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My experience at Baruch was pretty much what I expected. A little more work than I had in High School, but nothing too difficult. I think that overall I had a good first semester. If I could do one thing differently most likely it would be try not to procrastinate as much as I did. I think my biggest change would be that now I place a more importance on school than i previously did.

Name: Maxwell Michael
Freshman Seminar Course #: LC06
Name of Community Service Organization/Activity: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk
1. How did your community service work help the community? I helped to encourage the runners.
2. What were your initial reactions upon hearing that you would be engaging in a community service project? I was excited to know that I would be able to do something good for the community.
3. How did it make you feel to give your time and energy to others? It felt good to give my time to a noble cause.
4. What did you learn about yourself, the people around you, and the service site? I learned that there are a lot of people who want to work towards eradicating a disease.
5. What stands out as the best and/or most trying experiences that occurred while engaging in your community service project? What did you learn from these experiences? The best experience was encouraging the runners at the event because it made me realize how many people actually attended the event.
6. How did engaging in this project relate to your education and the larger issues in society? I now better understand how many people are affected by breast cancer.
7. How did your community service experience relate to the “Leadership and Service” session? I was given my assignment and then acted as a leader to actually perform my duty.
8. How has your community service experience changed thinking, attitudes, and actions towards others, yourself, the community, and community service work as a whole? It hasn’t really, i’ve always enjoyed working with people.
9. How has your community service experience impacted you personally? What is the most important thing you learned about yourself throughout this experience? I realized how a small action could effect a large amount of people.
10. Were you satisfied with your experience overall? Why or why not? I was satisfied because helped an important cause.
11. Do you see yourself staying involved in the community in your college and adult years? Why or why not? I do, because I have been involved with charities before and I don’t see that changing in the future

I don’t know what I like best about myself, but I don’t see that as a bad thing. I see it more as I like everything about myself. Therefore, there is nothing I don’t like about myself. I identify myself as a white American male who lives in New York State. I am also a son and a brother who looks up to my parents. I know that I may not agree with them, but they have been through what I am going through now. I always respect guidance given to me although I may not listen to it. I am afraid of heights and I am not a fan of spiders. Succeeding in my endeavors and being with other people makes me happy. My family is important to me. I would like to increase my musical ability. I am enjoying school right now. I’ve made friends, classes are going well, and I’m enjoying my days off. I’m doing well in my classes and I am managing my work well. I’m just here to have a good time.

Hi, I’m Maxwell Michael. I’m 18 years old and I live in Plainview on Long Island. I used to live on the Upper West Side but I moved out when I was seven. I enjoy playing football and listening to music. After being in Baruch for a couple of weeks, I’ve had a couple of main concerns. First, I’m concerned with my time management skills because I’m prone to procrastination. Second, I’m concerned that because of my procrastination i will have too much time and that I won’t do anything productive with that time, and lastly I’m concerned with getting an internship. Baruch has been a large change for me because it is so much larger than my High School. It also is very different for me to only be in school for three days a week. I think that in the three weeks I’ve been in college I’ve already worked harder than my four years of High School. I hope to keep it up and embrace it farther.