Monthly Archives: October 2013

Email to Professor

Dear Professor Johnson,

I am having trouble understanding how to graph the functions on the latest homework assignment. I understand that you have your office hour tomorrow from 1-2pm. Is there a chance you have a spare minute or two in that time to help me understand how to do them?

I would greatly appreciate any help.

Sincerely,

Michelle Olson

Angela Fung Missing the Midterm

Professor Trapani,

This is Angela Fung from your freshman seminar class LC09. Due to the flu I missed the midterm that was on Monday October 21, 2013. I was wondering if I can make-up the midterm during your office hours. Please excuse my absence on October 21st. I will bring in a doctors note to our next class to confirm my absence.

Angela Fung

New York Times Article

This article talks about a pregnant woman who says she used to be addicted to painkillers but became sober before she became pregnant. Drug tests showed that she still had drugs in her blood. She is from Wisconsin, where there is a law requiring women who are addicted to drugs to take an anti-addiction drug to protect the baby.  She refused to take them because she stood by her statement that she was sober. She ended up getting arrested and  forced into treatment. It’s controversial because the government is claiming to be looking out for the rights of the unborn baby but is somewhat taking away the rights of the mother by forcing her to take drugs or treatment even when she is supposedly sober.

“Stumbling Blocks in Reducing Balance on a Student Loan”

Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/17/your-money/stumbling-blocks-in-reducing-balance-on-a-student-loan.html?ref=education&_r=0

This article by Ann Carrns talks about the difficulties of student loans. There is a report that recently estimates that 3,800 complaints were received between October 2012 to September 2013 to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau about student loans. The trend stated in the report notes miscommunication between the borrower and the loan servicer. In most cases, the borrowers make an extra loan payment for the month to help pay off their principal and save money on interest, but their loan servicer, credit it as an early payment for next month. This article answers some questions one might ask when considering making extra payments to lessen their student loan balance. Although the problem addressed by Carrns is not one of the main problems I have with college, I do believe it was a helpful article. 

about me

my name is carl. im from the city, grew up in battery park and then moved to washington heights after 9/11. lived there for 11 years till i graduated high school at george washington on 191st street. Moved out and had an apartment on broome street with my friend, but got evicted for noise complaints. I now live in the financial district. i go to baruch part time, while the other time working as a photographer for splash news, basically biking around the city all day long. in my spare time, i enjoy going out, listing to music, traveling, and watching movies.

songs i like

here are 12 songs i like:

spiritualize- lotus

digital buddah- disco biscuits

slip- deadmau5

welcome to jamrock- damien marley

shadows – pryda

space junk- wolfgang gartner

home again- disco biscuits

ghosts and stuff – deadmau5

world is yours- nas

lose yourself- eminem

lets dance- david bowie

brown sugar- the rolling stones

New York times

The article that I read was about the police depart are now monitoring religious ceremonies at mosques.  I feel that the authority figures are abusing their power.  They are leaning more towards a stereotypical investigations.  They are violating Muslim civil liberties and targeting that group as terrorist.  If they are going to search for terrorist planning,  why can’t they just focused on other groups equally.  Every race and group should be monitored,  being focused more on one group,  violates the right of these Muslim people.

Introduction

Hi, my name is Kleber David Castro; I was born in Ecuador, but I was grew up in New York since the age of 4. Just to get it over with, my name was given to be be cause of an old soccer player named Klėberson. I enjoy and love music; I play any type of bass from electric to acoustic to upright. I also play guitar, but I do not enjoy singing because I wasn’t gifted with a voice. I am an independent , who is trying to get through life day by day. Being a full time aviation mechanic through the day and a full time student at night. It’s a big sacrifice and a lot of work, but I know that eventually all my efforts will pay off.

Blog Post 1- About me

My name is Michelle, and I grew up in Wisconsin on a hobby farm with my parents, older brother, and older sister. We lived in the countryside with a few horses and a couple dogs and cats.  I have always been very active. I played volleyball and basketball all year round growing up. Now I snowboard, bike, and do yoga to keep me entertained sports-wise. I moved to New York City about four years ago and didn’t know anybody at first. I hated it then, but now I have met a lot of people and appreciate the diversity and constant things to do that this city has. I don’t plan to be here forever, but for now I’m just going to enjoy it.