Author Archives: helder.correia

College, trains, Manhattan, homework, reading, alarm clocks and soccer. That is what my life has turned into in the last two months, with barely any breaks in between. I still feel like it’s supposed to be summer, as hard as that is to believe. Is it terrible to say that I’m still not in “school mode?” Maybe it’s coming from one of the smallest high schools on Long Island to a college in the middle of the city. I guess I’ll wake up eventually, not that countless lectures about the “good life” help at all. I think all of my professors are kind of crazy and hilarious at the same time. I’m not going to get into detail because I don’t know if that could get me in trouble…

…the construction going on at Baruch right now is really annoying. When I came to visit the school for the first time I thought the entrance was one of the coolest parts. Now it’s just loud and impossible to get inside….

 …I thought the monologues at convocation were pretty awesome. I doubt mine is going to be that good. Whatever, I was never the most creative person…

 …it seems kind of weird that next semester we will all be in different classes and we won’t be able to make fun of our professors anymore. I think that’s been one of the most enjoyable parts of college. Is that a bad thing to say?

Oh well, I hope we all live to enjoy the real “good life!”

I think I am a very independant person, yet pretty lazy and maybe too easy going.  Procrastination was one of my biggest problems in high school. I would always find myself writing important papers the night before it was due. That is something I promised myself I would change in college. Besides procastinating, another concern I have about my freshman year at Baruch is balancing school and sports. I knew being a student athlete would be difficult, especially while getting used to the college workload. I think playing sports in high school was easier because teachers are always aware of practices and games. In college, professors don’t care about how often you have practices. It’s now my resposiblity to divide the time between the two and sometimes choose one over the other.  One last concern would be getting used to living in Manhattan. Living in suburban Long Island all my life, I knew living in the biggest city in the world would be a big change. I think the biggest difference from high school to college is that no one will watch over you to make sure that your school work is done. Many teachers in high school had various strategies to make sure their students completed all homework assignments. College professors however, leave the responsibilty up to the students. I think my first year in college will ultimately make me a more responsible person.