So originally I was supposed to get up at 6:30 to get to Central Park around 8… Didn’t really happened. I ended up coming late. It was really really cold. I’m not much of a fan for cold weather. I went to get a hot chocolate and wandered around in the walk. It was impressive seeing how there’s a billion people who actually got up to this walk. It really shows how passionate they are about this.
I had to get up really early for the breast cancer walk when I realized I could have still made it if I got up 1 hour later. It was a cold morning, so I wore a lot. While arriving there, I saw Alex Tong and he helped me find the rest of the group. I had a good time at the walk cheering for tons of people. I got many high fives, but I was sick that day. By the end of the walk, I lost my voice, got myself a free pink bandanna, volunteer shirt, and an empty stomach.
I am an asian who just turned eighteen recently. I lived in Coney Island within Brooklyn my whole life. I play the role as the eldest son and older brother. I attended P.S. 212, Cavallaro, and John Dewey High School. I only have one brother that everyone says looks exactly like me, but I don’t really see it. My family would be the most important people to be, simply because they have always been there for me in my whole life and hasn’t let me down. Yet. What makes me happy, is seeing other people happy. It brings a joy to my heart. I am afraid of the devil and other paranormal stuff. I like to play handball basketball and soccer although I might not be so great at it. I currently attend Baruch College. I’m glad I got into this school and I’m enjoying it so far. Baruch College, however is the most challenging school I’ve ever went through so far. I actually felt like I wasn’t prepared for college at all. My biggest challenge in college would be English class. I was never good at English to begin with. The one thing I enjoy most about college would be the amazing Library they have. I can spend my whole day there.
I am an eighteen year old Peruvian and Italian female. I’ve lived my whole life in New York City, and I can’t possibly imagine living anywhere else at the moment. I am currently going to Baruch College which I am so happy to have gotten accepted into. I’m having a pretty good time, making new friends, getting used to the different school setting, workload, and professors. I love to play tennis and volleyball for fun. I am the youngest of three siblings. I used to have braces for 6 years straight and I am very glad not to have them anymore. I hate being a failure or a disappointment to the people I love most, and hope that nothing but success and happiness will result from my promising years at Baruch.
I had fun on the day of the community service event. I got there early, and just followed the pink ribbon to some tents. I was one of the first people that got there early. It was a pretty chilly morning, more chilly than what I had expected. The walk was great since I saw so many people participate in it and have a lot of fun walking and cheering each other on. Overall, it was a great day.
Annie Chen
LC06
Making Strides against Breast Cancer Walk
1. My community service work helped he community by supporting the walkers and directing the walkers.
2. My initial reactions were that it was very early in the morning and that it was going to be hard to find the meet up place.
3.It makes me feel good about myself, knowing that I helped.
4. I learned that I can help for events like these and that the people around me was supportive for the event. I also learned a little more about Breast Cancer and how survivor survived.
5. I enjoyed high-fiving and cheering the walkers for support. I learned that a small gesture of support means a lot to the walkers.
6. Engaging in this project relates to my education and larger issues in society because I learned and became more aware about Breast Cancer.
7. The community service experience relates to the “Leadership and Service” session because I was leading and directing the walkers to the correct path and keeping the event safe for daily pedestrians and the walkers at Central Park.
8. My community service experience changed my way of thinking, my attitudes and actions towards others, myself, and the community because it taught me not to waste time. I could’ve slept in if I didn’t know about the event. Volunteering was a better way to spend my morning.
9. My community service experience impacted me personally because it helped me learn how I can help others in my community by doing something small.
10. I was satisfied with my experience overall because I made new friends, got to know my classmates better and was able to help out in the event.
11. I do see myself staying involved in the community during my college and adult years because it makes me feel good about myself when I volunteer. It makes more sense to help out the community rather than waste my time watching television or shopping.
12. Making Strides against Breast Cancer Walk was a supportive, loud and enthusiastic walk for those who were impacted by Breast Cancer.
I am Chinese. I am a friend, a student, a counselor, a granddaughter, a niece, a cousin, a daughter, and a sister. I grew up in the Lower East Side. My family is important to me. I have an older brother and a younger sister. I’m stuck as the middle child. I never get the privileges an older sibling would get. I never get the privileges a younger sibling would get either. But, it makes me more independent.
There is nothing more important to me than family. Family is a bond that cannot be broken. They are always there for support and guidance, they are there when you’re up and when you’re down, and they will never leave your side. From mom and dad’s yelling to their praise, from sibling rivalry to being role models, it’s always important to keep your family close because they will always help and support you, no matter what.
Enjoying myself is one of the most important things to me, but I do offer my help to anyone who really needs it. When no one else fills a role or somebody directly asks me for help I do what I can. I take on most tasks begrudgingly but silently, though if there is something that makes myself and a number of other people unhappy I will try to take care of it since nobody else will. I enjoy the simple pleasures in life, usually just eating and sleeping after days of severe sleep deprivation. My main goal here is to learn as much as I possibly can.
I’m an eighteen year old Chinese American teenager who’s been living in NYC my entire life. I’m generally a pretty happy and humorous person even in the worst of times. I enjoy keeping smiles on my family and friends. I’m one of three children with two sisters. Family is the most important thing in my life. Dying is the thing that scares me the most. Success for myself and my family is what makes me really happy. School has been very tiring for me and full of work. My inspiration to try this hard comes from my rejection letter to my first choice college. That event had a huge impact on my life and made me want to try harder in life, so I’m extremely grateful for the experience.
The only other time I felt this much motivation to work was at my high school swim team’s championship meet where I took first place for my 50-free event. This event made me feel empowered. Overall, I want to become really successful one day, so successful that I can give back to others and become a distinguished philanthropist. I hope Baruch will be my successful medium to reach these goals.
Self-Portrait:
One of my favorite paintings by Edward Hopper:
