Freshman Orientation LC04

Who you think you are to your classmates?

One’s character can be judged by the qualities they exhibit in a daily basis. It is based on their performance, personality, skills, passions, and virtues. Everyday people take many journeys to help them understand that true knowledge comes only from experience. Every day, you test your responsibility to insure if you ready for upcoming future. Furthermore, virtues your moral experience show you the road to success.
A good student maintains good work habits, follows all direction, and has a positive attitude towards learning. These attributes are the key to not only succeeding in school, but also succeeding in life.
All around the world, a lot of people get inspire by others in many ways. My inspiration are my parents, because seeing what my parents went through helped shape me into the person I am today. When I have a problem I know I can always count on my mom and dad. My parents have a great impact in my life. They are my inspiration throughout my life. So, this gave me an opportunity to be an inspiration to my fellow classmates and inspire them in every ways.
My parents are my authority, and my loved ones. They are the ones that teach me value, moral, and determination. After they gave me birth, they are the ones who taught me how to live my life, respect others, care for others, and etc. As far as value and moral, my parents taught me how to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, kind, obedient, and many more. For example, one time I lied to my parents about cutting school. But, then they showed me the real moral value. Therefore, I believe it’s wrong to lie because lying shows disrespect to other people. Determination can bring the best in us and that’s another thing my parents taught me. They want me to be successful and they use determination to become successful. After all, they use all the values on me so I can become someone successful and I want to use all these key attributes on my classmates and show them exactly what my parents taught me.
Every day, I see a change in myself. Every single day, I learn something new form my parents. They show me how to strive for something in order to win something. For example, I had bad habit of being disrespectful to others. But, my parents helped me overcome the challenge of being honest, respectful, and loyal. Also, they showed me how to be courageous. My dad taught me to work hard, and believe in myself every day. I am grateful for the wisdom that my parents pass down to me. Therefore, I want to show my classmates how to bring a change within themselves and make a better future.
As you can see, the world is filled with inspirational people. Sometimes we do not need to look any further than within our own circle of family and friends. At other times, we are inspired by those we know only in name. Life is a struggle and we do not get through it alone. We need the love and support of each other to make it through. I believe in humanity. If we don’t believe in the greatest possible lying within us, what is there to work towards? How can we shape a better future if we cannot even imagine one?

I included “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” from one of my favorite movies, Frozen. I love Olaf’s character; he should have his own movie. If Frozen came out at a more age appropriate time for me, I would have grown up on it. My sister and I are very close; we vacationed in Disney World last January when Frozen was in theater. We saw it together.

I included “Runaway” by Kanye West. Kanye gets a lot of negative critique regarding his behavior outside of the studio. Judging him as an artist alone, he’s a creative genius. He’s an icon because he uses what people say about him as fuel to keep going. We could all learn something from him in that aspect. I love this song mostly because of the video: I adore ballet and the extended video tells a unique story.

I included “Run the World (Girls)” by Beyonce because she’s one of the only famous women who isn’t afraid to say she’s a feminist. Women who are still afraid of calling themselves feminists after all these people before us have fought makes me sad. I consider myself a feminist.

“Team” by Lorde is on my list because I strongly believe in teamwork. I try to remind every group I’m in that we’re a team; we are trying to achieve the same goal. The first line of the song, “Wait till you’re announced,” represents a goal of mine. I want to work and work until one day I don’t have to introduce myself.

I included a more popular remix to “Young and Beautiful” by Lana Del Rey. The original is depressing, but the remix isn’t. I use creative art forms like music to escape everyday problems. I thought this represented that part of me. “Clarity” by Zedd was also included because it speaks to the same concept. It’s a sad song, but the beat distracts from the lyrics.

“Maiya Yashoda” and “Carnival Tabanca” represent me culturally. My parents are from Guyana. Guyana is unique to most other places in the West Indies because their inhabitants descend from African and Indian slaves. These two songs are so different, but they both encompass the kind of music I grew up on.

“Till the World Ends” is on Britney Spears’s album Femme Fatale. Britney is the first pop artist I could remember liking because my sister, who’s seven years older forced her music on me. Femme Fatale is one of her albums released in my time. My middle name, Mohini, translates to femme fatale.

The last song on my list is “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday”. I included this one for you all. It’s my high school graduation song. I adored my four years of high school. My transition to college wasn’t as easy as it may look now that I’m a junior. It was really rough my freshman year and I wished everything was the same as 12^th grade. But today, three years since, I’m so thrilled it isn’t!

To listen to my playlist, click here!

Welcome Section LC04 to your FRO Blog.

Dr. Harper and your Peer Mentor, Pratima, are both excited to learn more about you and guide you through your first semester here at Baruch. Best of luck with blogging!