DTE: Surviving College 101

College life is currently going great for me. However all my classes seem to somehow involve history, a subject I am not particularly enthusiastic about. However the class I currently enjoy the most is History. The professor is funny and captures the class attention even though it is the last class of the day. My favorite days however are Monday and Wednesday, the days in which I only have one class.

A challenge in adapting to college life is the amount of reading. It wouldn’t be so bad if the readings weren’t so terribly boring. Reading would either make me start spacing out and forgetting what I had read, or make me start falling asleep. The next challenge is taking the train. Usually whenever I get a seat, there is always someone next to me trying to squish me. Another bad thing about the subways is the smell of pee and rats…ugh D:… The smell gets worse when it rains or when it’s humid. Sometimes when the door closes, the smell would go away, but sometimes it would find another way in. There is also the buses. Everyone likes to make a line when the bus is not there, however when they catch sight of the bus, the line becomes a blob of people running for the bus.

What I enjoy most in college is the lower amount of time spent in school. However the schedules can be quite annoying. Before my AP scores were received I was in calculus (on Monday and Wednesday.) I had a four hour break between calculus and sociology. Luckily I only had calculus once or twice.

As I learned in Sociology today, life has different stages. We couldn’t be perfect in every stages, but we could continue to make up for the lack in previous stage. Even though we couldn’t stop the time, as long as we cherish time, we could slow down the steps that time made. But what is considered to be cherishing the time? Is your life cherished as long as others thought it to be perfect? Perhaps my mom had been too harsh on me, so I always wanted to do my best in order to reach my mom’s standards, even though I didn’t always agree with her. I had tried to please and satisfy others for a long time, but life is not doing other’s favor and winning other’s praise. If you gingerly follow the rules that others set for you, in the end you would not be yourself anymore. As Orson Welles said “we’re born alone; we live alone; we die alone; only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for a moment that we are not alone.” 
I once told my friend I felt guilty and regretted for something. I didn’t remember the exact event I was regretting about but I do remember his response. He said to me, “Don’t ever be guilty or regretted. Whatever you do is your choice.” When you reach your destination, don’t look back in anger and regret about the things you have done for your life.
Things are always easy to say but difficult to do, however, it’s crucial to notice the truth that you have to live your life for yourself.
“Busy for living or busy for death?”
I choose to get busy for living; I choose to enjoy my life. This is me.

I don’t really know what to write about in my monologue but anyway

HERE WE GO…

My name is Ariel Olivares,
I am 18 years old and I’m Dominican. I am going to talk about an everyday necessity in my life MUSIC. I don’t think I could go one single day without listening to music. It’s that addicting I find it so inspiring sometimes a song might just give me that little boost I need in the morning to get up, or something to listen to whenever I’m bored etc.., with so many genres of music everyone
should be able to claim one category or artists their favorite. I feel that Music is everywhere whether someone is blasting rap music driving down the block in their car with the windows down. Or it’s the girl on the train listening to Katy
Perry it’s an everyday thing. I don’t know about you guys but sometimes I can’t get a song out of my head because it’s so catchy. MUSIC just straightforward is entertainment and its One of the few things that gets me going. Artists do a
great job of talking about real life occurrences and sing it in a song. This is the feeling I get when I really get into the rap lyrics of my music.

Like the man said to the boy “Can I kick it?” I’m not a very angry person but a lot of things piss me off. So I guess I am an angry person but I try not to be angry. One could say I’m calm like a bomb. But I digress from whatever point I was trying to make. The thing at the top of my shit list is politicians. Politicians are some of the worst people ever. They say they represent the people when all they represent is their own agenda. It is their job to keep the country moving forward and to do what is best for the people that elect them and as anyone can see from the way the country is going they aren’t doing their jobs. They say they see the issues but still blind like they’re fluent in Braille. It’s not just republicans or democrats that are making problems, it’s the whole government. I just found out that the Supreme Court decided that corporations are people too. Where in the constitution would it possibly say that? How does that make any sense? Everything is just getting worse. I know that sounds grim and it is. But there are other things that piss me off so I’m going talk about those.

I don’t like the police or the DEA. The police serve a good purpose most of the time as with the DEA to an extent. However a lot of things they do are a waste of time and money, in my opinion. I am a marijuana enthusiast and so most of my complaints stem from there. The United States government spends more than $7 billion a year enforcing marijuana laws. In my opinion that’s $7 billion down the drain because I don’t see the number of marijuana smokers decreasing. Plus we are several trillions of dollars in debt can we really spare this money. Every type of person smokes weed so is it right to turn people into criminals just because they want to indulge in something that relaxes them?  But I guess that’s not the police’s fault, so I’ll throw that under why I hate the government.

Well that was a decent rant about some of the stuff I hate. Now here’s a funky introduction of how nice I am. Tell your mother, tell your father, send a telegram. Actually I’m not sure why I just said that. See there comes a time in every man’s life when he’s got to handle up on his own. Can’t depend on friends to help you in a squeeze, please, they got problems of their own. That part of my life is now.

In this monologue, or rant or whatever you want to call it, I’ve taken lines from various music groups, mostly rap. If you can guess that’s awesome.

We are kids. Tall kids, short kids, fat kids, skinny kids, smart kids, stupid kids, kids who like to party, kids who like to take it easy, kids who fail, kids who pass, kids who sneeze, kids who cough, kids who eat a lot, kids who starve, kids who like to be kids. Why do we always want to be older? Let’s stay kids for as long as we can. Being a kid is fun. Being an adult is boring and dull. We are kids in college. We are kids experiencing the best years of our lives. Let’s stay young, man. Don’t fight being young. You’ll regret it later.

We get looked at closer in stores. We have class. We get tests. We can’t buy alcohol. We go out. We have fun. We make mistakes. So what? That’s the way it’s supposed to be. Living young, wild and free.

We have a whole world to fall back on, why worry about every step? Take two forward, but only one back. One back to start over a bit; but one forward to remember the mistake you made. Life is a learning experience. Remember that.

We are kids now, but not forever.

My name is Jake Kuhl. I was born October 9, 1993. I live in the Bronx in a residental home. I use to live in an apartment but moved when I was eleven years old. I have one younger brother and I have a very close family. I live near the water and I enjoy swimming very much, my father and I own a sailboat and i like to sail. I am also a lifeguard, In the summer i spend most of the days at the beach. I am also a big sports fan. I am a diehard New York Ranger, Jets, and Yankee fan. Hockey is probably my favorite sport, this can be attributed mostly to my grandma who is probably the biggest Ranger fan in the world. My very first hockey game was at madison square garden when i was seven years old, I was with my grandma and my cousin. I played roller hockey throughout my childhood for a local leauge. In high school i played varsity ice hockey for four years and won a championship in my sopohomore year. It would be nice if Baruch had a hockey team but there is still local roller hockey leauges where i live. I decided to go to Baruch because it is a good affordable school. In high school i always thought that i was going to be a lawyer or a businessman but know I really dont know what i want to be. I do want to join the coast guard reserve because i have always loved the water and I think it would be an enjoyable experience. Maybe i will do something in public administartion when i graduate but i still dont know. Well i will found out soon what i am going to do with my life.

If I make it, we all make it.

A monologue that will never make the Tonight Show, but Conan can’t handle this anyways.

Me.  My name is Leandros Katsigeras.  I was born on April 11, 1993, which means that I’m an Aries.  I guess rams are cool.  I’m 6’4” and I weigh 200 pounds.  I used to be 250 pounds but I lost a lot of weight and my appearance changed dramatically.  Most people say that looks don’t matter, but they really do.  The amount of people that “noticed me” and started talking to me after my Biggest Loser transformation was insane.  Anyways, I’m Greek and Colombian.  Yes, I speak three languages.  No, I am not a drug dealer and I don’t own a diner.  I’d say that I used to be more connected to my Greek side, but now I’ve gotten more in touch with my Spanish side thanks to my girlfriend.  Okay, I also have a brother, Nicholas. He is my best friend.  The countless amount of inside jokes and telepathic conversations make us, us.

Great public speakers are speakers who are able to connect to the crowd through their words, rather than actions.  They allow us to feel emotion.  They connect with us in a way that makes us feel like we’re not alone.  Time stands still and we are able to look up to that person.  In that moment of time, they are our leader.

Yes, I did not make transition at all if that’s what you’re wondering.  I don’t care though.  It’s my monologue.

Everyone has the potential to make a change and contribute something to the world.

To overcome any obstacle, determination and creative thinking is simply needed.

I keep my composure and don’t feel any fear.

Yet again, a bunch of random statements have made their way into my monologue, but go with it.  How about this for a closing sentence?

I don’t want comfort.  I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness.  I want sin.

I really dont know what to talk about. When talking to friends, i find i can go on and on about random stuff. However, when put in front of people and ordered to speak, i find that my mind goes blank. Well, we were encouraged as a class to say something about Baruch, so here goes. There is nothing really bad about the school. However, there is one thing that just *#$%&@ me off. The lack of windows. Thats right. WINDOWS. Not something that you usually notice when in school (or any building in general) because you are too busy looking through them, and not at them. However, when sitting in a 30 student class with the teacher going off topic, or making you write pages and pages of notes that you’ll probably never look at, most human beings would naturally turn towards the nearest window to clear their heads and stare at the funny looking squirrel for a few seconds. One day, when there was a break in the note taking, I glanced around looking for that window, so i could refresh and brace myself for the next wave of notes, when i noticed that the only thing in the walls was the door to freedom (which was shut tight at the time). When i stopped to think about it, every classroom that I had seen in Baruch was completely windowless. Thats probably why I have been feeling boxed in and twitchy these last few weeks. It is because of the lack of WINDOWS, not my increased sugar consumption. Now, I KNOW most of the rooms arent adjacent to an outside wall, but that doesnt make me feel any better when I am halfway into class and have a sudden urge to look at something other than the teacher. So, the next time Baruch has a surplus in its budget, maybe they should put some paintings up in the classrooms or something, instead of trying to repair the escalators that probably still wont work afterwards. This is my monologue. I thank you for listening, or at least being polite enough to pretend to do so.

So who do I think I am..?

I think I am just a normal person with normal life and normal goals.. actually a normal person who loves procrastinating as you can see.  I am an ordinary chinese girl who was born in america but raised in Hong Kong.  I don’t really know why im in america now, because mom and dad said i have a usa passport so i gotta stay in usa.. does that make sense at all? But it wasn’t my parents whom made the decision for me.. I chose to come at the end because I wanted to find an answer, or seek for something that I was struggling to tell myself, and I dont know what that is.. anyway.  I think the biggest challenges and concerns about my freshman year in baruch is that, I am trying to persuade myself to enjoy going to school and having a nice  college life, instead of feeling compelled to do it.  Right now i believe i am not enjoying it at all but i guess i will try. I am just those kind of people that simply showing apathy towards anything  about school, clubs, activities and any kind of school-spirit-related stuff.  I know this is a problem.  Another concern would be,  it’s not even only about baruch but the whole environment.. how can I have more topics with people? I am not yet too assimilated to the american culture and there are lots of things that I don’t know. So i don’t talk because I have no common interest or topics with people who were grown up in here. But I will try.. it doesnt mean I will forget about my own culture and values but I will try to get a little bit more americanized.  My last concern would be deciding my major base on what my heart truly thinks instead of just going with the flow. One of my friend told me that people choose to study business because they dont know what they can choose or what they want.  I think it is quite true. Originally I wanted to be an artist because I like drawing, painting and designing. But people said in reality, you have to be rich to be an artist because those paints and arts stuff are going to cost a lot. And its hard to survive in that industry. So I stopped learning arts since then.. almost for 5 years.  I think I will just go step by step and see how things go, there are so many uncertainties in our lives.. good luck to everyone.

Concerns, for i am very concerned

Vincent here, that kid that speaks up awkwardly when he gets really tense. My biggest concern about college is what to do after classes. Living my whole life in the five boroughs is very comforting and familiar, but its also like living in a cage. The last time i left east coast of the U.S was when i was 2 and went to Mexico and Puerto Rico. Getting a little bored and sick of the place/need a vacation. Concern numero dos: I m getting kinda fat again. That whole freshman fifteen thing doesnt sound too good. The fact that college doesnt offer a lot of the teams i was in during highschool doesnt help my well being, also its another reason why i m a little bored nowadays. I used to fence, play tennis (not really just kinda) and play handball but not anymore because there arent any teams. Also i feel like getting sweaty in college is kinda disgusting cuz then you gotta trek around in that damn awful sweat and stink up the place. Its worse than that subways smell you get if you stay in subways too long, obliviously shoving that footlong down your throat as you begin to smell like a pile of horse’s fecal matter. Third concern. Finding that balance between the partying and the academics. No elaboration needed.
Summary: I’m bored, getting fat, and wondering if i should hit up that party or go study.

 College Experience? wait i thought we were still in highschool. (herpa derp)

Idunno. College is kinda retarded. Highschool for me was pretty good so idunno how college will stack up. I m not saying i m the smartest guy in the world, not pointing any fingers either but some people just make it way too blatantly clear they are stupid. There are also some smart people here and there that arent very considerate. If you already know all the answers, stop blurting them out and give the ones who dont know a chance to get it, jeez. They dont even try to conceal it. Theres a quote i remember that follows something along the line of “everyone thinks you’re stupid, so dont open your big fat mouth and remove all doubt.” The big differences are the amount and variety of people i meet. Highschool was pretty small, Baruch is that giant elephant in the middle of the room. It kinda evades me sometimes but i do realize just how diverse Baruch is. Baruch is also a lot richer than my highschool is, but offers much fewer clubs and teams that i am interested in. I wonder if thats ironic considering most limitations to clubs and teams has to do with money.

Summary: dumb people shut up, smart people shut up. college needs more clubs and teams that matter (to me).

What you can do for Baruch, and what Baruch can do for YOU.
Baruch can make me not gaf more about academics. Honestly, freshmen year mandatory liberal arts? Go eat a phallus. I graduated from highschool so i could study things that matter and are useful/more pertinent to my interest. Giving me a buttload of liberal arts classes makes me wonder if i should go watch teletubbies and suck on my mothers teet like the little panzy baby i am. Truthfully though i would greatly appreciate a more expansive selection of courses that may be significant to my future career path. I dont want to sound harsher than i am so i will conclude by saying this. Baruch will probably make me a more outgoing person, a more reliable and responsible person. A more worldly person who has experienced much more in his life in comparison to his pre-college days.

Summary: Baruch will make me a better person, for the most part.

Who am i?
My name is Vincent Cho, i have lived in Queens, NY for all my life. I am a 18 year old, Chinese-American male. I have black hair, brown eyes, bad vision, worse jokes. I like cheesy things: cliches in movies, presidents insisting they tell the truth, cannon rushes in starcraft, etc. I think i am a very kind and friendly person, but i have been told before that i dont have sunshine coming out of my ass and am a little scary. Also i m a pretty creepy guy, i do questionable things sometimes and sometimes its just best not to ask. I used to watch way too much anime, like kids would be writing term papers and i would be watching anime. I also play a lot of games, lots of hours logged onto starcraft custom games and dota and halo, etc. If you ask me my favorite number is 17, if i tell you, my favorite number is 19. I dont watch any ‘sports’ but instead i like to follow starcraft leagues (its a sport in korea so stfu). I m known for extreme and erratic sleep cycles so if you’re ever up and bored i might be on. Hopefully though the length of this post is so long, that it has discouraged you from reading it, but other than that, i m mad cool dawg hit me up (i dont actually talk like that, i thought it would be funny, hahaha).