didn’t really learn much else except that I really enjoy baking and I’m good at it.

5. What stands out as the best and/ or most trying experiences that occurred while engaging in your community service project? What did you learn from these experiences?
I didn’t really have any difficult experiences but the best experience was the whole baking part because red velvet cupcakes are absolutely delicious.

6. How did engaging in this project relate to your education and the larger issues in society?
The money that went into the bake sale helped out a lot of people.

7. How did your community service experience relate to the “Leadership and Service” session?
Well community service itself plays a huge part in leadership and service and mine stood out because we helped out the breast cancer awareness.

8. How has your community service experience changed your thinking, attitudes, and actions towards others, yourself, the community, and community service work as a whole?
I realized that even though it was a drag to do community service at first, once you do it with a good attitude and find ways to enjoy yourself and be happy about it, it can have its up sides and it helps a lot of causes and people.

9. How has your community service experience impacted you personally? What is the most important thing you learned about yourself throughout this experience?
It felt good to be selfless and do something for someone else other than yourself and I’d possibly want to participate more in the future.

10. Were you satisfied with your experience overall? Why or why not?
Yeah, it was a fun experience.

11. Do you see yourself staying involved in the community during your college and adult years? Why or why not?
Sure, maybe not often but I feel like community service shouldn’t be forced. It should be done when you feel like doing it from the goodness of your heart. I felt like we were just forced to do this one for the sake of passing our FRO class but I’d definitely consider participating in the future.

12. Sum up your service-learning experience in a one-two-sentence headline:  It was fun and you get to help others, which means you benefit yourself.

My experience at Baruch College was alright. I was not what I expected it to be because it’s not the college campus life everyone dreams of having when they go away to college. I was disappointed. I came to Baruch with a positive mindset but it got shot down by the lack of people I’ve met and the terrible professors I encountered. I don’t think my first semester at Baruch went that well because most of the time, it was just a lot of work. It felt like high school except with more studying and exams that are actually really important to study for.

If I could do this all over again, I’d probably not even come to Baruch. The college has made me realize what I want exactly and Baruch does not provide that for me. It made me realize that this is not the place for me and that I should be pursuing my dream instead of feeling like I’m waisting my time.

I feel like I have changed since I started at Baruch in a way that I’m not careful with the choices I make and I learned not to settle just because something seemed “safe” and “easy.”

This is me at Columbus Circle over the summer during one of the hottest days ever.

You know when something happens? It’s bad, obviously. It happens really quickly and it slaps you in the face. It’s really terrible, actually. Everything feels like it’s gone down the drain. Everything feels like it’s crashing and it hurts. Like physically hurts. And you sit there stunned and weak and you know you’re broken.

You know when something happens? It’s amazing, obviously. It happens really quickly. It hugs you all over. And it’s really immense, actually. Everything feels like it’s right. And that dark place that you were once in is extremely far away from where you are. And it feels really, really good. Like physically, too. And you stand there and you’re smiling all over and you know that you’re happy.

Baruch College. It’s definitely not what I expected it to be. I hoped for the classes to be better than high school but I just find myself missing those 50-minute classes where I actually learned a great deal of things. I find myself feeling infuriated with the professors I have right now. I feel like I don’t learn anything new.

English used to be my favorite subject. It was the one class I found relaxing because we were able to discuss and analyze literature and our thoughts. It was zen-ful because we got to write our thoughts out. But at Baruch, I find that the class is utterly pointless. I feel like a little kid in middle school learning to write a thesis statement. I was expecting a lot more from the class. A lot more reading, writing and analyzing. I absolutely despise the class and I’m very disappointed in the professor and her lack of teaching skills.

And let’s get into American Government: how does one refuse to go over material that will be presented on an exam? How does a professor expect us to read and understand words from a textbook without memorizing if he is not willing to help us understand those words?

I feel like I’m wasting my time taking the classes that I’m taking when I should be exploring fields of interest rather than what is required. I feel completely unmotivated. I consider myself an art student, but I don’t make much art anymore because of my time management issue. Before I came to Baruch, I so badly wanted to go to FIT for fashion design because that’s my passion. I’m not pursuing my passion at this school because it doesn’t focus on what we want to do. I couldn’t wait to get out of high school because I thought college was about figuring ourselves out and pursuing what we enjoy doing, and pursuing what we’ve been looking forward to doing. But Baruch is not at all what I expected.

And to get into my experience with the people I’ve met so far? I haven’t met anyone that shares any sort of interests with me. I don’t like foolish invasive people that think we’re friends just because we’re in all of the same classes. I’m in college; I don’t have to be friends with people I’m simply not getting a good vibe from. Everybody likes to tell themselves that they’re not shallow, that they’re the ones above all of that, that they’re bigger than those “lesser beings” that don’t just give out interest out of kindness. They like to think that they’re the type of person to accept someone completely and fully without a second thought. But in all honesty, there’s not a single person out there who’s immune to discrimination. First impressions are always taken seriously but lots of them are proven wrong and we pin someone for something they might not be just because they’re not what we expected and who we want tem to be. Everyone can be shallow. Everyone is shallow. None of us are immune to it.

A. I think I’m quite artsy. I love painting, drawing, makeup artistry, and fashion design. I’m a perfectionist to a certain extent. I believe I’m very easy-going and extremely social so I’m able to talk to everyone. I like talking to everyone and getting to know them. I fee like when it comes down to writing about yourself, all my thoughts are blocked and I believe that’s mainly because I’m still trying to figure out who I am and who I think I am and where I want to end up.

Top 3 Concerns About Freshmen Year:

1. Time management. I’m terrible at it.
2. The Final Exams. I’m somewhat good at studying but not always and I usually forget what I studied when I’m under pressure and it’s not like high school where you can just get by without studying. These tests are legit and it kind of scares me because passing them is definitely important.
3. Friends. I was scared that I wouldn’t meet a lot of people I’d share anything in common with but I’m slowly realizing that there are many interesting people and I’d like to get to know more people so we can all actually hangout instead of people coming into the school, taking their classes and then going home. It makes the entire college experience boring.