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Marc Shalom
Freshman Seminar Monologue
I remember the day vividly. I came home from High School, turned on the tv to watch ESPN as Game 6 of the 2009 World Series was approaching. The Yankees were up 3 games to 2 and they were playing at Yankee Stadium that night. I kept thinking to myself, “boy how awesome would it be to at a game where they win the World Series.” I am a die hard Yankee fan since I was 6 or 7 years old. I remember the teams winning in the late 1990’s but I never experienced a championship for New York being a full fledged fan because at that age you don’t understand it. Now I knew what was at stake. Something special was going to happen. As I eat dinner on that day, my phone started to vibrate, my Dad was calling me. I picked up expecting an ordinary daily phone call but suddenly my dad says “you ready for the game tonight?” I say yes but before I can even say another word my dad replies by saying good because “you are going to be at that stadium tonight. Elation, excitement were two words that may have described my feelings at that moment. I was going to the World Series game. A dream I never thought would happen to me. The Yankees did their part in making my dream come true. They won that night, won the World Series and I was one of 50,000 people who said they were there when it happened. That defined my life as a true sports and Yankee fan. It’s a day ill always remember and a day I hope to tell to my grandchildren in the future as I hope they are fans like me.

My name is Marc Shalom. i am 18 years old currently enrolled in Baruch College as a freshman. I am from Brooklyn, New York and come from a Jewish family. My family and I are very close. I live in a very close community in Brooklyn. Mostly everyone who lives in the area know each other very well. I am just part of that group trying to find my way and defining my life. What i love most at the moment is sports. I’m not sure if that will be my career path but I came to Baruch to find out what is right for me. My concerns in the school right now will have to be handling the workload, the fear of new professors and just adapting to a school where i am not known by everyone. I know that my experience here will include a lot more work than what i had in high school. It is a more serious atmosphere but i do have much more free time on my hands. I hope to utilize this free time. I think my first year of college will make me more mature. I am responsible for what i get done in school. No one will be running after me. It is up to me to make something of what i learn and make my family proud.