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My group decided to do our project on racism. We decided on this topic because we read an article in class and were inspired. It was pretty easy to divide the work. On the first day we each voiced which aspect of the project we would want to complete. Then when a new post was announced someone would volunteer to do it. It worked out well because each person did each task in a timely manner. In the end I think we had a good amount of posts on different types of racism and prejudice occurring around the work, in America and in our local community. Our presentation also went well because each person had a pretty good idea of what they had done.

So the past semester has passed by really quickly. It feels like I just got here. Although time is flying by I realize that this is just the beginning of my college experience. I still have about seven semester ahead of me. I feel that this first semester was challenging, but I think I was able to handle it. I feel like I was able to manage the papers and the mid-terms well, I hope that I a similar, if not better experience with my finals and final papers. Overall I think that my first semester at Baruch College has gone pretty well, I did not encounter many problems. I hope this continues. Next semester I would like to join a club and become more involved on campus, since this semester all I really did was go to class and then go home. Overall I think I had a good start to my college experience.

I did not complete the volunteering through New York Cares, I instead volunteered at my old high school, The Brooklyn Latin School. When I started volunteering there I did not have many expectations. I thought that the teachers would just ask me to do things like make photocopies and hole punch things. I was wrong the teachers allowed me to function more as a teachers assistant by allowing me to help students during group work and work with students on their essays. This was great because I want to eventually become a teacher. I continue to volenteer there and I feel that the experience is great. I enjoy volunteering there.
-Monika Jankowski

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1) Avicii-Wake Me Up. I chose this song to be first partially because it is my favorite song right and partially because I can relate to the video. In the video the girls leave their town and find a group of people which they relate with. I can relate to this because I use to feel like I didn’t fit in, until I went to high school and I finally felt like a belonged.

2)Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody. I chose this song because it is a nice combination of slow and fast music. I feel like sometimes my life is really fast past and stressful and sometimes it is slow and uneventful.

3)One Direction- What makes you beautiful. The reason I chose this song is because it reminds me of my friends and how we liked one direction junior year in high school. It reminds me of all the good times I had with them and how much better they make my life. So this song is less about how it represents me and more how it represents my friends, which mean allot to me.

4)Vanessa Carlton-A thousand Miles. This song represents my childhood dream of becoming a singer. I use to sing this song all the time, hoping that one day I would have my own music video, but that dream died when I realized that I cannot sing. It represents when I stopped dreaming of singing and started dreaming of becoming a teacher, more realistic goal.

5)Backstreet Boys- I want it that way. I chose this song because this song played multiple times at my first communion. It reminds me of that day, and how proud I was of myself for going through my religious education. My first communion was important to me because it represent my faith (I’m Roman Catholic) which means allot to me.

6)September-Satellites. This song was really popular when I was in Poland. It reminds me of the time I spent in Poland with my family. It represent the summers that I miss in Poland and how I can not wait to go back and visit my family there.

7)Baauer-Harlem Shake. This song reminds me of when I was in Italy on my senior trip.It reminds me of that because we did the Harlem shake in Rome. It represent my desire to travel the world with my friends some more. I especially want to travel to Europe some more

8)Dada Life- So Young So High. This song represents my first EDM rave that I went too. It represent my desire to go to more, and to not take life so seriously because I am still young and have many ore years left to worry about the small things.

9)Zedd-Lost at Sea. This song represents how I sometimes like to break loose with my friends and live in the moment.

10) Swedish House Mafia- Don’t you worry child. This song represents how I have a tendency to over think things and that it would be best if I sometimes learn to just stop worrying.

-Monika Jankowski