Author: lucia.monte

I thought the workshop that we attended was pretty boring.  Alot of the things they were talking about were just common sense.  Communication is key, dress to impress, be motivated, first impressions are eveything….I’ve heard it all before.  Also, it was difficult for me as a freshman who isnt even finished with my first semester to be worried about getting a job after college at some accounting firm.  I dont even have a major yet, so although the information might be useful to me in the future, it was hard to really pay attention to any of it during the workshop.  The presenters did a great job and were very clear, but I just dont think this workshop was the most relevant to me, considering where I am at in thinking about my future.

I enjoyed the “Voices” performace a lot.  It was very surprising that people were willing to share the things that they wrote, because many of them were very personal and serious.  I respcted that they felt comfortable sharing these things but itis hard for me to think that I ever would.  The actors in the performance were also very noteworthy, I remember some of them from their performance on convocation day and it was cool to see them perform again.  Overall, I really liked the performance and it felt nice to be a part of such a special event.

I didnt have many expectations coming into Baruch in August… I didnt want to be in the block I was in, and to be hones, I wasnt to sure what I was even doing at Baruch….but so far my experience has been worthwhile.  Sometimes, my expectations for new things are too high and they are not usually met, but that didn’t happen in this case. I feel like not having any expecations at all was the best possible mindset I could have come in with, looking at where those expecations got me.  Overall, I think my first semester at Baruch went great, I kept up with my work, I made new friends, and I had so much fun. If I had to do this all over again, I wouldnt do anything differently, and I couldnt be happier with the way things have turned out.  The only change I have seen in myself since starting at Baruch is I’ve beome more outgoing and less shy.  It is fun to meet new people and I am glad that I did. Hopefully, next semester goes just as well.

What am I afraid of?  Im afraid of alot of things.  Right now, I’m afraid of failing my math class.  I hate math. If I had to take it again I would die.

What makes me happy? My family makes me happy, I hate being without them, its like there is a hole in my heart.

When Do I feel embarressed?  Everyday…I always do something dumb.  I trip, I say werid things, I run into doors…

Who am I?   I am a girl who never wanted anything more than to get out of Vermont, and now i’d give almost anything to go back.  I am a girl who was always so sure of what I wanted, but now that Im out here alone, its hard to be that girl.  I miss home.  I miss the the memories, my family, the mountains.  I miss climbing those mountains and standing at the top.  I felt so confident, I felt like I could be anything I wanted. I felt like I was someone.  Now, Im just a little fish in a huge pond– a nobody in a sea of somebodys.

Bu I do know one thing. I have to be strong. And I am. I know I will not be persuaded otherwise.  My personal motto is this: If you dont stand for something, youll fall for anything. I swear by that.

 

The question “who am I?” has stumped me for as long as I can remember.  I dont mean that I am unsure of the person that I am, but I find it hard to communicate to others, or write in words what I know to be tre about myself.  Its a broad question because I am so many things, there are so many aspects that make up the person that I am so I can’t sum it up into words even though I know the answer in my mind.  I can easily say one thing though: right now I am a Freshman at Baruch and so far its been prety overwhelming but also great at the same time.  I worry most that I wont be able to keep up with the work in my classes, I will fail out of my math class, and that I won’t be able to handle all that is going to be thrown at me.  Baruch is so different from high school, firstly, most of the learning is done outside of class.  This is the complete opposite of what learning was like in highschool. And secondly, the opportunities here at Baruch are endless, and that is what most excites me.  I hope after being here for a year that I will  have become more independent, and that I will have taken advantage of the oppportunities here at Baruch!