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I’m just a regular kid from Brooklyn, trying to make it somewhere in life. My life is centered around school work, family, and the sport of hockey. Im very caring towards my circle of friends and family. People can always count on me for help. Im that go to guy. I can be hard headed sometimes but through explanation and some sympathy I can always understand someone. I’m am known for my tallness. Most of my friends see me as their gigantic guardian that will protect them from anything. This makes me feel better about my self.
Talking about School work, I chose to go to Baruch College which I saw as the ultimate way of getting somewhere in life. Baruch offered me things that other schools didn’t. First off, the city is practically the campus of Baruch which beats any other campus in New York. The people that go to Baruch are very diverse and friendly. My first year of Baruch has thus far been great. I met a lot of cool people, my professors are very esteemed and the classes are very interesting. I do have three concerns though. When I came to Baruch, my schedule was already composed, but as the term comes to an end, I’m going to have to compose my own schedule which sounds pretty challenging. The reasoning behind that is because I’m not really sure with what i want to focus my studies on. This would be my second concern. My final concern is what club I should join in Baruch. There are so many to choose from yet I don’t know which would be the right for me.
Baruch will provide a different experience from my high school because there is no one to keep you on track but yourself. In high school, the teachers would constantly push you to do your best whereas in college, where some classes are composed of 150 students, it is not in the interest of the professor to provide undivided attention to a single student. Therefore, I believe that my first year at Baruch will change me into a rather studious person who takes their schoolwork seriously.

Subject: Important, missed midterm due to illness

Good Afternoon Professor Dee

My name is Melvin Abramovich and I am a student in your mon/wed calc class at 1230pm. I would like to take this moment and apologize for the missing the midterm in your class. I was infected with a reallybaddiseaseitis and I was rushed to the emergency room causing me to miss your class. I would appreciate a chance to make up the midterm as soon as you get a chance.

Thank you for your time
-Melvin Abramovich

            I am Melvin Abramovich. A freshman at Baruch College, a son, a grandson, and a brother. I am a lot of things to a lot of people but most importantly I am myself. I am a hockey player, a goalie to be exact. I am a role model as well as a follower. I’m eighteen years old and I can act like I am a lot older and a lot younger. I am funny but serious, curious and excited to explore the world. I am Melvin Abramovich.

One of my main concerns at Baruch College is not keeping up with the readings. There are so many pages to read for so many classes and reading was never my thing. I need to be forced to read and if im not I tend to avoid the reading. Another one of my main concerns is not having a high enough GPA to get into the business school. I really need to get into the business school in order to be successful in life. My final concern is being late to class. Sometimes my train can be late and I feel like my professor judges me if I come late to class.

My Baruch experience is already different from high school. I love having no school on Fridays. I also enjoy having fewer classes in one day. It is different having a class every other day but for a longer amount of time. Finally the homework assignment and tests are different and all in all my Baruch Experience is already different from high school.

My first year of college will not really change me. I will still have the same values and beliefs. The only difference is I just have to travel farther to get to school. I am still Melvin Abramovich and I will remain Melvin Abramovich.

Chicken nuggets. Are they really that good? Or maybe its just the sauce. I mean there are so many different sauces. Theres always the reliable bar b que. But hot sauce? Or even the sweet and sour one. But no one really eats the chicken nugget without the sauce. You can do that but that’s so weird. But what if I bite the chicken nugget. I don’t wana double dip if im sharing. Sharing is caring but I don’t wana share my food. You know when people take a French fry from you. Then you give them a stare and they answer its only one French fry. Yea I know its only one but that’s one more that I could of ate. Anyways back to chicken nuggets. Does the shape have to do with anything? Like are the dino shaped ones better tasting than the regular ones. Probably not, but theyre so much more fun to eat. I can bite the head of first, then the legs and eventually im done with the dinosaur. That’s so much more fun than the boring circle ones. How many can I really eat? 10 is never enough but 20 is too much. I can never find that number in between. Its so annoying because I hate eating all mine and still being hungry but it’s a shame when I have to throw them out. Then whats up with chicken tenders. Its just a chicken nugget on steroids. Are they really necessary? I doubt it. I also doubt that diet coke is good for you. Like come on, it can get the rust of a penny. And you expect me to drink that stuff.? Yea ok that’s gona happen..Not. All this is making me kinda hungry. What should I go and eat? Well im gona go and eat some of my favorite foods. Judging by everything I said theres only one logical thing to go and eat. Yep are you thinking what im thinking? Chicken and rice.

Tae Kwon Do is a Korean martial art and the national sport of South Korea. At one point, it was the world’s number one martial art in terms of the number of participants. Tae Kwon Do teaches discipline, philosophy, self-defense and respect. I learned to be a better person because of my time spent at the dojang. A dojang in Tae Kwon Do is the equivalent of a dojo in karate. I have learned Tae Kwon Do for about 6 years, from when I was around five years old until I was eleven. I’m a second degree black belt and I was one of the youngest to have ever gotten a black belt.

I first started Tae Kwon Do because my mom forced me to join. She didn’t even ask me if I wanted to join or not. She made me join because I was a weak and lethargic little kid at a young age so my mom thought that it would be a good idea for me to get some exercise by practicing Tae Kwon Do. At first, I enjoyed it. It was fun and I actually enjoyed learning; but after a while, I started to not enjoy it as much. Everything got a lot more difficult and the instructors went a lot harder on me. I think they forgot that I was still just a little kid. They even made me cry one time by physically forcing me to do a full split for 10 full seconds.  Although Tae Kwon Do wasn’t as enjoyable later on as it was at the start, it still had its good moments.

After reflecting back on it for a while, I have come to realize that I don’t regret practicing Tae Kwon Do. It has definitely helped improve myself overall, both physically and mentally.

I am an Asian-American born and raised in New York City. I am an athlete, student, son and brother. I can be a little hard to understand. I don’t think that I even understand myself sometimes. I am smart but lazy. I know I can do better than how I am now but I don’t have the determination and motivation to do so. I’m a good friend and I can be very understanding and sympathetic. I am very curious and have always been ever since I was young. I want to better myself and I’m aiming to become a better person with every passing day.

My top concerns about my freshman year at Baruch College are the workload, the transition between high school and college, and the time management. I am naturally very lazy and I don’t do well with a lot of homework. I usually take my time to do it and I put it off until the very end. I would like if there is very little homework and all we need to do is to study. I want a smooth transition from high school into college. I don’t like the feeling of being at a new school again. I want to feel welcomed and to feel like I’m in a nice environment to learn. Lastly, I am worried about my time management. I want to use my schedule and the breaks between classes effectively. I don’t want to put time to waste and just not do anything.

What I think will make my Baruch experience different from my high school experience is my schedule and the freedom that we have to go wherever we want whenever we want. My short schedule allows me to do more of the things that I want to do. I have more free time and less time spent at school. However, a good amount of that time outside of school will have to be spent on schoolwork and studying. Some of the breaks between classes will allow me to spend time on my schoolwork and studying too as well as anything else I want to do. I have a lot of free time on my hands but I have to use it right.

I think my first year of college will be a cold dose of reality. At first, I’m not going to work very hard. I’m going to be lazy and then when my grades come in, I’m going to realize that I need to work a lot harder than I have been every working in school. My first year will show me that I can’t live being lazy like I have always been. I need to actually start working hard to get the grades that I want.

A. Who do you think you are?
I am student athlete aspiring to do the best that I can all four years of my college career. I am ambitious, determined, and motivated so with these qualities I know I will be able to complete my aspirations. I am family oriented. I’d do anything for my family and making them see the good in me is what pushes me. I am role model to my younger siblings and cousins. I try my best to set the greatest example. I’m humorous and creative, give me a small topic and I’ll expand it within minutes. I’m a caring person with a big heart, hate to see anyone hurt or upset. I’m outgoing, love to have a good time, and personable which makes me easy to get along with. You only live once, so I’m just a person trying to make the best of it while I can.
B. Share three concerns about freshman year and why
One concern is not being able to adjust to the transition from high school to college and not knowing what classes to choose. In my high school everything was handed to us. The teachers had notes prepared just for us to copy, reviews were given right before tests and everything was covered, and the schedules were already made for us. A second concern is getting used to being part of a new basketball team. After being part of a team for three years, you begin to see them as a second family. A third concern is getting the professors to know me in the case that I may need them for help or a reference. They have so many students so getting all my professors to become familiar with me might be a challenge because they have other students to attend to.
C. How is college different from high school?
In college, just studying a textbook won’t get you to pass a test. In college, you don’t know everyone in the halls. In college, you don’t share a strong bond with certain teachers because chances are, you won’t see them again, but in high school you’ll still see them around until you graduate and they know you on a name basis. There are also more papers in college. I also have the opportunity to select my own classes, in high school they were automatically selected based on my grade level.
D. How will college change you?
College is going to mold me and help me to acquire all the qualifications I need in order to take the next step in my life. It will prepare me for a better future. It will throw challenges that I will learn to overcome and will benefit me in the long run. College is going to show me a new meaning of being a student athlete.

 What is normal? Everyone seems so sure that they know. Yet you ask them and what do you get for an answer, a list of things they do or like. I used to be one of them. Walking around like I know it all, like what I was into and what my friends were into was what is “normal”/cool. I used to look at other people that dressed differently, or listened to different music or that just did things in a completely different manner than I did as weird.
I am glad to say I have grown from being that person. We live in the most diverse place in the world. What makes your normal any different from mine, his, hers etc. Does normal even exist now? Can anyone give me definite term of normal? Let’s check the dictionary, I’m sure we’ll find a picture of the Kardashians or cast from Jersey Shore right next to it, catch my sarcasm?
We can’t put a name on normal, we are all just to different and abstract for that. Let’s forget normal and let’s be Original. I think that is when we’ll become normal.

Hello Professor Gunderson,

Regarding the response paper due Tuesday, did you intend for us to use the reading listed on the syllabus for that day or are we to use the movie we watched in class in order to answer the question?

-Monica Malviya

It’s such a paradox, how this is simple yet difficult all at once. At first glance, I’m quiet, an introvert: reserved. You will be shaking hands, exchanging smiles, initiating small-talk and I’ll just be sitting here, eyes transfixed on a spot in the room yet hearing everything. No, that’s not eavesdropping…I hope. Well, that’s at first glance. Get me to talk and I’ll have worlds of stuff to say. I’d call myself a Pandora’s box though not nearly as bad. At least I hope, I guess that’s a matter of opinion, isn’t it? I’m not afraid of being judged, because (and c’mon, we all know this one) I’m still going to be me. Who is “me”? Who am I? I’m a friend who never lets go and keeps forgiving. I’m a student who thirsts for knowledge and remains dedicated. I’m a daughter who does her utmost to make her parents proud. I’m a sister who will always give her brother someone to look up to. I’m a person, I’m many things.

Being a freshman is in and of itself a concern — to be at the bottom of the food-chain. Seniority in high school was the most ethereal experience ever. Ethereal yet ephemeral, as is this state of being a freshman. Out of it, however, comes the concern of “fitting in” while maintaining who I am. Look at me, it’s 12:17am and here I am writing this post because I did what? Procrastinated. That was a major concern of mine and it still is. I want to sleep though I end up doing this to myself. However it’s not so bad since I love to write, just as I love to talk. I wasn’t joking when I said I have a lot to say. Where was I? Oh. Procrastination. Yeah. I’m fighting that to the best of my ability. Don’t worry, I’ll come through.

A lot about Baruch makes it different from high school for me. The independence especially is something I value. I adore this concept of homework not being due the very next day from which it is assigned and whomever brought up the idea of syllabi, well, allow me to say that, you sir (or madam), are brilliant. Information is no longer crammed into my head from having ten subjects in one day; I take my time with the readings given, begin early, and absorb it all. It’s better this way. Though I’ll never deny how much I miss high school.

Will college change me? Change is inevitable, right? I have no idea how it will though. In my last year — no, last term — of high school, I went through some major changes in my life. Anyone who knew me say, first term senior year, took a vacation, then met me at the end of second term, wouldn’t recognize me right away. However college changes me, I can only hope it’s for the better.