Monthly Archives: February 2012

me with two of my Level C mandarin Chinese students.I love this class so much!

“To the stars through difficulties.”

Who am I you ask? I am many things…American,Puerto Rican, a New Yorker, a daughter, a sister, a best friend, a lover, a student, a teacher, etc. but in my entirety I’m just me. I’m a shy girl who actually loves people. I’m a hardworking student who, somehow, never finds time to do all her homework. I’m a complete nerd who loves watching Korean dramas and playing video games but is also in love with fashion and interior design. I’m a girl who went to a fine arts school for four years only to apply to universities with an intended business major. I’m a girl who got a perfect writing score on my SAT while getting an abysmal writing score on my ACT. I’m the girl who wanted to go to Columbia University, ended up going to NYU, withdrew to work for a semester at a non profit organization, and is now attending Baruch College. I’m the girl who wants to be adventurous and accomplish great things but is still deathly afraid of leaving her comfort zone. I’m a girl who doesn’t know exactly where she stands yet but is hoping to figure it out some day.

Also I love lychee bubble tea (it’s a mini obsession of mine) and a lot of random stuff.  you can follow me on Tumblr, – http://claudizzles.tumblr.com/–  if you want,to get to know me a little better :]

Self portrait from my sketchbook

My top three concerns about this semester are:

1. Being able to make time for everything in my life. I’m constantly finding myself feeling so overwhelmed that I don’t want to do anything at all.
2. Wondering if I could ever get used to a commuter school where everything just feels so impersonal. I’m not a very outgoing person I feel like I often get lost in the crowd.
3. Receiving a decent Calculus grade.

Honestly my Baruch experience(so far) is not very different from my high school experience at all. I feel like I’m just in 13^th grade. I took classes at Hunter College for half of my high school career so I’m actually quite used to how most CUNY schools work. Not to say I don’t like Baruch, I do, but it’s not the college experience I really wanted.

I think this semester will help me become more comfortable with and acquainted with Baruch. It will also help me learn more about prioritizing and time management. Completing this semester’s classes will also bring me closer to my academic goals.

Words to live by <3

Sup. My name is Marc Vincent Ladera. I go to Baruch college and am currently in my first semester here. I don’t resemble anyone because I am myself. I am a part-time student at Baruch and work in my spare time.

Top 3 Concerns:

My top 3 concerns this semester (as of writing this blog) are… my calc class, my art history class, and free time. That pretty much sums up my class schedule. My calc class is being taught by some guy who is the weirdest teacher I have ever had. If anyone has his class this semester and has seen that email from him telling us that most of our class will fail his course… Oh well, that letter was ridiculous and was not for me because I do all the work. Art History: less than a week til our first paper due and I only have the pictures for that project. To make matters worse, I havent been taking many notes in class. My last concern is free time. I have no free time.

My high school experience was terrible. It wasnt me, it was my gradutating class. I disliked most of my graduating class because everyone tried to act like a gangster. It was terrible. I expect for Baruch to be a better experience because we’re all here to go to college and not some school for kids.

I think Baruch will not change a lot of me. I probably wont be listening to any different genres of music because I like all genres except country. Im still going to be me and not someone else by the time I graduate. What I think will change me is my mentality and how I go through solving problems in real life and with exercises.

I’m actually a really nice and peaceful guy. Down to do basically anything for fun and I take every chance i get to crack a joke. People tend to judge me for past events rather than actually talk to me and learn who i really am. Newer friends actually see how nice i am and stuff but within my older group of friends i still have nicknames like manwhore, and arm slayer….. dont ask… if u really want to know ask me face to face :D….

I tend to be an open book. ask me anything and 99% of the time i will give an honest answer. that 1% means u hit a topic that should never be brought up and if u keep asking about that 1% u have hit my shitlist and your arm is in danger. word of caution tho… you might not like some of the answers i give but it all depends on what you ask.

Concerns? not really…. this semester feels just like highschool all over again except for the god damn long ass textbook readings that bore me to death. At least the people are less annoying and smarter than highschool.

AND DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THAT ANTHROPOLOGY SHIT!!………… readings on top of readings on top of readings and then the questions that come along with it…. makes me wanna go outside and stab someone sometimes…. so far i think i read more useless info in 3 weeks of anthro than i have read in my whole life….

I’m hoping this semester will help me deal with the reading im gunna have to do in the future. if not atleast im meeting new people experiencing new things and finding new ways to have fun.

Who am I? That’s a question that I have considered so long time from I was given birth to and may will never get the answer even I die.
As I know now, I am a very common guy in this world, a very very very very small part of the whole human-beings. Nothing will change if there is no me, and I don’t wanna be such a great person like Jobs actually.
I can be a good friend laughing with my friend; can be a not good daughter quarrel with my parents; can be a hard-working student studying at school (maybe); can be a lazy otaku sleeping at home. Whatever kind person I can be, that’s all me. Cant exactly tell who I am, but it’s me.

This semester, in the  Baruch, I hope i can make sure if I will really choose business as my future career. It can earn huge amount of money but the so much work and the high stress are what I dont wanna take as I am so lazy.
Then, the next two Im most concerned about are ENGLISH, and, ENGLISH!! I hate learning new language! Before I came to America, what I can speak is only mandarin, and what language I wanna learn is only Japanese becuz my favor manga. But now, English is necessary, Cantonese is necessary, and Spanish maybe is too!
= = Seems complained too much. Turn back to concerns. My biggest wish this semester is to train my English well, SPEAKING, READING, WRITING!

As I had two experiences of high school in both China n America, compare with the one in China, college life is more relax, less homework n less classes; compare with the one here, it has more homework n more reading! My senior year here was so free that I almost forgot how to study; of course now, I remember it.
Oh I got the most different thing. Cuz both of my two high schools were closed to my homes, i always walked to school. But now, I have to take the bus then subway every day. Express or local, crowed or not, having a seat or standing all the way….then I finally found that I hate subway sooo much!

Okay, the last question. How do I think this semester at Baruch will change me? Idk. Till now, I didnt find I changed. But I welcome changes. Hope I can know more people know more things and be changed a lot.

My name is Zhen Lin. I am Chinese, a one of Baruch student, and a 18years old teenager. I am good at math but my writing so poor. I hate describe myself, because I don’t know who I am.

I was concerned about presentation. Many classed need to do the presentation, but my speaking was not so well. I was may got bad grade, because I lost the credits in the presentation. I also concerned about lateness. Every day I need travel around one hour to come to college, so I am afraid I would be late to the class, if the train got some problems. The last concerned was where to get the calculator. I need calculator for the Math class, but library is no more calculators to borrow for the semester.

Homework was my college experience that totally different from your high school experience. During the high school time, homework was written on sheet of paper and handing to the teacher in the next day. In the college, we are doing all homework in the website.

This semester would make my speaking improved, because I have too many presentations, and I don’t want lose much credits on it.

I’m a lover and a fighter. I get angry easily, but I’m working on it. I party, sleep, and think too much, but I get my shit done. I have a weakness for sweet talkers, but I’m learning and enforcing my boundaries. I don’t let many people in, but once they’re in, they’re there forever. I’m strong and independent and I’ve been broken, but never shattered.

Learn to let go of the past, and recognize that every day won’t be sunny. And when you find yourself lost in the darkness and despair, remember it’s only in the black of night that you see the stars, and those stars will lead you back home. So don’t be afraid to make mistakes, to stumble and fall, because most of the time, the greatest rewards come from doing the things that scare you the most. Maybe you’ll get everything you wish for. Maybe you’ll get more than you ever could have imagined. Who knows where life will take you. The road is long and in the end, the journey is the destination.

Who am I? I used lay awake pondering the same question every night. And then one night, I realized: I’m me, with all my flaws, my quirks, my mistakes, and my imperfections.

We are all who we make ourselves to be.

Actually, I’m concerned about anthropology this semester. The class is boring and I’ve had to make my mac my bitch and read the textbook to me. The assigned readings are long and tedious and not about anything any of us care about. Which reminds me: who has done the homework that’s due for tomorrow? I hate writing essays, so that’s another problem. So, anyone is welcome to write any of my essays for me. (For free please. AHEMM.) And math. Just because it’s math and who the hell wants to deal with math with all of it’s functions, linear regressions (which is statistics, not precalculus, so why are we having a lesson on this in precalculus?), asymptotes, and sign analysis shit? Ew, exams are coming up on Monday.

Well, this is college. Unlike high school, there’s no babysitting. You do whatever the fuck you want, whenever the fuck you want, and however the fuck you want. Just remember to take responsibility for whatever you do. It’s all on you.

I think this semester at Baruch is really going to change my perspective on many things. I’ll be learning new things as I’m exposed to new people, concepts, and ideas.

So, who here likes zombies? http://runforyourlives.com/

Still bored? Try this: http://crimsun.tumblr.com/post/2999167799

Okay, if you really actually want to get to know me, my real blog: http://danceintehrain.tumblr.com/archive

ghffhfh

I think I’m Gary Younger. Am i missing something? Am i supposed to be someone else? Would i rather be Tom Brady then Gary Younger? Would that be better? Would i like myself more if i was Tom Brady? Why am i referring to myself here in the 3rd person? Why do i think i would be able to answer this question much better if i was high? Why am i writing this? What is the point in this? Why am i asking so many questions?

Oh yea its for a class. So yeah I’m Gary. Yeah i like that answer.

What are my concerns? Im concerned about the fact that Baruch hired a crackhead and let her teach anthropology. Im quite concerned about that because its hard to listen and take notes in a class where the teacher is talking at a 1000 words a minute and constantly tweaking. Im also concerned that i won’t pass anthropology because of the material. I would rather sit in a room and bang my head on a desk for 12 hours straight then read another article about cosmopolitanism. I would rather listen to nothing but this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjf8ww8iWng fora year than read another article on positivism. I would rather take get in the ring with 1980s Mike Tyson then read one more word about female mutilation. So i don’t know if this was obvious but anthropology concerns me a little bit. My other concern is that i will fail a class. Im concerned about this because i needed 3 concerns.

My college experience is different so far because i start school later and end earlier. Maybe its just me but Baruch doesn’t feel like college.

I think this semester at Baruch won’t really change me. The only thing that this semester at baruch may effect me is where I’m in school in a year or so. Side note the people in this class  are really  chill.

In summary Im Gary Younger and I don’t like having Crackheads as teachers (shockingly).