Who I think I am? (Erick)
Comments(13) “Who do you think you are?”
I am a Swiss army knife, I try to be useful in all types of situations. A determined Ecuadorian male, who has Canari blood in his veins, that is the first in his family to go to college. My name is Erick Alexis Gonzalez Quisphi, a mature individual with a strict view on the world and a negative outlook human race as a whole. I am an optimist that believes everyone deserves a second chance and that will see the good before the bad. I am a warrior in both body and mind, thanks to Kendo. Kendo is Japanese sword fencing and I like it so much because of all the people I have met and the places I have visit. I know other marital arts because of the people I met through Kendo and my other adventures. I have a passion for classic arcade games such as Street Fighter. I know I am a geek because I incorporate math and frame data while I play said Street fighter games. This may seem weird but I like study groups, but with the right type of people.
College is described to be “overwhelming” but my fear is that I purposely drown myself in work in the attempt to try everything. Variously courses can offer new knowledge and persuasive idea that will surely attract me. I fear that I will cut myself off from groups such as this awesome learning community. I fear that after taking so many classes I be disillusioned into changing my major. I love math but it’s the only thing I’ve really been exposed too, what if more exposure will negatively impact me? The greatest fear I have is not enjoying myself and having fun, its suppose to be the most important part of college.
The main difference I can see between my Baruch and high school experience is the academic freedom. No more sitting through classes I have zero interest in. The workload now and the future work to come still doesn’t scare me because of all the work I did in BSGE. Oh BSGE also only had 500 students and it was a grade 7-12 school so I like the idea of meeting new people everyday. The long break between classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays is a bit weird to get used to but I usually hit the gym.
I don’t think the first year of Baruch will change me at all!!
Multi-talented people make me feel bad for not having a real talent or hobby. Unless alternative medicine and yoga-pilates counts.
Swiss army knife, impressive. It’s a screwdriver, but wait…there’s a knife, and wtf?!? it’s a plier!! and then when you find the nailclipper and file, you’re just blown away.
And then there’s those kids that don’t even try and they can still pass with at least a B . I think Booty, or is it spelled Boody is like that. He was sleeping through math class, zoning out, and still volunteered to solve a problem on the board with the correct answer. Don’t you just hate kids like that? I have to put in the effort to sit in the front and take notes to pass. It sucks. I feel retarded.
Hmmm, Kendo–you should take Japanese language classes to learn more about their culture. I like to take language just because teachers usually bring in fun stuff to play with, not that I even remember what I learned from the classes. But seriously, I took French, Spanish, German, Japanese, and Chinese classes and Japanese class is by far the most fun to learn. The hiragana and katakana are easy to memorize, especially when you get to write the romanized romaji form, but once you get to the Chinese kanji, that’s when people start to fail. And some diehard manga/anime fans bring in their pokemon or yu-gi-oh cards and sometimes they do funny kendo demonstrations or we watch j-dramas and listen to j-pop.
You shouldn’t be a workaholic and act like you’re constantly on Adderall. That’s how I fell apart in the middle of high school just as I was about to graduate. Yeah, cracked like an egg. Just take it easy and good things will come. Don’t try everything at once–that’s like binge eating. But you’re binge studying. Your brain might explode. I know mine did. I feel like a dumb kid now. I constantly get brain farts and feel like a vegetable–went on both ends of the extremes, either study really hard, or don’t study at all and fail.
hmmm, you’re indecisive. So is my sister. She called every 10 minutes to say she decided on a different major. I was actually planning on going to art school, but I decided on Baruch at the last minute. I’m kind of regretting my decision. SVA, FIT, Cooper Union, Parsons, and Pratt students seem really laid back and like they have a lot of fun.
How can you spend those precious hours exercising??? It’s relaxation time, to unload your brain after having to sit through long classes.
Oh, by the way, I thought Mike’s post was your post, and something on there was meant for you. Can you read it please? Only Nina labeled her post with her name in it, so I’ve been using process of elimination to guess whose post is whose.
-Mandy
A Swiss army knife?-impressive! It’s a screwdriver, but wait…there’s a knife!…and wtf?!?!?! it’s also a plier. By the time I find the nail-clipper and file, I’m just blown away.
Multi-talented people always make me feel bad because I have no real talent or hobby. Unless alternative medicine and pilates-yoga counts.
You know those kids that can do a little bit of everything and don’t try hard at all. Doesn’t that make you so envious of them? They can just not pay attention in class and still pass with at least a B . I think our LC13 classmate Booty is like that—is it spelled Boody? He fell asleep in math class and was zoning out and everything and still volunteered to solve a problem on the board—correct answer too. It sucks because I have to try so hard—sit in the front of the class and take notes to pass. I feel retarded.
You should take Japanese class. I took a lot of beginners level language classes–the only ones where I was interested enough to take higher levels was French and Japanese. If you like Kendo, you’ll like Japanese class because you can learn more about the culture. I took French, Japanese, Spanish, German, and Chinese so I wouldn’t have to take any math or science for credits. Yeah, I’m lazy. But language classes are fun because the teachers always bring in fun stuff to play with. My Japanese class is full of diehard anime/manga fans. They’d bring in their Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh cards and do funny Kendo demonstrations in class. And we’d watch j-dramas and listen to j-pop.
Don’t be a workaholic like you’re always on Adderall. I used to be like that—that’s how I dropped out just before I was about to graduate because I broke down. Yup, cracked like an egg. But I went back eventually and finished what I started. When you overwork yourself and try everything your brain will get tired. It’s like binge eating, but it’s binge studying. Your brain will explode. I was always on either ends of the extreme: either study really hard and get A plus, or don’t study at all and fail.
Now I always get brain farts and I feel like a vegetable—like my elementary school special ed program all over again. Ohhhh, math—that’s my worst subject. I don’t like how there’s either a right or wrong answer and nothing in-between. It’s too logical and restricting for me.
How can you exercise during your precious free period hours??? That’s time I spend to sit down and do nothing and unload my brain after a long day of classes.
By the way, none of you guys labeled your blog post with your names except for Nina, so I used process of elimination to guess whose is whose. I thought Mike’s post was yours. I commented on it and there’s something meant to be read by you alone, so can you please read it?
Shitdammit, I hate the wifi here. I keep having to enter my username and password and the blog site crashed on me and deleted everything I just wrote. I did this as best as I could from memory, which isn’t much. Nothings as good as the first time for everything.
-Mandy
I think Jordan blocked my account or something because I’m marked as spam in the dashboard.
or maybe my comment are too long. I’ll break it up into parts
Awww, you should’ve kept your last name as Quisphi cause then we’d waste more class time during roll call and you can give all the teachers a hard time pronouncing your name. Did you notice in history class there were at least 3 people with the last name Gonzalez—it’s hard to miss because the Prof Obi says it really loudly. I always think of Obi-Wan-Kenobi when I see Prof Obi.
Arcade games are so boring. I grew up playing super Nintendo. I played that when I was around 5, and then Doom on the old boxy white Windows computers. And then when the PS2 came out, everyone thought the graphics were so awesome, but now when you look back on it, it looks pixelated. My favorite game is Dynasty Warriors 5. When I was in 3rd grade, I used to play it with my sister and my unlce in the basement game room til 3 in the morning. You know the Chinese Empires we learn about in Prof Obi’s class? And the names of the famous generals? They’re all in the game. Modern Warfare 2’s special ops sniper fi is the best oh! And when the juggernaut comes it’s all ohshit! and I never figure out how to kill it in under a minute, Killzone 3 is fun—game and a movie, and Bulletstorm (you get a whip, and pull people towards you and stand behind cactuses and barbed wire and impale them, and the body parts literally go flying as you whip them towards you and do the shotgun to the face) are pretty fun too. I don’t get the whole World of Warcraft and Halo obsession. The only think I like about Halo is being able to whack people with gulf clubs, the plasma sword and gravity hammer. It looks funny.
Hmmm, Kendo–you should take Japanese language classes to learn more about their culture. I like to take language just because teachers usually bring in fun stuff to play with, not that I even remember what I learned from the classes. But seriously, I took French, Spanish, German, Japanese, and Chinese classes and Japanese class is by far the most fun to learn. The hiragana and katakana are easy to memorize, especially when you get to write the romanized romaji form, but once you get to the Chinese kanji, that’s when people start to fail. And some diehard manga/anime fans bring in their pokemon or yu-gi-oh cards and sometimes they do funny kendo demonstrations or we watch j-dramas and listen to j-pop. They’re really genuine—it’s the weird people that make this world more colorful. Without them, we’d be bored to death.
You shouldn’t be a workaholic and act like you’re constantly on Adderall. That’s how I fell apart in the middle of high school just as I was about to graduate. Yeah, cracked like an egg. Just take it easy and good things will come. Don’t try everything at once–that’s like binge eating. But you’re binge studying. Your brain might explode. I know mine did. I feel like a dumb kid now. I constantly get brain farts and feel like a vegetable–went on both ends of the extremes, either study really hard, or don’t study at all and fail. Makes me feel like I’m in elementary school special ed all over again.
Ohhhh, math—that’s my worst subject. I don’t like how there’s either a right or wrong answer and nothing in-between. It’s too logical and restricting for me.
You’re indecisive. So is my sister. She called every 10 minutes to say she decided on a different major. I was actually planning on going to art school, but I decided on Baruch at the last minute. I’m kind of regretting my decision. SVA, FIT, Cooper Union, Parsons, and Pratt students seem really laid back and like they have a lot of fun.
How can you spend those precious hours exercising??? It’s relaxation time, to unload your brain after having to sit through long classes.
Oh, by the way, I thought Mike’s post was your post, and something on there was meant for you. Can you read it please? Only Nina labeled her post with her name in it, so I’ve been using process of elimination to guess whose post is whose.
God, I hate the wifi here. I keep having to enter my username and password and the blog site crashed on me and deleted everything I just wrote. I did this as best as I could from memory, which isn’t much. Nothings as good as the first time for everything.
There so much I wanna to respond to lol I dont know where to start but I read your post on Mike’s blog and I dont remember you being assholeish to me at all..weird. I like fps too lol it so weird yet awesome having this conversation with a girl. I personally didnt like MW2 bc of the online, you know they fired all the moderators at infinity ward to have more money to make MW3. But arcade games can be fun too though. I know a lot about the culture or I did and i know the language well enough to go study at a dojo in japan, its kinda all universal thing for dojos.
Very interesting post, Erick! Learned a lot about you already. Not much into video games anymore but I remember playing the old Street Fighter with my older brother and getting whipped.
You know what would be great (and it is just my sugesstion)?! If your monologue taught the class about Kendo.
Also I’m still curious how your high school years went given the program you were in. I think it is so hardcore and I hope your credits and hardwork get recognized sooner before later.
Please feel free to comment on the posts of others, Erick. Nice job!
-Jordan
Hey Jordan, high school was hardcore and messed me up, but guess who got 14 credits today because of it?
THAT’S AWESOME, DUDE!!! We must celebrate =) when I get paid of course. Seriously, I admire you not letting that fight go and let them walk all over you on this. A whole semester down already, proud of you man.
-Jordan
congratulations
whoa, my blogs at baruch is broken. It posted so many times