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This workshop definitely helped some students who wanted to enter the corporate world after Baruch. I feel like it sometimes got too informative and boring but to anyone who was interested in the subject, this more than likely would have some kind of appeal to them. The people presenting seemed pretty enthusiastic about the subject about being professional so i guess overall it was pretty good.

This was actually a lot more interesting than i thought it would be. Some of the stories were a bit more personal than i thought they would be as well. The people performing their monologues weren’t too shabby either. Overall pretty good experience, definitely expected a bunch of prudes talking about how perfect life was. Chairs weren’t  as good as some people thought because they were not tall people friendly..

Hahahaha, I love that we get to write about anything we want in this class. Such swag, but yes so she literally said we can write ” i don’t care, leave me alone I’m tired” but I won’t be douche like some of the other kids i suspect in this class. Im actually pretty glad i have classes with some people from high school so the friend making process isn’t as difficult. I really hope this class isn’t pointless especially since its pretty early in the morning. I don’t understand, in high school, i used to come in earlier than now and leave later than i do, and i’d come in everyday with no breaks, but it just felt more natural. I’m barely here but i still feel the same amount of stress just knowing since the semesters are so short that every little bit of work counts and i can’t miss a thing. I can’t rely on my foolproof, “I’ll just do good next semester to bring my grade up”. Its much shorter but much more intense and stressful which doesn’t really help my situation now. Lets just get this over with so i can enjoy that little month and a half off in december/january :).

Subject Line: Question Regarding Assignment

Dear Professor,

I was hoping that you would be able to help me with a quick question on this weeks assignment. For the essay you ask us incorporate a personal experience relating to our thesis, how recent does this experience have to be? I’m sorry to bother you, thank you in advance for your help and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Thanks again,
Sabina Mehmood
MTH 2207

Who am I? That’s a great question. If you know the answer to that, please, enlighten me. Truth be told, I don’t know who I am just yet, I’m a work in progress. I know what I like about myself, though, and what I don’t. I love my spontaneity. Yeah! Let’s go, right now to somewhere far! Somewhere fun! What I like least, I overthink. No, we can’t go out on a whim; I have school in the morning! Work hard, play hard. But the way I think makes me who I am, whoever that may be. I am a daughter, a sister, a friend, and a student. I am a family man for sure, without actually being a man.
I’m just a regular teenager, just me. I have irrational fears of course, who doesn’t? I try not to let them define me but, sure, they come up from time to time. I’m afraid of change, but it’s all around us. I don’t like when things are different but aren’t they always? I’m still learning to accept what I can’t change and what will change no matter what I have to say about it. Never the less, I have something to say.
Embarrassment? I just told you I’m a teenager, embarrassment defines my life. I can’t even walk straight and on stationary objects don’t even get me started! They always seem to be in the way and I bruise easily. Embarrassing.
So, I may not know exactly who I am but I know who I want to be, and for me that’s enough. For now, anyways. So I’ll just do me, whoever “me” is.

To: Professor X

From: Student Y

Subject: Confusion regarding a homework assignment

Hello Professor X,

I hope you are having a good day. I was having a difficult time with one of the questions you have assigned for this week’s homework and I was hoping you would be able to clear up my confusion.

I don’t understand problem #12 on page 456 in the textbook. I have attempted to solve it multiple times, but I keep getting the wrong answer. I don’t know what I am doing wrong.

I can come to your office, if you would rather explain and clarify the assignment there, if it would be more convenient for you. Or you can respond to this email, whatever is more convenient for you.

Thank you for you time.

Sincerely,

Student Y

Nuzhat Shorna

I am a Baruch freshman who’d rather visit the dentist than go to school in the morning. I am a person who’s friends left behind to go away to college. I am a person who is forced (yes forced) to attend a school that I only knew because kids in high-school used to make fun of it, calling it Baruchlyn Tech.I am a student who has a job and works 30+ hours a week “Part-time” after and in-between school hours. I am a person who’s grades are suffering because of these work hours. I am the definition of STRESSED.

On a better note, my name is Steven Saenz, yeah I makes it obvious. My main concern about freshman year is just maintaining a decent average so I can transfer before sophomore year. My next biggest concern is how I’m going to manage my time between 30 hours of work, “56″ hours of sleep, and school >.> Finally, my last concern is whats happening with my friends Eddie and Richard. I used to be really close with these guys but ever since we’ve arrived here at Baruch, things just aren’t the same. We all plan on transferring to a school that a girl I had to break-up with after high-school (Due to me not having the monies) attends. Let le drama begin.

My Baruch experience is pretty much equivalent to my high school experience (hence the Baruchlyn Tech joke) because this is where the students who didn’t get into their top choices attend. The only differences between the two would probably be the commute to Baruch is further, I’m here for MUCH longer than I was there and I have like 500 less friends.

My first year of college was definitely a wake-up call for the real world. Professors definitely don’t care if you miss the class everyday, they’ll just drop you and still sleep at night while you’re boned because you paid $825 to be there. It also made me realize that Asher Roth is a liar (regarding the stories he tells in “I Love College”) and I probably shouldn’t have taken advice from students who didn’t attend CUNY schools. I feel like in the long-run the responsibility and time management I’m learning now will pay off in my future years at other schools and beyond. I appreciate that Baruch will be a stepping stone in my life to help me go where I want to and be the President of this towns countries, i still eat doughnuts, mmm scrumptious….what.

Who am I? Who are you?! If you can come up with an answer in just a few sentences I’d be amazed. Truth is, I don’t know who I am. Not yet, anyways. I know who I want to be and for now that’s enough. I don’t want to be defined, I want to be able to try new things; to reinvent myself over and over again. Isn’t that what college is for? I know that I want to be successful, but I’m still learning how I define success. Is it good grades, good friends, a good job, or is it all three? So for now all I can tell you is this; I am Sabina, I am dedicated to my family and friends, my school work, and my future, and that’s all I know for now. The rest is history in the making.

I wouldn’t say, necessarily, that I’m concerned about college but rather what comes next. Throughout high school all you would hear is that “they won’t take this in college, nobody will hold your hand, it’s real life!” But is it really? I like that nobody holds our hands, it keeps me on my toes. But it’s not exactly the real world quite yet. My top concern would have to be figuring out what I am doing here. Yes, I’m a finance major, I want a successful career, a successful life, but how? Figuring it out, what ever “it” is, is my top concern. I just don’t want to waste my time or anybody else’s for that matter. So for now I’m just going to roll with the punches and see where that gets me.

My college career is already a different world than my high school career. In high school I was concerned about my resume, joining every club and studying all the time. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still focused on these things but in college it’s for myself, not for anybody else. I have found myself taking part in things that I truly care about, and not just because they look great on a sheet of paper. I joined an organization, for example, called AIESEC dedicated to a global perspective. In little over one month college has broadened my horizons further than my four years in high school ever did. As far as college changing me, we’ll just have to wait and see!

Hi, My name is Nuzhat Shorna. I know, it’s kind of hard to pronounce and I’ve heard it butchered so many different ways that I’m kind of considering changing my name. Not really changing it, but maybe switching the order. You see, all my family and close friends know me as Shorna and I’ve been raised hearing myself referred to as “Shorna” but then I started going to school and all of a sudden, I’m Nuzhat. Anyways, I’m kind of rambling, so like I said, my name is Nuzhat, and it’s pronounce like New-zhat or Noo-zhat. NOT Nose hat like most people pronounce it. I actually wrote my college essay on my name.

I was born in Bangladesh and emigrated here with my family when I was just 7 years old….and I’ve been living here ever since. It’s been 10 years and already I feel more American than Bengali.

A little about me: I’m very hyper and I love talking and taking naps! I think those are my two favorite activities in the world. Recently, I’ve discovered my new found love of Jane Austen. I LOVE period drama movies, I’m addicted to them. In the summer, I think I watched a different period drama movie every evening and then went to sleep dreaming that I was starring in one. Jane Austen is my hero–I look up to her like I’ve looked up to no one else I know of. I actually just bought a whole collection of all her books, so I’m excited to read that. One of my pet peeves is when people (especially BOYS) automatically ASSUME that Jane Austen writes “chick lit”. I’m not going to get into a whole discussion about this, but it is the most upsetting thing in the world to me. Jane means a lot to me and I’m just very passionate when I start talking about her books.

Another thing about–this might not come as such a big surprise considering my whole obsession with the Victorian Era and Jane Austen but I love tea. I drink tea about twice a day and I love LOVE coffee also. I think I’m what they call a “caffeine addict”. But I absolutely hate green tea, which is so weird considering that I love tea. I personally think green tea tastes like grass and I CANNOT bring myself to drink it. I’ve tried so many times but I just think it tastes disgusting. That’s just my opinion. Tea is another one of my passions–I would love to visit a tea garden one day.

I was VERY nervous about starting college because I kept hearing from all my friends who already graduated high school saying how they were NOT prepared for the workload. But I’d promised myself that I would not stop working hard when the workload got a little challenging, which was what I always did in high school. It’s been 3 week already and I’ve been true to my promise. Sure there are days of the week where I’d much rather be sleeping or watching TV than doing homework but my promise to myself kept me going.

I’m excited to see what else college has to offer for me. I would like to get involved in clubs and extracurricular since in high school, I hardly ever joined a club. I preferred to get my community service hours by myself but after 4 years, I’ve realized that it gets kind of lonely.