FRO12 BMD

Another free-write… This time I’m supposed to write about my most embarrassing situation. There’s no way I’m going to do that. I’ll just write random words to make it look like I’m doing the assignment. “Bubbles. Clown. Cards. Slippers. Pineapple. Cinnamon”. Okay, this is getting kind of boring now. Wow, everyone else is still writing. They look so focused. I wonder what they’re writing about. Their stories are probably so different. I mean, they must be since each person in here is so different from one another. I never actually noticed it before: The people here come from so many different backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and religions. It’s SO different from all of the other schools I’ve attended where we all had the same religion. My last school was actually an all-girls school. Yeah, I guess I had a pretty limited upbringing. This is so refreshing though. A variety of people. Finally. Now that I’m thinking about it, this is probably one of the reasons that I like Baruch. It’s kind of awesome that I have friends that come from like five different nationalities. Imagine if the whole world could be like this classroom. Imagine if people could just embrace their differences, no matter how big or drastic they are, and get along with one another or, at the very least, sit next to each other and not fight or argue. That would be pretty amazing. Everyone living in peace. If it’s possible in this school it must be possible in the rest of the world. Oh, time’s up. I’ll just jot down a few more words to fill up the paper. “peace, happy, friends, diversity, Baruch.” There. That should be enough.

This is my life almost every morning, especially because I usually come late. As soon as I get off the escalator to the 2nd floor, the doors of one of the elevators ALWAYS seem to be closing. I feel like I’m a runner in the Olympics as I try to beat the closing doors and the other people that are trying to enter the elevator.

Despite my initial judgement that Baruch Voices would be a waste of my time, I actually really enjoyed it. The monologues that were presented showed the variety of students that Baruch has. There were some funny monologues but there were also two  in particular that made me very emotional and had me on the verge of tears. The first was a girl’s who spoke about her friend that died and the second was a girl’s who spoke about her past experiences with cutting herself. I admire these students for being willing to share such personal information in front of their individual classes and then being willing for it to be presented in front of the entire Freshmen class. Their experiences were sad and shocking and kind of put the problems in my own life in perspective.

I couldn’t really find 10 songs that define me. Instead, I chose the songs that I’ve listened to the most over the past few years. They range over multiple genres such as rock, rap, and electro. Even though I’m in an R&B phase right now, I listen to these songs once in a while just to remind myself of the different stages of my life and how much I’ve changed from then until now.

My Top Ten

(The songs aren’t in any particular order)

1. Intro – The xx

2. Electric Feel – MGMT

3. Little Lion Man – Mumford & Sons

4. Rebirthing – Skillet

5. Call Me – Shinedown

6. Not Afraid – Eminem

7. Down With The Trumpets – Rizzle Kicks

8. Crew Love – Drake & the Weeknd

9. Paradise (Tiesto Remix) – Coldplay

10. Deeply Disturbed – Infected Mushroom