My part of the group interview with Joanna Mendez…
J. Tell me who you think YOU are!
P: Self aware narcissist. A really lazy person who seems to have lost her stress neuro-functions and therefore never rushes to do anything even if class starts in 3 minutes and the only way to get to class on time is by running (which ruffles my feathers). My left brain tells me it’s a bad habit, but its skullmates just don’t care. Other than being lazy and apathetic, there’re childish ambitions like becoming a trillionaire or a rock star, and also a freakish pride in everything pertaining to me. Basically I’m the textbook example of the Rooster in the Chinese Zodiac. Google will tell you the rest.
I don’t attend parties (the irony), love food, and can’t shut up on facebook. The other day I read about the 7 deadly sins on Wikipedia and they all pertained to me in vastly annoying ways. I also love to crack mean jokes, so let me know if you’re uncomfortable. Will cut myself off here because I can ramble on and on but there’s a word limit to this thing. So to summarize, a total troll.
J. Share your top 3 concerns about this semester at Baruch College and explain why.
P: I. am terrible at time management. Well, it’s not that I can’t plan it out, it’s just that I never follow the plans. One minute of facebook turns into 2 hours, and suddenly the sky is dark. But it is a tad worrying since it’s a lot harder to get away with latenesses and missing homework in college than it was in high school. The sudden appearance of acquired ADHD doesn’t help much; I zone off in class and stop understanding my reading homework after the 5th line. Doing badly in a class hurts my pride, so I’m hoping to rewire soon. What else? FRESHMAN 15. Anyone reading this is probably facepalming or ಠ_ಠ-ing if they’ve gotten this far, but yes, I refuse to become unfit for my clothes, they’re pretty new and popping buttons are not pretty, and empty wallets make people hungry. So I need to watch my consumption on all parts of the spectrum.
J. So far, what do you think will make your Baruch College experience different from your high school experience?
P: WELL. Missing class in my senior year of high school didn’t mean much, but now… =_=;
So I guess being in college kind of leaves things in my own hands and if I screw up, then I screw up big time, and haha pride no allow that `B/. Even if I’m still living with my parents, Baruch is teaching me a sort of independence; I’m going to be in charge of my academic performance, and this time there are less chances to prove myself in the face of merciless professors.
Another difference would be the massive amount of extra time I have, for clubs and jobs and a good lunch, to go out and explore my options.
J. How do you think this semester at Baruch will change you?
P: It’s going to teach me to always put 100% in the things I do, because there are no second chances in the real world. Cynical, but hopefully this way my bad habits can be cured. I also need to resharpen my grammatical sense since I don’t seem make much sense lately.
Yaybeans I’m done. Thank you for reading!
Wait oh yes. Public speaking. I don’t know about the classes this semester, but through the course of my undergraduate years I hope to gain all the social skills I’ll ever need to impress anyone I ever come voice-to-voice with.
And now the real adieu.
#cynicaltrollsftw.