FRO 12 Motherblog

the way the Reuben Museum of Art inspired me is to always give something a chance before i speak my mind on a subject. At first i thought it would have been a waste of time to even attempt to go to this event even though it was mandatory  as i got there i realized that it was very interesting. I always love art but at first i was skeptical to go to such a place especially that i was dragged to go there. Once i hit the first floor i saw excitement and my desire to learn more kicked in suddenly. its crazy how giving something a second chance can change your whole perspective on something. not only did the Museum show me marvelous art work and sculptures but, it taught me to never judged something without knowing about it at first. The Museum itself showed how even before technology had a huge expansion craftsman showed so much detail in there art work. its amazing how a person can turn a rock into a human sculpture and show a story on a piece of cloth using paint. My personal favorite thing at the Museum was the sculptures of the gods that were worshiped. it showed me the creative mindset people have to view higher power. they tend to always show gods having more of something. example more heads arms legs etc. this shows gods think and can due tasks at a faster rate that humans cannot do. the sculptures also show the gods being something beyond human sometimes even being animals or exotic type creatures never seen before with different color skin tone. the more of something meant the more power the god had and also whatever the god held meant what type of worship you had to do to get that item.

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My favorite workshop in FRO would have to be the Ruben Museum of Art. I can’t exactly speak for everyone in our class but at least I enjoyed seeing all the different statues and paintings. I actually learned a lot about the Himalayan culture by going to the museum and reading about the works on display.

My favorite workshop was definitely the most recent one, “Voices”. I found it very interesting and entertaining to hear some of my classmates experience. It also gave me a glimpse of how they see the world and where they came from. I was able to identify with some of the things that were said and made me realize that I wasn’t alone and many of my classmates shared my concerns along with some of my aspirations. I think this should be a part of the freshman seminar curriculum every year because it was both helpful and enjoyable.

My favorite workshop was the monk sand art. The art looked like a lot of fun. I would have liked to help them. I think monks are happy people, I hope to be like them some day. Their sand art was really nice, it reminded me of the coloring books where there would be numbers in the space and there was a color associated with that number. The monks looked a bit out of place though. They looked like the belonged in a more serene natural area instead of some artificially lit room. I wonder how they came to be there. I don’t know if I really learnt much from that experience. Maybe to have patience like the monks, but I don’t think I’m anymore patient than I was before. I wonder what happened to that art. It’d be interesting if someone just came and blew it away.

The Reality Show was definitely my favorite workshop. It was funny and entertaining and ridiculously…real. It’s my favorite because I feel like it hit a lot of key points that people are scared to talk about or ask. The actors kept the show funny and entertaining. I actually genuinely enjoyed it. It helped me understand a lot of things about expectations in college and college life in general. From sex, to drugs to academia, The Reality Show was an eye opener as a freshman in Baruch.

I have experienced each of these moments at least once during my freshman year. In the beginning I would be the nerd, read the chapter the whole week and come out all right. Then I got lazy and reverted to the third image. Walk into math class and hear there’s a quiz that day that I forgot about. Now its the ending of the school year and I am shifting  back and forth from what normal people be doing reading the chapter or just getting surprised that there’s a test that day. Still I can say that I’m doing all right though. Not failing which is awesome. Made new friends which is very nice.  Having a fun and challenging semester and can’t wait for the rest of my four years.

I enjoyed the Baruch Voices enrichment workshop. Listening to the monologues from my fellow freshmen put into perspective the struggles, joy, work, and friendship that has affected us all in Baruch. I remember listening to the first Baruch Voices during Convocation and I remember enjoying it as well. The monologues were all creative, funny, meaningful, thoughtful, and summed up all the different feelings and experiences that we as freshmen go through. The performers did an excellent job portraying the monologues in their unique ways so I give them my respect and I am sure that they enjoy what they do. Without a doubt the Baruch Voices workshop was one of the highlights of my freshmen year.

My favorite enrichment program was Baruch Voices. I enjoyed it because it was relatable, because I knew these were monologues of other students just like me. It was really interesting hearing what other people in the same position as me have to say, and I got to see things from totally different perspectives. I didn’t really know what to expect but once I sat down there it kind of felt like I was watching a movie and the time really flew. It made me think about how everyone’s college experience is really just what you make of it and I vowed to make the most of mine after hearing what these students thought about theirs.

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This image represents my first semester at Baruch college. It has been a cycle of ups and downs, starting with my excitement and apprehensiveness on the first day and ending with all the stress and long nights that finals week is sure to bring us. In high school, the entire four years were more of a straight line, with me just always managing to get by with little work and effort. College has  been the opposite of this, and while it frightened me in the beginning, I have grown to love and appreciate it by now. College really is like a roller coaster. I never know what to expect when I come in each day, whether it will be an awesome day, or whether it will be a day that will make me want to crawl in bed, hide under my covers, and never come out. I guess all this uncertainty is just a part of the real world, and its interesting and different. What’s cool is that I get to start over next semester, at the beginning again. College truly is a cycle, and I am looking forward to experiencing it for the next four years.

My favorite enrichment workshop has to be Baruch Voices. Baruch Voices was an creative way to see how people view different things. I remember seeing it on Convocation Day. After a long day of seeing the campus and meeting new people, I thought that this workshop was going to be a drag. Once I sat down and actually started to listen to each of the performers, I actually started to enjoy it. The monologues that were read were very creative and meaningful. Well, almost all of them had a deep meaning behind them. There was monologue that was all about chicken nuggets. That was a very funny one. The performers that were chosen to read the monologues were also very good. They were not boring. They showed great emotion in every monologue that they read. Baruch Voices was very entertaining. It was not only a pleasure to watch, it is also my favorite enrichment workshop.