I believe that this particular Robert Downey Jr. meme exemplifies my first semester at Baruch College. At the beginning of the 2014 fall semester, these almost exact words continuously buzzed through my head. “New Year, New Me.” I was considering how I want to, and how I should, be perceived by my fellow college students at this new educational facility. Should I rush and act the same way I do with my close friends that I have spent the past four years of high school creating strong bonds with, or should I act calm cool and collective? You know what, fuck-it, why not act as myself for the first time in the beginning, instead of leading these new people on with an aggrandized facade of myself (not too false, just way more exaggerated if I went with the second route). So I have acted with my new friends, whom I mostly have made during the Fro class that I have attended throughout this semester, as I do with my out of school friends. This mainly consists of acting calm, relatively cool, minutely collective, and just a little bat shit crazy (because honestly no one is fun unless they are growing a few oranges on an apple tree).
Now, onward to the change of work ethic and test scores of my “New Year, New Me” ideology. Now in the beginning I thought to myself, “Anthony, this new semester you are going to get your work done early and your test scores high and do not procrastinate.” Well, I do get my work done, even if I am up until three in the morning, and my test scores have been high, excluding Philosophy class because twenty something quizzes is just ridiculous for me; so, following some of my expectations for myself is a good thing, even though I would like to not procrastinate. But that is an art form, and someday I hope I can perfect it, but until then there shall be long work nights ahead in my future.
As far as my out of school activities go, I have put myself out there, unlike what I have done in the past, and joined the Colleges Against Cancer: Baruch College team. I did this for an innumerable amount of reasons (including that this is a good cause to get behind and it is a very proactive way for me to spend my time). In the past I wouldn’t have done this, mainly due to the fact that I am lazy, but this college has done something to me that made me want to join in and help people. So I guess this is the “New Me” that this meme talks about. A Me that wants to proactively and altruistically help others. Well, it isn’t that bad, could be worse I guess. Ah-well, let’s roll with this for now.
I do have to saw though, this school, Baruch College, has done some things to me. It has gotten me involved with people and organizations that I would never have actually gotten in contact with/joined on my own. So for that I have to thank this school. Well look at me now, I am giving praise to a fourteen story tall building. Maybe I do have a few oranges growing.
