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This picture accurately portrays my days in college so far. long are the days where i can waltz into high school class not caring about any work done because all the slacking in senior had a much longer affect on me than I thought it would on me. sitting still without out getting distracted every 15 minutes and studying is very hard for me but I’m confident I’ll adapt.

I went to a pretty small high school. My graduating class alone was only 99 students. When I first went to high school, I thought that it was such a big school and such a big transition from my middle school where my graduating class was less than 50. But Baruch itself is bigger than my high school and an even bigger transition. At first I felt that Baruch was too big. That it had to many students, and that the work load for certain classes was just too much. I felt suffocated. It has been four months since I first felt this way. Now, I feel completely different. I feel like I have more freedom, more room to breath. Going to a small high school, everybody new everybody. It left no room for reevaluating and reinventing yourself. At Baruch, you are able to open yourself up and try new waters, and I’ve got to say that so far I’m liking it.

Baruch is a very diverse school with people from all different backgrounds and cultures. Having an enrichment workshop explaining the diversity of the school and how people feel about certain other groups and how to react positively to the remarks of other people that are negative help with that a lot. I learned how to approach situations in a non confrontational manner pertaining to the program.

When I attended the OUCH! workshop I learned two things. One, almost anything can be offensive to anyone. And two, just because no one says they were offended doesn’t mean that whatever was said or done didn’t hurt them in some way. People have to be careful of what they say because almost anything can be hurtful. Just because something doesn’t offend you personally or even because it was just funny does not justify whatever was said or done. And just because people may laugh along with what you are saying does not mean that they actually agree with what you are saying. For all you know, one of those people laughing could have actually been very offended but laughed anyway because they didn’t want to be judged or alienated. No one should feel that they are going to be judged or that is ever alright to judge anyone, and people should make that known. It could be just one person, but as long as they say something to acknowledge that something is just off about a certain statement, then is making an impact already because it is making it known that judgement shouldn’t be tolerated and it also letting everyone else know that it is o.k to just say “OUCH.”

My favorite workshop that I went to in FRO was the LGBTQIA workshop.  Baruch is a very diverse school, which means that there are many different types of people so one must know what can hurt a person and not. The Workshop explains how stereotypical jokes could hurt a person. I personally love to laugh at stereotypical jokes because they are funny. I’m a 1/2 open person, so i accept that other people can be whatever they want to be, however, if it was my own family then no way. The video that they showed was quite inspiring.

WHY!!!!! This represents me the most at the moment. As we get into finals week things just become way too stressful. In high school i never ever stressed about finals at all because i was sure to pass even without studying. Now i am studying the same material everyday in order to be able to do well on my finals. College is just another hardship for me, i ask why? but that’s just because i am very lazy. It is time to pick my games up and do some Jackie Chan on my finals, whatever that means.

My favorite workshop that I had attended in my freshmen seminar class was the LGBTQIA workshop. Due to the diversity group in Baruch it is often important to realize what is right or not right to say and when it is necessary to speak for oneself. The Workshop clearly explains that jokes about certain racial groups are often not okay and it is easy to respond by saying ” what was that?”. Whats also important that words are very powerful and it could hurt others feelings when it related to them personally. It was important for me to attend that workshop because now i will be more careful of the words that come out of my mouth and have more confidence to speak up for myself when i feel like something is not right.

This is so far my representation of Baruch due to the load of work I have to do to prepare for exams and lectures every week and its been kind of stressful. I understand that it is only the first semester and we are just learning how to adapt the life as a college student in Baruch and understanding how things work. It felt like a transition was necessary to follow the routines in order to find success in Baruch and studying plays a big part of it. I have also been involved with social clubs in Baruch in order to balance my stress level. It felt like everything was very independent in College and managing time seems to play a big role in getting things done. It seems like its just the start but I am getting used to the work in Baruch and it seems like a right place for me to pursuit my education.

My favorite workshop that my freshman seminar class attended was the LGBTQIA workshop.  Being that Baruch is such a culturally diverse school I think this workshop was very important.  People do not realize that the joke they say even though may be funny at times, can really hurt someone around them.  I myself along with my classmates are all guilty at one point in our lives at making a racial or ethnic joke.  But we now know that even though people laugh, someone may actually be hurting inside.  I am a strong believer in human rights so I fully supported everything in this presentation, what a person chooses to pursue in his or her life should 100 percent be up to them and no one else should be allowed to judge their life choices.

College is all about making choices and sacrifices.  Adjusting to college can be somewhat difficult because it is definitely a change from high school.  In college it you become more independent, teachers are not there for you as much because they have thousands of students unlike in my high school where there was only about 900 kids in total.  So the work load and responsibilities relies on you only.  That is where sacrifices come into play, you have to learn to give up sleep or a social life sometimes in order to be able to get good grades and finish all of your work.  Especially now when finals are extremely close, I can feel my stress level rising just thinking about all of the work that I need to get done within in the next week.

However, I can say that I do enjoy the freedom of college.  I do miss my friends from high school that went away to college, but making friends at Baruch took a little time but it is coming along now.