#3workshop

Posted on December 3, 2011 by hua.wang1

               I attended the workshop which was called Job Search Strategies on Thursday on Dec 1st. Basically, it talked about how to search a job in an effective way. Also, it showed students how to prepare the informational interviewing. During the workshop, there were several conversations between the instructor and students which made everyone participate in the class, so students could get a lot of information about aiding their job search. Throughout the workshop, I was really enjoyed it and got a lot of ideas about the job search strategies.

                 First, we need to keep positive attitude for the research and understand what should we do or should not do. For example, we could keep dream of job but not unrealistic and open to the new possibilities instead of being rigid. Also, we
should not have a tendency toward catastrophizing, on the contrary, we should affirm ourselves and the work.

                  Additionally, in order to search different kind of jobs, we should research ourselves. For example, we should understand our own interests, personality, and skills. Also, we need to know how we value the job and go through the work environment. On the other hand, we should also research the market because as the time goes by, it would change a lot of things. Therefore, we should pay attention to the changes and keep up with it. In terms of those issues, we could use different kind of resource in order to keep track with market. For instance, we could make use of some websites on the internet, such as occupational outlook handbook, wetfeet, career information net, etc. Also, we could focus on the newspapers and Industrial Journals.

                Finally, we could come up with new strategies for searching jobs. For example, we can consider new growing sectors and expand the geographical area of our search. Also, we can consider Civically Minded Services Programs or apply to Government positions that related to our field. Moreover, we can try to apply to positions in other industries which can develop several distinct skills.

                On the other hand, the instructor showed us what Information Interviewing is. Basically, the Informational Interview is one of the easiest, most effective, and, unfortunately, most underused ways to learn about a career. It is asking us about what we do and what we want to accomplish. It is like the best way to understand who we are and structure the relationship among the people who we work with. Also, it can aid our job search because the knowledge gained from an informational interview can help us determine which courses and qualifications are necessary for our specific career paths, and the types of job or companies best suited for us.

             Ultimately, when the instructor gets through most parts of materials for this workshop, I have a better understanding of who I am and what should I do in order to achieve my goals and find some career paths. Actually, I am really enjoying the workshop and it makes me understand how to utilize my abilities to accomplish the goals.

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college experience

Posted on November 30, 2011 by hua.wang1

      My experience as a freshman in Baruch College was totally different compared to high school. Even though I try my best to adjust myself to get used to the new environment, I still find some challenges, especially in some classes that I have been registered in.

       Ever since my first day at Baruch College, the new life experience here has not
lived up to my expectation. When I stepped into Baruch College, I have always thought that I would get a good grade like high school as long as I finished all the assignments and did well in the tests, Unfortunately, college is not like high school, I have to focus on a lot of things. Also, sometimes I need to stay up to review the materials that were given by my professors, however, I could not arrange my time well in order to get through all the materials for different classes. Now, I begin to question myself that whether I could achieve my goal which I have established in the beginning of the first semester.

         Basically, everything goes well except for the cours I have been admitted in. I make a lot of friends from different areas and we get along well with each other. For example, we will eat our food together during the lunch time and then go to library to study, so we can help each other to deal with different problems. On the other hand, even though I receive a harsh schedule, I feel so comfortable in some classes because the professors understand how to motivate their students and make jokes in order to attract students’ attention to the class, I really enjoy those classes.

       Actually, if I can restart my life experience in college, I think I will drop philosophy class immediately instead of the day before deadline because it is too difficult for me to understand the different topics and make connections. I tried my best to review the books and take notes, but I was still confused about the ideas so that I did not do well in the tests. Also, the students around me have always told me that it was so difficult for people to take PHI class in the first year of college. By contrast, if I drop the course, I can get enough time to focus on the materials from another class. The most important thing is that I can reduce my pressure and feel relax.

           Ultimately, since I have started college, I became extrovert and felt optimistic about everything happened to me. I knew that it was important to be independent and I didn’t have enough time to complain because I could achieve many goals during that period. Also, I understood that it was easier said rather than done for everything in college, so I have always told myself to take an action to be successful and never give up.

            In all, I will enjoy my new life at Baruch College and regard it as a life stage
for the future.

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my college experience- part one

Posted on November 30, 2011 by kunchen

He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you. ”

Beyond Good and Evil

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Community Service – Breast Cancer Walk

Posted on November 30, 2011 by fl129151


The Breast Cancer Walk is an inspiring event where we support breast cancer patients, honor survivors, and raise awareness to help lives all over the world. By participating in the breast cancer walk, I felt that it was a great way for so many strugglers and survivors of breast cancer to know that we are there to support them and show them our enthusiasm. The Beast Cancer Walk is an event that takes place every year in several places all over the country to save lives.

I was very excited when I heard that we’ll be engaging in a community service project because I felt that we should always give back to our community whenever we can. Our community has given its support to us in one way or another throughout our lives, and we should also give back to help more people in our community. Through community service, our supports, cheers, or helping hands could gain a lot more smiles on other people’s faces. I feel giving a little bit of my time and energy could make someone else in the community feel good and happy. I think that this is one of the most important reasons why I like to participate in community service projects. Sometimes a little bit of our help can change a lot for someone who needs our support.

When I got to the service site, I saw hundreds of people who are there already early in the morning. Everyone was very energetic and the energetic feeling has also spread to me because of the atmosphere. I learned that each participant is very supportive of the Breast Cancer Walk and the atmosphere of cheerfulness fills into everyone. The best part of this event was participating in a meaning event together with my group members. I feel that by giving up a little bit of our time, it could mean a lot to many people out there. The most trying part was meeting up at the service site because we had problems contacting one another so it becomes a problem for us to meet each other at the designated place.

This project was able to help us learn about the community around us that we may have paid little or no attention to before. The little time and energy we give can raise awareness for a lot of people in our community. This community service experience was related to the “Leadership and Service” session because we learn to give support to others in our community that needs help. It is a good way for us to gain experience, meet different people and see a different side of the world.

I was very happy that this project gives me an opportunity to be a part of the Breast Cancer Walk. This is one of the biggest community events of the year and I was glad that I was able to gain a lot from it. I will definitely stay involved with my community in the future. I’ve participated in several volunteer events and I find it to be a great way to contribute to my community.

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community service

Posted on November 29, 2011 by ying

 

October 22, 2011

This is the first time I join a walking for Lupus (The Alliance for Lupus Research (ALR) is a national voluntary health organization based in New York City that was founded in 1999 ), when I got there, my first impression is: Wow! There are a lot of people. Maybe because that’s my first walking, I felt so impressed.

When I first heard about that I have to do community service in order to pass the freshmen seminar class, I wasn’t really surprised, because there was also a requirement for volunteering in high school. I was working at a kindergarten back then, that was a really suffer time (I don’t even want to mention it now). Anyway, when I first heard about this news, my entire mind was thinking that I should pick an easy one, and that’s my initial reason for choosing the walking for Lupus.

However, I changed my mind after I actually get involved in this Lupus Walking. I was inspired by those people there; a lot of people came with their whole family, even the little kid who was sitting in a baby car. People are actually putting a lot of efforts and passions in it, even though they are not even blood related to the patients. As I listened to their speech, I gradually find out the significance of this event, it can actually inspire a lot of Lupus patients, and as people are doing the walking, they can also appeal other people to aware about this disease, and donate for those patients and encourage them to fight for disease.

After this walking, it makes me realize that I was so selfish back then. I should pay more attention on those people who need help in society and try my best to help them, and also appeal other people to help them. This is not about individual, but relates to
the whole society, if everyone corporate with each other to help the weakers, there is going to be less suffering in the society. I think if I have time during my later college life, or even after I go to work, I will continue to do some community services, because it’s not only a way to help others, but also a way to improve myself, either mentally or physically.

I learned a lot during this community service, I hope that any other people who did the community service feel the same way as I do. Well, helping others is also helping yourself. 🙂

 

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College Experience

Posted on November 27, 2011 by mandy.zhen

My experience as a freshman in Baruch was definitely different compared to high school. The classes that I have been admitted in were challenging. People have always told me, college is different from high school. I never saw their logic. I’ve always thought, as long as you complete your assignments and pass your tests, you’ll do fine, just like high school. High school is school, college is school, is it not? Although this is true, each “function” differently. The minute I step foot into Baruch, I’ve established a goal of receiving a 3.5 GPA.  After the first couple of months, I questioned my ability to fulfill such goal. Unfortunately when I finally understood their logic, I was experiencing my first “all nighter”. Information that were given to me by my professors were too much to absorb. It would be reasonable to review the notes at home or whenever there is free time; this was easier said than done. In some classes, the professors would be able to motivate their students to study by organizing lesson plans that are not only informative but intriguing. These are the classes that motivate me to not only review the notes but also go an extra step and research. Unfortunately, there are classes that do not function the same way. Independence is key. The idea of studying off of textbooks or class readings sound easy, but just looking at them makes me loose interest. Thankfully, my mindset had changed just in time before the finals. I planned out my assignments reasonably to avoid staying up until 5 a.m. I am currently trying to be independent, “A for effort” no? If I could change anything about my freshman year, I would change my study habits. Studying last minute may work well in high school, but not in college. Rather than just passing the exams, being knowledgeable is essential as well. The knowledge that is obtained may be useful for other classes as well.

 

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Fate,命运

Posted on October 17, 2011 by weijian.ou

After I read the monologue posted by one of my classmates, Kun Chen, I was inspired something about the word “fate”.

First of all I must apologize to him because I usually made jokes on him for no reason. He seemed to never get mad about my behaviors. He was unique, intelligent, knowledgeable, I felt embarrassed for my disrespect to him. Sorry, my friend, actually I’ve discovered that I’ve learned lots of things from you, things that initially not belong to me.

Go back to my topic, I agree with a sentence written in Kun’s monologue, it said that “The world is a stage and every human is an actor or actress”. Playing a role in our lives seems unchangeable, it is like our fates, we have to do certain things, just for survival, make ourselves further away from death.

Why were we born? Why dose human reproduce? People think it is natural, it was the way of living since there was human being. Furthermore, why are we educated? Why do we find a job after graduation? What is it for? I don’t have to give those answer, everyone in the world should have known them already. We are all different people, but in some ways we are so similar, we were doing the same things since we were born, eventually we met each other here, we’ve became classmates, even friends. I believe that is my fate, my fate leads me to become what I am.

I don’t know whether my fate makes me a good person or not, I don’t believe god before, but now I’ve found one, which is my fate. My fate led me to write this monologue, to love someone, and to do the things coming up in the future.

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monologue

Posted on October 17, 2011 by minkyung.seong


I believe life is a choice. Life can be different depending on what choices I make. I may make a wrong choices but I will not regret it. It is just another experience to take me one step closer to being an adult.

In everyday life, I make choices. In the morning, I chose to eat breakfast, which caused me to be late for the morning class. If I had chosen not to eat, I might have not been late to that class. During the lunch time, I made a choice to buy the salad instead of sushi. It tasted horrible. I couldn’t even finish the half of it. If I had chosen to buy the sushi instead, I might have eaten it all and be full. I don’t regret buying the salad though, because now I know that the salad taste horrible and I won’t ever buy it again.

I was hesitating about which school I should go between the Baruch College and Stony Brook University. Now this is a big choice because my life depends on it. I chose to come to Baruch College. I think I made the right choice. I enjoy being a Baruch student. I like my new friends I made here and the school. But who knows what could have happened if I chose to go to the Stony Brook University? It could have been better or worse.

I have made choices for my whole life. I am still making it. Tomorrow, I could make a choice that will bring me a big change. I just have to make sure that I am making the right choices.

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Posted on October 17, 2011 by jason.ng3

I remember my first day of high school, energized and excited to meet my new classmates and teachers. Having been accepted into Bronx Science, my parents had high expectations of me and expected me to do well, pushing me harder in order to get me to complete my assignments and study for the tests so that I can be successful in school and in life. But where did I end up? After the first few months of high school I realized a truth about myself and I was forced into closing myself off from others and avoiding new friendships. Is this how I will pass my time in high school? The same daily routine everyday? Wake up, go to school, attend class, go home, go on the computer, and lastly going to sleep.

Here I am now, in college, hoping to further my education and get a job in the future. I wonder about my future every day, not knowing where I will end up, what will become of me, and wishing for something to happen that will totally change who I am. I hope that during my time in college, I will be able to find something of interest to me and attempt to pursue the goals that I may have.

I am not sure if someone else came up with this quote already or where it comes from but I felt in a sense that I do this sometimes. “When all else fails, try the unthinkable.” When I think if this, it kind of relates to “thinking outside the box” where you try to solve a problem by looking at it in another perspective or trying something you would normally believe to have not worked.

Because of my many insecurities, I am not able to see very far into my future and where I will end up, but instead, all I can think about is what is going to happen tomorrow and what are we going to do in class.

 

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monologue

Posted on October 17, 2011 by xianzhe.meng

I  keep asking myself,who am I and what should I do ,but I still do not know the right answer.I am who I am, maybe  this answer is the only one that i can tell.I am eighteen years old.I am no longer a innocent child but a young adult who has responsibility to start  learning  what is the real world and how it works.More things I learnt ,more rules made by this world are needed to follow,and more and more people head into this world named ” adulthood” which is  competitive  and cruel and these people start to fight for MATERIALS.Even though the world goes like this-rules by rules,I have never stopped thinking of my own life out of these rules.

I am no longer a innocent person who cried for everything.Instead ,i will smile to everything i faced whatever it is happiness or adversity.I keep asking myself,do I know well about myself.The answer is still ambiguous.If I know myself well,then this monologue should be done in 10 mins.Why do I take so long to flash back all things happened in my life and still get no answer to any of my questions.I am so confused like I dont know what to write right now,but one thing that im so sure about is faith.Maybe I can not remember every single important thing that ever happened in my life so far and get no idea who am I,but I got my faith,the only thing pass through my life so far.I have been passed through many many many hardships and some of them are may no longer to be  kind of hardships.By using the vision of future which i call it The faith,there will be no hardships anymore,the only thing left is the experience which you gained from overcoming that situation.

I like to read literature. Through these literature works, a formula claimed  by a Chinese writer interested me the most——- The formula of happiness:  Happiness = happiness  having today + the future value.Base on this formula, if people only focus on today’s happiness ,they will have no future ,or instead if people only live for the future ,they will suffer in pain of missing something important sooner or later.Who am i again? After learing this formula ,it turns into a easy question.For now,i am a college student.In the future? Only god knows.

 

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