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Ahh my first semester at Baruch was def an experience. it hasn’t
been what I expected, I expected a lot more work (even though we get enough).  I also thought it would be a little more well “collegy”
but it really reminds me of high school. Maybe cause im in an lc but I don’t mind
its been fun. Academic wise I didn’t do well at all at least not up to my full
potential, it was like a wake up call that I needed. I was used to no work and
a’s in high school well not here but I didn’t do that bad…. I think. Socially I
mean its been good made a lot of friends its all good hope they last a long
time. Oh god I would do a lot differently. Mostly on the school work side, would’ve
gotten help way earlier, taken my shit more seriously and just focused on
school over everything but we learn I hope this turns out as a lesson and my
grades will never be this low. I feel like ive matured a bit with the way I approach
school. I have learned (kinda) too do my work asap (BULLSHIT HAHA) and just ask
for help when I need it, learned my strengths and weaknesses in studying and
learning and just gotta buckle down and get ready for 2^nd semester.

I love food. give me anything to eat and i will eat it.pizza for breakfast and ice cream for dinner, sounds like heaven to me. I wish i lived in candyland, gumdrops before bed and gummy bears whenever i pleased. sometimes i wonder what it would feel like to be willy wonka, i would kill for that. a gum chewed meal whenever i wanted, a dip in my chocolate waterfall, hell i could even eat the bed i slept on. imagine waking up to a buffet of cereal, cinnamon toast crunch, frosted flakes and oh we cant forget fruitty pebbles. each bite would so milky and fresh, so blissful. what if i owned a fast food chain or a mom and pop like katz deli, im having a foodgasm just thinking about it, the first bite into a nice pastrami on white. by the time i would finish i would be in a food coma, what a good way to pass out.

a) what a tough question. well my name is abraham zaken (people call me avi, close friends call me booboo), im 18, and i was born in raised in brooklyn. i see myself as the loud one who tries to be funny. it works up to a certain point…. i think.  beyond the jokes and noise i tend to be a bit more mellow, in my neighborhood i’m more relaxed and chill. i was in jewish private school up until high school, IT SUCKED! once high school came i changed, more of a joker, more serious in school, and just had more of a life. i am a jew but i really don’t follow half the rules, nevertheless im proud. i have always lived in bk (gravesend specifically) my whole life and it can’t get any better, got my corner store, my bagel store and the local park (we just call it “z”). i am your typical brooklyn boy and if you not from here then fuhgeddaboudit.

b) 1 : plain and simple, time management. senior year of high school i had class from 8-12 and a 1 hr break in between, does it sound like i had any work? i breezed through school cause they basically spoon fed everything to me. not in college, it’s been a few weeks and i already see how lazy i am. i definitly have to improve on that

2 : adjusting to travel. all my life school has been a 10 minute walk… WALK., now its a one hour train ride -_-. i don’t know how i’m going to do this, i feel like i’m going to hit snooze and say “too far, staying home today”. for the most part it’s been easy but winter is coming and god knows my butt doesnt want to be on a train at 7 am with 100 people in one cart.

3 : i don’t want to mess up my gpa. that is one big concern of mine. in the past it was like ehh who cares call my house so what or they will give me more time. not here, oh no buddy. if i learn my lesson the hard way  i will just be annoyed at myself for still being the immature kid i am. let’s hope none of us mess up with that

c) ahhh well i mean come on its college, you have the big rooms, more people, and a whole new environment. it’s just the feeling of independency that will make it different, this is the time where you learn who you will be, lazy or productive. it’s going to be harder because high school was easy to adjust to, i knew everyone in my school before high school, college i didn’t know one student.

d) i feel like my first year will make me more mature (yea read well buddy, four m’s in a row). it will either make me a responsible, productive adult or a lazy student who still doesn’t care about school.