Author Archives: david.kurlat

Many children grow up with a strong inspiration of what they want to be when they
grow up. Most kids want to be doctors, firemen, lawyers and other common
careers. I grew up with the mentality of I want to succeed in a career I enjoy.
Over the years, I’ve gone from career ideas to more career ideas. Evidently to
this day I’m not particularly certain of where I want to be in ten years.
However, throughout my years there have been many obstacles and experiences
that helped me become the person I am today. Some of the most significant lessons
I have learned derived from sports.

Sports have molded, sculpted and shaped my life and it continues on to today. As a child I began playing tennis around theage of six, at twelve years old I began competing in tournaments in the Mayors
Cup U.S OPEN. Sports have leaded me to some of the most substantial concepts
any person learns over time. Some of the morals I developed from sports were
determination to succeed, diligence, and to never quit. The willingness to
compete and participate in sports has truly helped me accomplish the goals I
set out for myself today.

When I was a freshman in high school, I did many things I’m certainly not proud of. Admittedly, I made a
lot of bad choices that lead me onto a very dangerous path. On one particular
occasion, my mentality was changed forever about the police, which was before
negative. I had been caught by the police doing something bad and as my life was
spiraling into an abyss of lies, mistakes and trouble. It all started to turn
around for the better after my altercation with the police. From this
experience I learned multiple valuable lessons that continue to affect the way
I live my life today. After this mishap, I grew very fond of the police that
changed my life forever for the better. Ever since then, I have wanted to make a
difference, and help others, that are not able to help themselves. Most importantly,
aid other individuals understand their life can be changed for the better good,
similarly to mine.

Who I think I am is an interesting question. It’s a philosophical question. This question always has me stumped. I usually can never think of anything. I think Im a college freshman that is trying to get by and learn the ways of college. Im born and raised in Brooklyn.I think I have a fun and outgoing personality. I like to believe I get along with everyone. Some background information on my life is growing up in a Russian Jewish Immigrant family. My family came here before I was born. It was extremely difficult for my parents to adjust moving to America. I have one older brother and we once didn’t get along, but now my family has become closer.

Anyways, some differences I’m already seeing between college and high school are the seriousness of studying, doing assignments, and being on time. In high school, I was able to get away with a lot of things, and make friends with my teachers. In college, it’s a totally different environment and experience. Some of the major concerns I know I’m going to have with attending Baruch is my punctuality. I’ve always had troubles with being on time, everyone knows that I’m always late. Now that I’m in college, I have to learn a way to make it on time because lateness is simply not tolerated. Another serious concern I have with college is studying. In high school, I didn’t study a lot. It’s going to be really  hard and absolutely mandatory to adjust, and learn how to study. My final concern I have with going to college is my procrastination. Not only do I have issues with studying habits, lateness, but I’m also a really bad procrastinator.

I think college will change me severely, hopefully in really good ways. I hope that after this wild experience, I will improve on all my flaws and become a better more mature person. It’s going to take a lot of work for me to improve, but I know that college is going to aid me towards that direction.