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I need more time. I need more time. I need more time.
There aren’t enough hours within a day to do this much work. Clearly, this is
not the life that I expected of college. Where is time to discover and think
about myself? Where is time for me to truly listen to music and appreciate it?
Where is time to just sit down and have random thoughts that makes me think and
look back of what I’ve done? Where is life? I became an invisible person since I
got to college because I’m hidden behind all the works, studies, and homework
to do. I need to rest. I don’t even know if I’m going on a right track as a
college student. If not, I need to find a way to determine what I am doing
wrong so I can plan ahead of time. This is too unorganized. This is not who I
am. I am getting extremely upset towards me of not being organized. I am all
over the place finishing all of my requirements in school and work. Is this how
college is to everyone else? Or am I the only one feeling that something is
missing? College seems nothing different from high school, except college has
much more responsibilities. This is wrong. I know there are other sides or
parts of college other than works. Something needs to be fixed. If I’m feeling
there are no other faces of college other than works to do, I need to learn
more about college and enjoy my college life. I feel that I am failing in every
single aspect of my decision because I don’t know what I am doing. I am just
moving like a robot to finish my works on time. I’ve never felt this before. I
always knew what I was doing, I always planed ahead of myself, I had time for
my social like, and I had time for myself. I’m failing in everything. I need
more hours in a day for myself, not for anyone else but myself. I truly want
more hours to stop and think about everything that I am doing. I can’t tell who
I am anymore. I always believed that I’m organized, positive thinking, and
perfectionist. Well, I am not anymore. I lose my identity. College has confused
everything. Maybe there are more than work in college. This is the only
motivation to me, that college will be more exciting when I get to be
comfortable in college. But what if I never get comfortable in college? Ahh,
this is too much thinking ahead. I shall stop now and just appreciate what I
have.

Everyday I think, “My first semester of college isn’t that bad.” I definitely began the school year thinking college is going to be either complete freedom or a complete disaster. I am glad to say that it is neither; it’s more balanced then I thought. I like all my classes except for one. I don’t want to mention what class because I don’t want to get in trouble. I don’t want this monologue appearing somewhere with that teacher’s name somewhere and stuff like that. I highly doubt that will happen, but it doesn’t hurt being safe. Going back to the class I dislike, I really wonder how in the world this professor began teaching this class. I probably shouldn’t start talking about this professor because my entire monologue might just be a complaint.

Overall, I’m enjoying college. I definitely like the fact that I don’t have to wake up extremely early every single day. Mondays used to be my least favorite day, but now it’s my favorite. Actually, every day became my favorite day. At first, it took a bit to get used to the random breaks between classes, but now those breaks are the greatest. I didn’t really want to write a monologue about school and stuff about school, but I guess that’s what happened. I was thinking about doing a poem like the one I saw in my freshman seminar class, but that obviously didn’t work out. Well, that’s all for now. Good-bye.

Once upon a time on the messy streets of elephantown lived a young penguin. This penguin was far from ordinary; she has unusual aspects that make her different from the rest of her pack. For example, unlike everyone else, this penguin has lived in the same igloo her entire life. She has never had the urge to migrate. This igloo is indeed her home. However, what really makes this penguin unique is her love for sports. Although she does not look like the sporty type,  she is somewhat a tomboy at heart. Her passion for baseball is undiscovered because she is unable to find other female penguins who share the same interest as her. On the other hand, she loves the shock on peoples’ faces when the opportunity to talk about baseball appears. Her love is what defines her. She is committed to what she is passionate about.

1) I’m Aaron. I think I’m a laid back and respectful guy. I fear failure and always want to do well in whatever I do. I love hanging out with my friends and just relaxing. I love the NY Giants. My favorite days are sundays because I love to watch football all day with my friends.

2) My 3 concerns about my freshman year at Baruch are: doing well, making friends, and having a good time.  I want to do well because college needs to be taken seriously. I’d feel like I failed if i didn’t end my freshman year with a good GPA. I want to make friends because I just moved to the city and it would be great to know new people. I want to have a good time because I’m in college and deserve to have a great time.

3) I will make my Baruch experience different than my high school experience because I’m in a different environment and need to make the best of it. In high school, I was around the peole i knew my whole life. At Baruch, i dont know anybody so obviously my experience will be different. I hope to make friends and enjoy myself at Baruch.

4) My first year at college will change me because now I’m on my own. I’m in a different environment and I have to adapt to it. Unlike high school, I live on my own now and the experience will be life changing.

Jonathon Kamali

1- I think I am an individual who is still looking to find myself and looking to find what I want to do when I am older. I have a few ideas but they could use some guidance. I dont like people telling me what to do especially when it is something I dont feel comfortable doing.  I like to think of myself as a nice independent guy and I thankfully have alot of friends to show for it. I enjoy having a good time more than anything but I know that I need to start to take school very seriously or else it could hurt me in the long run.

2- My top 3 concerns for my freshman year at baruch include my grades, meeting new people, and learning how to adapt as well as I can to Baruch. Grades were my first concern because  at the end of the day we all want to get as high as average as we can because the better you do in school the better job you can get out of school etc. Also my goal is to transfer soon so I would need to get as high grades as I possibly can. My second concern was meeting new people because there really is no campus life at baruch and people go here to get credits more than to socialize. My last concern was adapting to baruch culture because my high school was very different so to do well I must learn ways to help myself make the studying and test taking as easy as possible.

3- So far I can see that the biggest difference from my high school experience to my college is the student teacher relationship. In high school you can develop a relationship with a teacher because you are going to have him or her for one full year and its of vital importance to get on his or her good side. In college they dont really care about that. You take a class for a semester, your teacher teaches and you better do well because he does not really care about you. You must care for yourself.

4- I think my first year of college will make me more responsible and will help me realize that If i want to succeed in life; I have to do whats best for me.  College will help point me in the direction that  want to go and end up living later in life and hopefully my first year at baruch will be the starting point to this path.

I’m Marc. I enjoy playing and watching sports, listening to music, hanging out with my friends, and business. I’m looking forward to getting a well paying job and hopefully Baruch will get me there. The commute is a little bit of a pain, and the scheduled bloc we got doesn’t really help, but hopefully that will change next semester. I don’t think my college will change me, I’m pretty confident in who I am right now. I’m sure everyone is going to say the commute is what is different from High School, so I’ll agree with that. My 3 concerns are like I said 1) getting a well paying job 2) maximizing my time at the school and 3) meet some good people.

I guess I’ll start by saying Hey ! Im Reneeee :] (with one e). I’m from Yonkers which is huge, but it feels tiny because everyone knows each other. I’ve lived here all of my life and its definitely part of who I am as a person. I come from a super diverse background, growing up in a place where any possible nationally exists, not to mention having black mother and a white father. But more specifically about me, I’m laid back but full of enthusiasm and love to make the people around me happy at all costs!

My top 3 concerns about freshman year are : 1. Scheduling  2. Sleep & 3. Maintaining a Social Life. In the past, I’ve had a huge issue with time management. So for this semester I’m trying to work on that so everything else with fall into place … hopefully!

I think my Baruch College experience is way different from my high school experience in every way possible. For one, my commute went from less than 10 minutes to a hour and a half train ride. Also, my work load doubled. High school wasn’t much of a challenge for me and I’ll admit that I didn’t feel the need to always apply my self. But in college that will never be an option!

My first year at college has already changed me. Aside from the obvious gain of knowledge,  I’ve become more independent, resourceful and my life has become more structured.

I think I’m a person who is laid back but also cares about the important things. My top 3 concerns is: the workload, studying, and money management. The big difference between Baruch and my high school is that there is the schedule and the amount of work for each class. I think the first year will change me in my study ethics and change how I meet people.

Im guy. I like to think of myself as a pretty laid back person. I’m a pretty quiet person and I’m always listening to music. I like all all different genres but i’d have to say my favorites are delta blues and rocksteady. My 3 concerns here are my art class, which i have no idea what is going on in it, having to get up earlier then i’d like, and having to do more work than in high school. Baruch’s is different from high school in that the teachers don’t babysit you here. It’s up to you to make sure you know what you have to do. I don’t think my first year will change me at all, i haven’t changed in how many years, i don’t think one more is gonna do anything.

I am a very chill guy and like to hangout whenever I can. I’m a bit shy which is a bad thing, but once you get to know me, I’ll open up and start talking more. I feel a bit uncomfy talking to strangers at first, but if we become friends its much easier for me to strike up a conversation. My hobbies including playing sports like bowling, basketball, soccer, and football. Other things i like to do in my free time is play on my Xbox or just be on the computer chatting to my friends. I leave my Sunday free to watch football all day with a couple of friends.

My first concern about my freshman year at college is the work load and how to handle it. I was pretty good at procrastinating in high school, but i’ve already seen that it won’t work in college. I’ve been up all night twice in the first month of college which I don’t want to experience ever again. My second concern is making friends for the future years at college. Hopefully I’ll open up to people soon and make some more friends. My last concern is about commuting about an hour to college. It’s a pain waking up at 7 a.m. everyday just to catch the train at 8 a.m. I’m slowly getting used to the long days ahead of me, but it would be nice if i had later classes.

Well first off the commute to my high school and college are totally different. It took me a little over five minutes to walk to my high school and now it takes one hour to get to college. I guess that will make me more prepared and aware as a person. There is a lot more freedom in college than in high school. Being in the city every day of the week is a great experience  by itself rather than being in a isolated city. There are more opportunities to make friends. Also my high school only had around 600 kids in it so it is a big jump when you go from that number to thousands of kids. It makes it easier to meet people and make new friends. Obviously the work load is going to increase a ton which I am not prepared for.

I personally think I’ll open up a bit to new people that i meet, maybe strike up a conversation with new people. My personality will develop greatly and be the one I keep for the future. I am going to become more serious about my grades which will help me become more serious about my life and what I want to do in the future