Blog Post 3
When I first walked into the building of Baruch college I was taken back. I was taken back by its size and most importantly by the people occupying this building. Looking around I saw people of every different ethnicities and cultural backgrounds. Many people say that Baruch College is one of the most diversified colleges in the country based off of the many walks of life that walk the same halls as I do. Coming from a yeshiva high school in which everyone in school was Jewish and came from very similar backgrounds and come from very similar cultures. When I was in high school everyone dressed the same and looked the same, when I came to baruch I saw so many things in which I never saw in high school, I feel like I was even a little sheltered in my high school career only being exposed to a certain type of person. The picture above really sums up my first three months in Baruch College. I was in a state of shock, but not just culture shock I was in shock about how different my school life would be in college as opposed to high school. After finally becoming accustomed to the new campus I started to become settled down in my new school. Today I see many people in which I have became good friends with since I first came to baruch college, my “culture shock” developed to something that was of no “shock” at all. I am happy that Baruch College opened my eyes to the many races and ethnicities in the world in which I have learned some new things even outside the walls of the classroom. The picture above illustrates my first month in Baruch but now that I am settled in I would choose one in which it portrays an aura of someone being comfortable and happy in the place where he is currently at.