Hello Professor Neal,
Richard Choi
ART 1011, MW 9:30
Dear Professor Neal,
After checking Blackboard multiple times, I still could not figure out what the homework for tonight (October 26, 2011) is.
Can you please kindly let me know what the assignment was? Thank you!
Sincerely,
Kimberly Kang
ENG2150- A, MW 12:25PM
Hello Professor Neal,
I was looking over the handout that you gave the class today about the group work that is due next class on Wednesday. I could not find if there is a limit to the amount of people that can be in the group. Can you e-mail me the maximum number of students allowed in the group or if there is no limit? Thank You for your help.
Robert Gozdz
Philosophy 1500 W 11:10
Hello Professor Neal,
I am unable to come to school on Thursday morning due to an early appointment with my ophthalmologist. An unexpected corneal ulcer that has developed in my eye, my eyes have become very agitated and I can barely see out of my left eye. Sorry for this inconvenience and thank you for your time!
Louis Lam
FRO 1000 BRD, Thursday 9:30PM-10:45PM
An ode to the ghost of English teachers past
From: [email protected]
Subject: Question about the Story Book 123 Assignment
Hello Professor Goose,
I am working on my analysis of Mary and her Little Lamb, and I can’t fathom the symbolism of the teacher in this nursery rhyme—my intuition tells me that the teacher represents the institution, but then at the end she’s almost nurturing. Can you help me with this? Thanks!
Hannah Dhunda
Story Book 123, MW 3:00
I’m Angelos, might as well start somewhere, I’m form Brooklyn NY, I wouldn’t say born and raised however because I’ve spent a lot of my life living in Greece. Greece is awesome. I love going there. I’ve spent every summer of my life there, and then some. A lot of my family is there, so I pretty stay busy while I’m there. I have family in all different parts of Greece, but my favorite place to be is my dad’s home town, Amaliada. There is where I spend the majority of my summer, and my cousin always try and make sure it will either be a summer I won’t forget, or a summer I will always be trying to remember, or any combination of the two.
Being Greek I am born knowing a couple of things: first I have to love soccer, it is mandatory that every Greek appreciates soccer; my favorite team is Panathinaikos, no thanks to my cousins of course who are almost all fans of this team. You also are in love with the beach, if you’re Greek. Given that you have some knowledge of how to swim form birth, it’s a great thing having the beach literally five minuets away. Finally, as you get older you are baptized in the art of drinking ouzo and tsipouro (Greek brandy); if you can handle both of these you can pretty much drink anything.
Now this only happens for two months of the year. So what happens the rest of the year…mostly school, chilling with friends, working on the cars, work in general, and the occasional camping trip where all my stories come from. The best time I have here is with my friends, especially when we are camping. When we go camping we can just relax. Nothing bothers us. It’s kind of like all the stupid bullshit we deal with on a daily basis goes away for that weekend. My friends have definitely gotten me through sum pretty hard times. Especially my friend Con. This kid and I have been friends pretty much from birth. That’s an eighteen year on going friendship. He’s always had my back and I’ll always have his. Now that’s a little harder since he goes to Virginia Tech and I’m up here at Baruch, but that is not a reason to get rid of that kind of friendship. Any story I tell he is usually the one in it with me. It’s kind of a funny thing. This kid would spend more time at my house than he spent home. Maybe that’s why he can get away with calling my mom “mom”, just playing; he only does that to be funny.
Reflecting on the past 16 years, my short life has had its share of ups and downs. In some ways, each group of years represents an era – the “Dark Ages” for example, was about a decade ago at a point where I was shy and introverted in an insular yeshiva school. As the years fly by I realize new-found perspectives. It reminds me in some ways of this webcomic from xkcd.com:
Every age: "I'm glad I'm not the clueless person I was five years ago, but now I don't want to get any older."
Who I am has been mostly defined not just by me, but the people and events that have surrounded me.
At the heart of my education and future goals, lies the experience of discovering my passion for law. This process involved several challenges and achievements along the way. At an early age, I learned about the benefits and difficulties of the legal system through my experiences in family court. My fascination with law solidified as I learned more about the legal system, culminating in my valuable experiences as a member of the Mock Trial Team.
At age ten, when I was wading through the Kings County court system, I was fortunate enough to have a knowledgeable attorney named Callie Kramer who fought for my rights to be with my father. Callie was assigned by the court to protect my interests. When I first met her, Callie immediately dedicated her time and energy to listen to what I had to say. She was a compassionate, genuine, and committed civil servant. At the time, Callie represented what was right and just in the world and, in a sense, inspired me to become a lawyer.
My passion for law and justice served as the foundation for a wider desire to reach out to my local community. Over the past few years, I participated in community service programs including volunteering for the AYSO “VIP” League for Children with Special Needs. I also actively worked with several local campaigns throughout Brooklyn. Both these political and community experiences opened my eyes to the world around.
At the time, many of the challenges I faced seemed distressing, but as I look back this very day, I accept them as chapters of my life. Even if I could retroactively change my past I wouldn’t. Those significant events define who I am today. They are wholly part of the great school I’m in, the internship I have, the awesome people I get to interact with. All those obstacles are opportunities to grow. As Nietzsche and later Kanye West would say “That which does not kill me makes me stronger.”
Likewise, I look forward to face my biggest challenge yet, losing 150+ pounds. The sheer numbers were daunting, and frankly I would’ve bet against myself at the start of the process. But that’s where people who have made a huge impact on my life come in, the long hours my dad works for me, the investment my trainer makes into getting me to achieving the best I possibly can. So far, I’ve had a net loss of 60 pounds and 200,000 calories burnt (1 pound of fat = 3,500 calories) Even at this point, working out is still a pain, bur quitting is not an option. Committing to working out and living healthy is a daily battle, dragging myself to the gym nearly everyday takes a toll, but what I’ve realized now is the pain of your own labor is better than the pain of regret. Muhammad Ali once said “I hated every minute of training, but I said, don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life a champion.”
My name is Louis Lam. I am five feet eight inches tall, although I would like to be taller. Many people tell me that you would stop growing at the age of 21, so hopefully I grow a bit more before I reach that age. I am a fairly easygoing guy who likes to play sports. At a young age, my mother pushed me to play a lot of sports, including soccer, basketball, baseball, football, batminton, swimming. I also used to learn how to play instruments such as flute, violin and piano, but I stopped everything, and I regret that I stopped playing piano. My favorite food would be Japanese and Korean food. Even though I am easygoing, I dislike people that seek a lot of attention and try to be the class clown the least, especially if its not even funny. I would identify myself as a passive person that would usually relax, be laid back and wait for situations to unfold themselves. I play the role of a younger and older sibling, I have people taking care of me out in life, besides my parents, and I also like to take on responsibility and try to get involved in some things, like helping out others. I don’t really mind utilizing my time to help out a person in need, especially if I have the knowledge to answer their question and give them advice on all sorts of things, and if they ask in an appropriate manner. My family and friends are very important to me because they have been there for me for some of the hard times that I have been through. I am afraid of situations that are dangerous and that I do not have control of. For example if someone is a bad driver, we could get into a car accident or worse. School is taking a downhill turn although I am on the path to bringing everything back uphill. Sometimes my life sucks because I would wait at a bus stop, and the bus would just passed by me, like it did yesterday, while I was waiting in the rain, and therefore I would arrive late to school. One of my favorite quotes is from a song, and it is “The sun is somewhere shining even though it rains”. This quote sort of gives me hope, so on a bad mood or a bad day, it shows that are still positive things going on elsewhere and can hopefully bring my mood up.
