Yes. This is an accurate portrayal of my first semester at Baruch. You may laugh.
For those who don’t know where this is from, this is a scene from the movie Iron Man. Tony Stark, portrayed by the absolutely wonderful Robert Downey Jr., is on his way to becoming (my personal favorite) superhero.
At first glance, I suppose this seems like a rather depressing representation of my first semester at Baruch, but there is actually more to this gif. It looks like my entire first semester is nothing but a giant facepalm which, might I add, looks rather painful. It is accurate in a sense (maybe not the physical pain part), but there is a more reasonable explanation for it. Besides, no pain no gain, right?
In this scene, Tony Stark (Iron Man) is building and testing his Iron Man suit. This is only a Mark II so it is still relatively new. This meaning that it probably isn’t going to work out immediately. So needless to say, there are many kinks in the designs (hence the face pancake happening here). Here, he is testing out the equipment that will allow him to fly as he wishes. Perhaps he was a bit overzealous, but I don’t think there is a lot of flying going on. Of course we all know how it will turn out eventually. Tony Stark is a genius, but he is also human so of course he will make mistakes. In this sense, it is an accurate portrayal of the first semester of college. College is a very different environment for me. I will stumble, fall, or run into walls (literally), but that is because it is part of the process of getting used to college. Just like how Tony needed to test this to make sure he won’t die while using the suit, making blunders during my first semester can give me the experience to make sure that I don’t continue blundering throughout the rest of my college life.
I think after a traumatic event of becoming one with the wall can deter most people, but it certainly didn’t stop Tony Stark. I, obviously, am not Iron Man (unfortunately), but it is certainly not a bad thing to try and strive to be like him. Granted, he may have his many personality flaws, but he is continuously striving to be a better person and a more fitting hero. If that is not inspiring, I don’t know what is. But most importantly, who doesn’t want to be a genius, billionaire superhero? I suppose getting the best out of my college experience and acquiring a good job is the closest I can get to it.