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Dear Professor _______,

I am having trouble with the homework that you have assigned for us due on Wednesday. I’m having a little difficulty relating what you have taught us in class to the assignment. May I please hand in the assignment later after I clarify any possible misunderstanding that I might have with you?

Christopher Wong

Political Science, VC 3160, Monday/Wednesday

Dear Professor _______,

I am having trouble with the homework that you have assigned for us due on Wednesday. I’m having a little difficulty relating what you have taught us in class to the assignment. May I please hand in the assignment later after I clarify any possible misunderstanding that I might have with you?

Christopher Wong

Political Science, VC 3160, Monday/Wednesday

Tae Kwon Do is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. At one point, it was the world’s number one martial art in terms of the number of participants. Tae Kwon Do teaches discipline, philosophy, self-defense and respect. I learned to be a better person because of my time spent at the dojang. A dojang in Tae Kwon Do is the equivalent of a dojo in karate. I have learned Tae Kwon Do for about 6 years, from when I was around five years old until I was eleven. I’m a second degree black belt and I was one of the youngest to have ever gotten a black belt.

I first started Tae Kwon Do because my mom forced me to join. She didn’t even ask me if I wanted to join or not. She made me join because I was a weak and lethargic little kid at a young age so my mom thought that it would be a good idea for me to get some exercise by practicing Tae Kwon Do. At first, I enjoyed it. It was fun and I actually enjoyed learning; but after a while, I started to not enjoy it as much. Everything got a lot more difficult and the instructors went a lot harder on me. I think they forgot that I was still just a little kid. They even made me cry one time by physically forcing me to do a full split for 10 full seconds.  Although Tae Kwon Do wasn’t as enjoyable later on as it was at the start, it still had its good moments.

After reflecting back on it for a while, I have come to realize that I don’t regret practicing Tae Kwon Do. It has definitely helped improve myself overall, both physically and mentally.

I am an Asian-American born and raised in New York City. I am an athlete, student, son and brother. I can be a little hard to understand. I don’t think that I even understand myself sometimes. I am smart but lazy. I know I can do better than how I am now but I don’t have the determination and motivation to do so. I’m a good friend and I can be very understanding and sympathetic. I am very curious and have always been ever since I was young. I want to better myself and I’m aiming to become a better person with every passing day.

My top concerns about my freshman year at Baruch College are the workload, the transition between high school and college, and the time management. I am naturally very lazy and I don’t do well with a lot of homework. I usually take my time to do it and I put it off until the very end. I would like if there is very little homework and all we need to do is to study. I want a smooth transition from high school into college. I don’t like the feeling of being at a new school again. I want to feel welcomed and to feel like I’m in a nice environment to learn. Lastly, I am worried about my time management. I want to use my schedule and the breaks between classes effectively. I don’t want to put time to waste and just not do anything.

What I think will make my Baruch experience different from my high school experience is my schedule and the freedom that we have to go wherever we want whenever we want. My short schedule allows me to do more of the things that I want to do. I have more free time and less time spent at school. However, a good amount of that time outside of school will have to be spent on schoolwork and studying. Some of the breaks between classes will allow me to spend time on my schoolwork and studying too as well as anything else I want to do. I have a lot of free time on my hands but I have to use it right.

I think my first year of college will be a cold dose of reality. At first, I’m not going to work very hard. I’m going to be lazy and then when my grades come in, I’m going to realize that I need to work a lot harder than I have been every working in school. My first year will show me that I can’t live being lazy like I have always been. I need to actually start working hard to get the grades that I want.