Option #2:
Blog Post
Prompt: Write a mission statement for a college or university your are founding in 2011 New York City. At least 2 paragraphs. Due by Wed. Dec. 7th by 12:50pm.

Revise College exists to improve the lives of students in need of guidance. There is a 5 time fail policy for all classes, and one semester class fee charge. The teacher to student ratio is 1:5 in order to make sure each student will excel academically. Creativity is valued at our school, and all ideas, no matter how odd, can be announced in our morning announcement, uncensored and without need of prior approval. Our school doesn’t have a school handbook because the rules of the school are: There are no rules.

Dormitories are in the same building as the school and all students are required to dorm the first 2 years to encourage socializing. The students are unsupervised because we believe in allowing young adults to make their own decisions: good or bad. They need to live and learn. This is their home away from home, and we hope they will form close friendships and make them a 2nd family.

There are designated seated and enclosed smoking areas directly outside our building.

Mandy E. Chan

Dean of Revise College

December 7, 2011

Dear lc13,

I really enjoyed being a part of this LC this semester. At first I was a little hesitant about being in this program but in the end I really feel as if I benefitted a lot. I enjoyed meeting everyone and was happy to get to know some of you on a more personal basis. I feel like this was was definately a positive way to start and I really will miss this. Thanks for everything!

First semester was a lot of work. I think it wasn’t as different as high school but its just tons and tons of work piled up. If it wasn’t for that, I would find my first semester very fun, especially with the LC group that was assigned with me. Baruch college exceeded my expectations with the LC program. When I joined the LC, I remember myself saying, “this is going to be so pointless”. Good thing I was completely wrong. I think I did alright in Baruch first semester. My grades were okay. I met a lot of new people. I would have studied a little harder instead of cramming for all my tests. I don’t really think i changed that much. In the beginning, i was a shy little kid in class but as i grew familiar with my LC classmates, I’ve grown to like school and be active and be myself.

Definitely going to be one of the most memorable moments in college :D<3

thanks Jordan for your efforts and hard work.

I remember coming to orientation a bit excited. But at convocation, I was determined to transfer out. I’m not a Baruch person, I told myself.  But I stayed. Now I don’t wanna leave, and it’s all your fault, guys. LC 13 all day, everyday.

It’s a bit hard to let go. Truth is, I love coming to college everyday and seeing your faces every morning. I enjoyed expressing discontent at the previous night’s homework and all the papers we’d have due the next week every day we met. Everything we went through really impacted me more than what you guys would believe. I’m so much more outgoing now than I was when we met!

It is a bit depressing that we won’t see each other as often as we’d like to. But, the bottom line is, this LC became more than what I’d ever expected. I expected boredom, you gave me shellshock. I expected a shitload of work. You gave me hope. I expected chaos and turmoil, you gave me peace. I expected anonymity, you gave me a nickname. I expected friends, but you gave me family.

Love you guys 🙂