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My First Semester

Posted on November 28, 2011 by michelle.longarino

My First semester was probably a 6 if I had to rate it from 1-10. I expected it to be terrible. It was just a little less terrible than I thought it was going to be but that was only because I had a block and people that I moved around with a lot. I noticed I need people and friends in school or else I feel out of place and just plain bored. I expected to get around a B average because I’ve always been an average student academically and B is an average grade. I think I do have around a B average. I expected to be so stressed out and overloaded with work but I actually wasn’t, I feel like my junior year of high school was actually a lot harder than my first semester of college. I don’t think I changed as a person actually. I’ve asked people if they thought I’ve changed since my first semester of college, and they all said I’m the same. The thing is I feel like I lost a big part of me. My highschool friends and routine were a huge part of me for four years and when th at was stripped away I just felt terrible and out of place. Then again that’s what I expected so it didn’t hit me so hard that I couldn’t handle it. Now next semester I’m going to have to say bye to friends and meet new people once again and I’m not looking forward to that.

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I am who?

Posted on September 30, 2011 by michelle.longarino

I’m 17, about to be 18 in less than a  week. I’m Irish and Italian, and 2% black. I grew up in the same house since I was 2. Therefore I have a lot of neighborhood friends that I’v had  lifelong friendships with, and it’s really great. This is me with one of my neighbors:

When someone first meets me they can think that I’m mean because of my sarcasm, but I really am a genuine person who likes to see other people happy. I notice that I have trouble with that sometimes because some people don’t return the love, but I shouldn’t do things just to expect something in return. What I’ve noticed is that I value frienships a lot because my older brother who is now 24 has been away at school for the past 6 years, which lead me to making more friends so I won’t get too lonely, but I still love him and look up to him. This is me and him from when we were little:

I grew up in a christian home so I’m an active church goer and my values in life are based on my beliefs I grew up with. Even though my parents are christian, they didn’t force me into the way of life I live now, they let me decide myself.

Obviously my main concerns are my grades, I don’t want to fail anything, that’s just a given. I want to make close friends that I enjoy, but it’s really hard to do that especially after we don’t have our block anymore. Another concern is how much I walk up stairs, I’m really scared of elevators, and it actually came to the point where I make myself climb 14 flights of stairs every other day, and it has caused my ancle to become inflated.

I loved my highschool, Frank Sinatra School of the Arts so much, it was ridiculous. I really miss it to extreme amounts. I miss having my major (drama), because that’s something I’m very interested in and want to pursue in my life. It’s different from Baruch in the way that my school was much smaller. I felt like I had control, and here it’s just more and more new faces everyday. I miss my intimiate friendships. I miss my drama class the most, I spent all 4 years with them and they mean the world to me <3 This is them:

My first year here will teach me time management that’s for sure. I’m learning that if I pace myself, I can accomplish a lot and still have a social life.

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