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I recently attended the workshop entitled “Small Talk II” where we were given tips on how to start, end and most importantly maintain a conversation. We didn’t spend much time discussing the actual tips, instead we were set to put the tips (that were written on the handout) in action. In the workshop we got time to meet new people and had no other option other than to interact with those who were there; placing us out of our comfort zone. The workshop didn’t really teach me anything I wasn’t already aware of, but it reinforced the idea that going out of your way to talk to someone you don’t know isn’t that bad after all.

I recently attended the workshop entitled “Small Talk II” where we were given tips on how to start, end and most importantly maintain a conversation. We didn’t spend much time discussing the actual tips, instead we were set to put the tips (that were written on the handout) in action. In the workshop we got time to meet new people and had no other option other than to interact with those who were there; placing us out of our comfort zone. The workshop didn’t really teach me anything I wasn’t already aware of, but it reinforced the idea that going out of your way to talk to someone you don’t know isn’t that bad after all.

I don’t yet know who I really am or who I was meant to be. What I do
know about myself is that I am very unique, independent and strong; I am sure I
can overcome any obstacle that is thrown at me from left field, which is
something I have had to do all my life. I’ve often heard people say, “You will
figure out who you really are once you go to college.” I don’t personally know
if this is true or not, but I am still waiting for this moment. I hope to learn
more about myself and grow as a person in Baruch. This was an impossible task
in high school because there were too many immature people and distractions,
but now that I do have time I want to focus on myself; my wants and desires and
nothing else.

There are a couple of things I am concerned about though; time management, motivation, and overall scores. I am the type of person who leaves everything for the last minute, but in college that isn’t quite working out. I have to constantly push myself to study and start the assignments ahead of time and not the day before it is due. It’s hard to sit and read for hours, but I have no other option because I want to earn the grades that I deserve. This is the path I chose and
it is the only one that will get me to where I want to be, therefore I have
stick to it and change my old patterns which will evidently get me nowhere.

Subject: FRO-DTD

Hey Professor ______,

I am writing to inform you that I missed the Midterm examination
that was given today because I was feeling ill and had to be hospitalized. I’ve
been studying a lot for it and would appreciate it if you could schedule
another testing day for me so that I can prove myself and earn the grade that I
deserve.

Thank You,

Ana De Leon

For close friends and family I am the come-to girl; I am the one they turn to when they need support and a shoulder to lean on. I am always there to hear them out and help them handle the situation properly. But who is there for ME when I need help? Why don’t I have anyone to lean on? Honestly, I now tend to keep things to myself and prefer not to involve others with my problems. This wasn’t always
the case thought; just like everything else in life, it can be traced back to
one thing.

Three years ago, I began to get minor breast pain and so
one day I told my “best friend.” Believe it or not, he started LAUGHING; making
a big joke out of the situation. He was like, “you always whining about everything.”  I am very weird and I won’t deny it, I laughed along with him. I mean, it wasn’t the first time I laughed at myself so that’s nothing new. I actually told a couple of other friends and I got the same reaction so from there on out I kept that “little” problem to myself.

Two years went by and the pain became a lot more frequent. It reached a point in
which it was unbearably excruciating pain and that’s when I decided to tell yet
another friend. Having known that cancer runs in my family, he took it very
seriously. After about a whole year of being insulted by him I finally agreed
to tell my mom and got it checked out… The doctor found a lump… That’s when I
broke down; I literally thought that was the end of me.  I got tested and THANK GOD it wasn’t cancer, but that is when I realized that I don’t really trust anyone. Out of all the people I know, I can only count on one person and that is pathetically sad. It’s like; if I can’t trust my friends and family, how can I ever possibly trust anyone else?

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