Freshman Seminar 2011: CFA

So basically this freshmen seminar blog post was not the first thing on my mind right now but it has to be done and believe me I am not thrilled about doing this when my first final is a short week away but here it goes anyway.

Baruch has been a learning experience for me. I learned many new things from subject classes that I never dreamed I would be taking in college.  The blocks that we picked over the summer have had their positives and negatives. One positive is that they have made meeting new friends way easier since you see a lot of the same faces in your classes. A negative would be how you are forced to take classes that you normally would not have chosen to study.  Has Baruch been a “home away from home,” no but I could see myself being in a worse situation so I do not take this education for granted. The most important thing I have learned would have to be what the everyday grind of commuting in and out of the city feels like. It is certainly very exhausting and takes a lot of time along with energy but hopefully it is something that I can get used to.

My first semester here at Baruch College has been a success in my eyes. My grades are where they should be and that’s the most important thing. I have met some great new friends that have really helped me get through my first semester.

I would not do anything differently. Live with no regrets.        

When I started here at Baruch I was not as independent as I am now. I now have more responsibilities and am doing things on my own. I have also grown into a more mature man thanks to Baruch.

Since this is my last assignment related to freshmen seminar I just wanted to thank everyone and wish you all good luck in the future.

Check my phone, its twelve thirty five. I look up nobody is smiling or laughing, just blank stares gazing into the abyss. I look around at the people reading their newspapers or kindles and think “I wish i had something like that to make this situation less awkward.” The woman that I’m looking at glances up, I quickly check my phone it is now twelve thirty six. I still have fifteen minutes left before I get off. I look up to check if she has returned her attention back to the book that she was lost in before I interrupted. Luckily she has, so I continue to scan the area to try and find some kind of entertainment.

 The car slows down and comes to a complete stop. A group of men enter the car right before the doors shut. Not thinking anything of it I look down to mind my own business. One man begins to make a beat using just his mouth. The others join in and soon all the men are singing. They slowly walk up the car begging for money. Almost everybody looks away to divert their attention to something else. I pull out my phone and look down at it just to avoid eye contact. I look at it for two minutes before the car again slows down to a complete stop. The men get off and everything is back to normal. Well, normal in an awkward sort of way. It is times like these that I wish I had gone away to school. I mean think about it, I could be back at my dorm right now doing something productive like sleeping. Instead I have to be wasting an hour and a half of my life every day just trying to get home. The train stops. The conductor speaks through the P.A. system to announce that somebody on the train needs medical attention and we will be delayed.  I check the time it is twelve forty.