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3rd workshop

Posted on December 10, 2011 by zhichao.deng

First, I really do not know what should I write.

My third workshop is Job Search Strategies.  This workshop taught us about how to get job in the future.

I learned a lot, for example In present time, the economic is in the bad time, we might take 3 to 6 months to get job after we graduate, sometime it even might take double time.  We need to understand ourself first, them the environment which is best fit for us, and we should also understand the current market.  I also learned that the importance of Networking.  And we have a lot of resource that we can use.  We can use those resources to research market, it is very helpful for us to find a job.

 I got more strategies which help me to get job in the future.  For example, we can consider new growing sectors, we can expand the geographical area of our search, we can apply to government positions, we can go to graduated school, etc.  The most important thing is that do some research about ourself, every skill and interest we have, every value we believe, every personality we are, those are all helpful to find a job.

 I am going to attend more workshop which can help me in the future in different way.

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Community Service

Posted on December 10, 2011 by zhichao.deng

1.  My community service is called “Walk with Us to Cure Lupus”, this Walk provided a opportunity about a voice to people affected by lupus, we can ask more people to support or pay more attention to this, this Walk can also raise some fund for finding better treatment.

2. I think it is good to do community service project, I am not surprise or any hard feeling.  I like to help other people.  By the way, I am boring anyway, I have time to do this.

3.  I feel good and glad to give my time and energy to others, it makes my time be meaningful.

4. I learned about there are many people who need our help, we should give our hand to them if we have time.  Since my community service is a walk, I actually got a chance to talk a walk in Manhattan.

5.  This walking is not my first community service, but it is my first community service just about walk.  I learned that we do not need to do too much to help others, a walk or a speech can help a lot people, and make more people to pay attention to this.

6. Engaging in this project relate to my education about helping others, our professors are not just teaching us knowledge, but also teaching us how to become a member in society.  Community service is a big part of our life and our society.  As a member of society, we should make our society better.

7.  My community service experience relate to the “Leadership and Service” session by engaging, we can become an example or model to others, we can inspire or encourage others to do community service.

8.  My community service experience changed my a lot.  First, I did some researches, then I know more about Lupus, I want to pay attention to those who had Lupus.  I want to help those people, I want more people to support them.

9.  My community service experience impacted me a lot, I want to spend more time and energy to help and support those people who had lupus.  The most important thing I learned about myself throughout this experience is that we can help others by a very small thing or detail.

10.  I was satisfied with my experience overall, because this community service is easy, we do not need to do much, we can help others just by walk.

11.  I will stay to involve in the community during my college and adult years, because I want to help others, I want to be a meaningful person to others, to society, and to myself.

12.  Walk with Us to Cure Lupus, every step is learning experience.  Let’s go.

ps: I thought I was a question-answer blog.

 

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blog post 3

Posted on December 10, 2011 by zhichao.deng

 Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.—–Albert Einstein

My first semester at Baruch College is nearly complete, my overall feelings about Baruch College are pretty good.

A. My experience at Baruch College has lived up to my expectations.  I have much free time, Professor will not ask you that why are you late? Or why do not you hand in assignment?  All responsibilities are hold by ourself, and only by ourself.  We will get any grade we deserve.  Some thing exceeded my expectations, for example the amount of homework assignment, and every test is essay.

B.  I think my first semester at Baruch College did not go very well.  Because I did not like to talk or answer questions during the class, but some professors think that participate is one part of grade, so I think it will hurt my grade.  And most of my professors give us essay as test, I am very disappoint about this, because writing is my No. 1 weakness.  I got a lot of grammar mistakes, and I hate writing so much.  Two out of five professor will give us grade only depend on the test grade, and all their tests are essay, I have no idea about that how bad my grade will be.  (PS: God bless me.)

C.  If I could do the first semester all again, I would go to writing center more times, it can help my writing skill.  And I would drop my philosophy class as soon as possible.  It is not because I did not like that professor, but he only gives us grade base on three essays, which I definitely did very bad on every time, even I have improved my grade.

D. Since I started at Baruch College, I changed a lot.  I started to spend more time in library.   Homework assignment costs me more time, I have to read very long article or story.  For example:In this weekend, I have to read about 150 pages of a book for English, couple chapters of Bible with questions I need to answer, one chapter of Anthropology book with two article, 20 – 30 pages each, one chapter for philosophy, and do some researches and writings for my public administration class.   I have never expected this, my friends told me that “high school is work-time, college is party-time” when we were senior of high school.  But that is not true, we need to work very hard in college.

For next semester, I will have most classes on Monday and Wednesday, and one class on Tuesday and Friday.  I hope I can do better (I believe I can do better), and have no thought about dropping any classes.  By the way, Good Luck to everyone.

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monologue

Posted on October 17, 2011 by zhichao.deng

 I really do not know what should I write for my monologue.  Then I read my free writing which is writing during Freshman Seminar Class, I think it might give me some ideas about myself.  Then I really find something that is inside of me, but I did not thought about it before.

 I am a “thinking person”, not a “action person”.   In another word, I like to think, to image, but I do not like to do, to try or to achieve.  For example, some of you might know StarCraft II, it is very famous worldwide PC game.  I decided long time ago about I am going to buy this game, and play this.  But I actually did not buy this.   I feel excited when I watched replay about this game on Youtube, I know I love this, but never play this at all.

 I also find out that I do not like to change.  Let me explain to make my point clearly.  My everyday is like one day, everything is the same.  I only go to same bakery to get my breakfast.  I only listen to same music on the way to Baruch College.  I only go to one barbershop to get haircut even when I move to different area of city, etc.  Once I like something, or get used to it, I will not change.

 I love to sleep.  I think Getting enough hours for sleep is the most important for me.  When I was in high school, I go to bed at 11 o’clock, and wake up 6 : 30 a.m.  When I was Freshman in College, I go to bed at 12 o’clock, and wake up 8 o’clock.  I always sleep more than 7 hours a day, that is the minimum of I can endure.  And enough sleep hour can give me full energy for next day.  By the way, I like to get a short time of sleep after I finish class every day.  And I need three alarm clock to wake me up in the morning.

 

 That are three things I find our from my free writing.  Free writing is a person writes continuously for a set period of time without regard to spelling, grammar, or topic.(Wikipedia)  And I think free writing is based on our subconscious, it might give us some idea we never though before.  I will keep doing this exercise, and get to know myself better.

 

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Who Do You Think You Are?

Posted on September 25, 2011 by zhichao.deng
  “Who do you think you are?” I keep asking this question to myself, and I think it is very hard to answer this, I really spend a period of time to think about this.
 
   I am a typical Chinese, who born in China, has black hair, brown eyes, and yellow skin, and also good mathematics.
 
   I am a typical immigrant person, who is 19 years olf, and started to settle in the United States when I was 16.  and I speak my own dialect with my parent, mandarin with my Chinese friends, and Speak English when I was in College and with foreign friends, and I know a lot of different  languages to greet.
 
   I am a typical New Yorker, who spend more than two hours on the transportation everyday.  I also love to eat pizza and I can sing in the public. (PS: I only sing Chinese song in public, everyone around me will not understand it, and they might think I am an amazing singer. :D    & PS again: Singing is my number 1 weakness, I know that since I had music class in first grade, everyone told me my voice is like duck :(  )
 
   I am a typical Indoorman, who loves to stay at home.  My favorite hobbit is sleeping, and I also like to listen to music, watch NBA game, and watch Youtube about broadcast of online game , etc.  
 
   There are top three concerns about my freshman year at Baruch College.
 
   The first one is homework assignment.  I have five classes in this semester, and each one of them requires a lot of reading, and every assignment and test will be an essay.  I am very sad about that, because Reading and Writing is my waekness.  I am very poor on vocabulary, I need to spend a lot of time on checking dictionary everyday, and I am very bad on grammar.  So I am very glad that we have writing center in baruch College, I believe I will spend a lot of time in there.
 
   The second one is Time Management.  Just like I mentioned before, I have five classes in this semester, but I usually have two hours break between classes.  most of time, I just go to library or computer lab, but I was shocked by the population of Baruch community, I just can not find an available seat. (if you have any suggestion I can do during break, please leave your comment.) And I am not good at time management, I usually finish assignment one day before due day, samething happens when I need to review for the test.  I believe I will overcome this, and I am trying right now, since we have syllabus, I can finish reading early and prepare for the class.
 
   The last one is relationship.  sicne this is my freshman year, it is a big shift in mylife.  I want to adapt this new environment as soon as possible, and I want to make more friends in this year, I do not like to be lonely, and I prefer group work instead of working alone.  because I always believe two is greater than one, which is true. 
 
   Let’s be friend!
 
   After you finish reading, you should definitely know how bad my writing skill is!   Thank you for your patience.
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