Subject: Difficulty with HW MTH2100
To Professor Bob,
Hello, I am a student in your calculus class on Mondays and Wednesdays during 10:20 AM to 12:00 AM. I am currently completing your homework assignment due next Monday and I am having difficulty. In the textbook on page 55, I spent a long time on number 24. I am still unable to compute what 1+1 is. Please give me some hints on how to complete this question.
Thank you,
Rex Chan
Hello everyone, my name is Rex and I am named after a dinosaur. There is nothing much really special about me besides my unusual name. All my life I have been asked for my name twice when meeting new people. They would always think they heard wrong when I say my name is Rex. But thanks to this peculiar name, I was able to write my college essay about my name and even this monologue. So why would I be named after a dinosaur? My parents thought that dinosaurs were strong and they wanted me to be strong too… Some people said that it’s because Rex means king in Latin but I’m sure my parents did not know that. Also, some friends told me it was because my parents were drunk which I think is unlikely. Well whether or not I’m named after an ancient reptile or the highest position in royalty, I will still be who I am today. As someone once said, “always be a first rate version of yourself, instead of a second rate version of somebody else”. Thank you.
I am Rex and I am a very carefree person. I usually just go with the flow and I am extremely lazy. After being admitted into Baruch, I hope that i would be able to become more hard working. I also wish to become active within Baruch, such as attending clubs and events. Unfortunately the transit from my home to Baruch College takes around less than two hours which is a real hassle everyday. So far, college life has really been similar to high school. I am still doing the minimum amount of work needed and I really hope to change this habit. After the first year of college, I am confident that I would change to become a more determined college student.
Subject: Question regarding the grade I received
Dear professor,
I was perplexed by the B- grade that I received from you. I normally would not waste your time asking you to boost my grade unnecessarily, but in this case, I really feel like I deserved an A. If you could possibly review the work I’ve done this semester and the A grades I received on my exams, I think you would agree that I deserve something higher than what I got. I always participate in the lectures and am always on time, and have not shown anything to suggest that I deserve anything less than an A. Hopefully you can look at my work and exams and give me the grade I truly deserve. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Bilal Raja
Let’s play a little game, shall we? No, it’s not a videogame. It’s not a board game either. Just listen for a second. Alright, here’s how it goes: I’ll play some lyrics from a song, and it’s your job to try and guess the name of the song. Simple, right? No? What do you mean no? I think the game is pretty self-explanatory. You think the game is too vauge? How is it vauge? Yeah, I know we like different kinds of music, but I also know which song you like, and I was planning to use those anyway. I was going to give you hints too, something that I was going to mentions before you started jumping to conclusions. Besides, does it really matter if you don’t get the answer right away? The answer doesn’t have to be right at your fingertips. You really need to learn to be more patient. But anyway, I digress. Do you want to play the game or not? Alright, then here’s the first song…
Bilal Raja
Freshman Seminar
Response
For me, I am an independent individual who likes to do his own thing, whether it be popular at the moment or not. In fact, some of the things that interest me seem absurd and strange to some people. For example, unlike the majority of my friends, I prefer buying and riding a motorcycle over a car. My friends, most of whom already have licenses, find it strange that I don’t have a passion for cars like most kids our age do. I feel that I am prone to trying to be different from other people around me subconsciously, because this is the trend I see across everything I do/like. In this way, I think of myself as being unique and the opposite of what one would call a hype beast.
One concern that I have with my freshman year atBaruchCollegeis that it still hasn’t hit me that I am in college now and that everything I do from now on is going to affect my future. This is a personal concern for me and it scares me that I must maintain a very high GPA in times where jobs are scarce. I think that a college freshman may have some trouble transitioning from high school and this is something I am dealing with at the moment. Another concern I’ve had with my freshman year so far is the breakup of students into blocks. I never liked the idea of having the same students in every class – even in high school – and would have preferred getting a chance to meet new and more people. Because of the blocks for freshmen, I feel as if I’m limited to meeting the same group of students everyday. A third concern I have with my freshman year atBaruchCollegeis the increase in work that we have. College work is a big jump from the work I had in high school, and at times, it seems overwhelming. This issue concerns me because at times, professors expect too much from us and don’t realize that as freshmen just entering college, it will take some time to get adjusted to the workload. These high expectations to an extent have hurt my grade and therefore it is concerning for me.
What will make my Baruch experience different from my high school experience is the change in attitude: in high school, education felt like an obligation, something that was a burden for me. But in college, I think my learning experience will be developed by a realization of the importance of a good education and this will help me become more mature in terms of education. Since there is more freedom in college, it provides me with learning tools that are not as accessible in high school. My first year at college will change me by making me more mature when it comes to my education it will develop me into a person who is more proactive and intelligent.
Ayo Ma!…Where you at? I am here, you are near, so don’t keep me waiting for heaven’s sake, my dear. See how I rhymed? That was for you, L.O.L smiley face… Girls love the L.O.L smiley face. Oh, you can’t come over just yet? That’s okay… My socks are having a party, so can your pants come down for a while? J.K but i made you smile, (rhymed again, like a boss Rick Ross) I love it when you smile. The way your nose crinkles up: so cute. Seriously though, don’t keep me waiting. You never know when another fish is going to come along and bite the lure. Who am I kidding, you’re my mermaid. You like my corniness? We have something in common. I love corn. L.O.L smiley face. I love you I just want you to wake up one morning to me giving you breakfast in bed. I love the way your nose crinkles up: so cute. I want to take you to Disney World and watch the fireworks burst in the sky. I love the way your eyes light up the night sky I want to randomly take you by the hand and dance in public. People will look at us and smile, some will hate, and we won’t care. I love that you won’t care. I just want to have a slow dance with you, no music necessary. I love the warmth of your embrace. Girl I want to rip off those jeans and that shirt and… and bring them to a tailor. Sorry for ripping them. I love your curves. L.O.L winky face . I want to give you a piggy back ride everywhere. I love your inner child. I want to be there for you when you cry, to say “everything’s going to be alright”. I love this roller coaster you put me on. I want to make our parents smile and I want us to grow up to be like them. I love loving you. I want to say that you’ll always be my number one girl, but I’d be lying. I’m sorry for that. The girl I’ll love the most will be calling you “mami”, cute Spanish accent mandatory L.O.L smiley face.
Ayo ma! Where you at? Love, your future husband.
Subject: Midterm Exam Absence 11/14
Hello Professor Blah,
I missed the exam earlier today because I was hospitalized due to a car accident. I would appreciate if we could schedule a new date for me to take a make-up exam after I am let out of the hospital. Thank you in advance for your time, cooperation, and understanding.
Jermy Francisco FRO DTD
I am an older brother, a best friend, a proficient procrastinator , an artist, a shy romantic, and a Dominican who has a rhythm in his step. I am the guy who listens and remembers. The one you would call in the middle of the night just to talk, and who wouldn’t even get mad that you woke him up. I go up and out of my way to make someone smile. Life is too short to have people being sad, and a smile is very easy to get from someone, even if you have to go to the extreme of looking like a fool. I know how it feels to be in the background, and I hated myself for allowing it to stay like that throughout high school. I am changing. I am the good and the bad of my friends; I take in everything and produce a new me that my sister would still look up to. I am excellent at expressing myself on paper, be it words or through a regular hand drawn sketch. Almost everything I do has a story behind it. Try to get me to speak, and I become a mumbler. I’m working on it. I pay attention to all the details.
So far, I love the Baruch community. The only concerns include: getting through Music without being kicked out, getting to class on time once winter rolls around, and getting through the semester without starving because of the 25 min. breaks. Baruch will be different than most of my high school experience simply because I’m interacting with different people and being put into different situations. Education wise, I feel like I’m still in high school, yet that will change soon, I hope. I have already changed because of college because my confidence is slowly boosting itself. Even though I am also getting a bigger ego, the Jermy I have always been will never change. I am me. Nothing changes that.
