Some good deeds are seemingly small things. One thing I always keeep in mind is that however small the deed may seem, it can be a huge lifechanger for the person who I help. This week I did something that i would consider a good deed, others may consider it a crime. In order to commute to and from school I need to take the train. A few days ago i was going through the turnstile at the subway. Right while i was passing through there was this homeless man trying to get through the alarmed subway door. He had no metrocard or money and was asking people to open up the alarmed door for him so he could pass through. All the people who went through the turnstile looked at him and just ignored him and went on their way. When it was my turn to go through the turnstile I made eye contact with the man and he pointed towards the door. I nodded back to him that I would do it. Once on the other sie of the turnstile I looked both ways to make sure there was no police officers. Then I gave the door a small push open and the homeless man walked through. The man gave me a thank you fist bump and went on his way. Although that seemed like a small deed to me, I realized that I had saved the man a lot of trouble and money. 2.50$ doesnt seem like a lot, but for him im sure that money was very important. Some people would consider what I did stealing from the government because I allowed the man to enter without paying. However I helped another human being and I considered it a good deed.
Monthly Archives: October 2014
Mickey’s music list
I posted the youtube links because i couldnt figure out how to upload the songs.
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgT1AidzRWM
This song is called Beatiful, by Eminem. I like Eminem because despite his difficult life he still succeeded. I feel like I can relate to him.
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AWH0C_cDSk
Superman by Eminem. This is another great Eminem song.
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l95D7leeU3w
This is Hurt, by Johnny Cash. I love this song. it brings up a lot of emotions for me.
4.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huTq8hWT5pE
This song is called A Time To Dance by Yaakov Schweky
Since my family is Jewish we listen to hebrew music. This is one of my familie’s favorite
5. This song is Grace Is Gone, by Dave Matthews.
Dave is my favourite Rock musician. In my opinion this is one of his best songs .
Brianna’s Meme
This picture pretty much sums up my time at Baruch so far. The only adjustment I would make to it is for me I would need a rectangle instead of a triangle, my fourth point being work. I think its very hard to balance all four of these, work, good grades, enough sleep, and a social life. Most nights I go home and do homework and study until 11 and I go to sleep whether I’m done or not, because if I don’t then I don’t get enough sleep and I wont be able to function the next day. Most mornings I get up at either 6:20 or 7:30 depending on class times, and I am out of my house within 40 minutes.
I used to work 4 days a week, 35 hours, but with my school load I cut down my days to only 3. I no longer work on a Monday, because I would get home at 10 o’clock and then have no time for studying or homework.
I definitely do not get enough sleep during the week which is why on a Friday I sleep around 12 hours to make up for the rest of the week. Friday is my only day to sleep in, because I work 6-3 on a Saturday and 12-9 on a Sunday. Naps are what gets me through my Mondays and Saturdays.
Good grades so far haven’t been as much of an issue as the other 3, because this is where I spend so much of my time. I spend around 35 hours doing homework and studying including club hours at school. Club hours on a Tuesday and a Thursday are where I get most of my work done, its actually where I am typing this. I feel like utilizing your time wisely is a main thing that will help you in college. College is such a big transition for me, because in high school I did no work or studying and I had a straight 94 average. Now I have to work for my grades, which isn’t a bad thing just something I need to get used to.
I don’t have any where near the social life I used to have in high school. I barely see my friends, for two reasons. One being that one friend is in school in Florida and the other being that there just simply isn’t enough hours in a day with school and work. I see my boyfriend 3 times a week, one day at work and one night is for studying/homework purposes. So basically my social life consists of 2 nights Friday and Saturday after work. My best friend and I made a pact to go on a double date every other month so we could catch up, not seeing her is hard but we constantly text and send each other pictures of ourselves with silly quotes and sayings.
College has been a big adjustment for me, but it’s something that I can handle. The people in my life are what help me get through the days that I want to give up. In my life I don’t necessarily think that I have to pick only 2 points, but i do think I can’t focus on each as much as I used to.
Matthew’s Meme Reflection
(http://m.quickmeme.com/Lazy-College-Senior/)
This meme called lazy college senior (freshman in my case) is about completing (or not completing) textbook reading for home work represents my time so far at Baruch due to the fact that I had the same mindset as the man pictured. Coming into college I expected my self to complete all work no matter what it was. However, after realizing that most of our professors said to do the reading but did not actually place a huge emphasis on it, I typically slacked off and ultimately neglected to do it. One class in particular that doing the reading would have beneficial was philosophy. I did not do any of the readings past the first one and it ultimately came back to haunt me. The weekend before the first test I was pressed with time and had to go back to many of the sections to have a better understanding of the material. It was a stressful time and could have been avoided if I had done the reading throughout the semester. If I had read the book throughout the time before the exam I could have possibly pinpointed at I was unsure of and studied more efficiently. This same thing also happened in my political science class, where instead of reading throughout the semester I crammed it all into the weekend before. To prevent this from happening again in the future, I am definitely going to put in a little extra time and do my readings when they are assigned because I now see that it is beneficial. It is better to space it out throughout the semester rather than cramming it all right before an exam. I can attempt to use better time management skills to accomplish this. One way I can do this is utilize my time on the train more efficiently. I have about a two hour commute each day (about an hour to school and an hour back) and could easily get more work done on the train. This is time when I have no external distractions (Other than the rare loud person talking on their phone) so it is the perfect conditions to get more work done. I could also utilize the library more often during my break times as it is a quiet place when can get work done. One class that I have enjoyed doing the reading has been our English class. While it is not always the most interesting, we do know that there will be a quiz each time so there is definitely an incentive to completing the work. Many scientific studies show that reading has its benefits. Increased amounts of reading could improve your writing and grammar skills, and could also possibly raise your iq level. Not only would I be getting my work done for class, but I would also possibly be getting skills that I could use later in life. Learning early on that I should definitely do all of my reading will only improve my next few years of college as I now know what to do in the future.
Anthony’s Monologue
Getting ready for our last match of the year, my robotics team and I were remembering our journey to the Super-Regional Championship in York, Pennsylvania. We remember having our robot break itself during Qualifiers Tournament due to electrical errors, the amazing victories we had, started for 5th place, dropping to 33rd and slowly got up to 9th and won the Qualifier championship match. It was a long and stressful journey with tough opponents, no funding, and sometimes non-corporative teammates, but we ended up advancing to the Super-Regional Championship. The beginning of the Championship was amazing, being undefeated the whole day. We thought that we had the World Championships in the bag, but during the third day of the Super-Regionals we lost every round we played. By then we knew we were finished when we saw that we went from 3rd place to 40th place out of a total of about 50, and we knew we would not have another miracle like the one at a Qualifier. When we went back to school our principal was telling the team how happy he was and how we went the furthest he has ever seen the team go. Even though we went so far to lose at the end, we were all happy to make it that far, meet new teams, and even get “known” by other teams that may or may not be better than ours. Now all we can do is help the new team get as far as we did.
Susmit’s Monologue
Dear universe stop restraining me
This society is really crushing me.
“What do you wanna be?”
Is a question I’ve been asked.
My whole life feels like just one big task.
“But screw that!” I yelled, at the top of my lungs
I’ve been asked the wrong questions for far too long.
Instead of what to become, WHO do I wanna be?
A nice gentle person
Or someone who’s just really flee.
This decision is really my own
So tell the universe
Just please let me be
Sarah’s Monologue
Tough day, rough night
Not much goes right
When all looks low
and the sun don’t shine
It takes one smile to hit cloud nine
All you need to let it out
is a laugh that’s warm and genuine
After all, it is the best medicine
Gagandeep’s Monologue
The smell of the alcohol filled hand sanitizers to the constant beeping of heart monitors is what you are reminded of every time you visit the hospital. Working in the ER has exposed me to a lot of different people and injuries. This day at the hospital was a little different. There were way more people waiting in line to get registered to visit the ER. There were only two volunteers at the front desk, my friend and I. A man came in and didn’t look too good so I offered to get him a wheelchair. He said “I don’t need one, I just need to see a doctor” but there were people in front of him getting registered so he had to wait in line. A minute after there was a loud thump and I turned around to see that he had fallen unconscious onto the floor. “Someone get a doctor!” I heard someone yell. The doctors rushed out with a stretcher and took him to the ER. With all the stuff I have seen at the hospital, this was the most intense because no one was sure exactly what happened.
Johnny’s Monologue
The first thing I ask people is if they prefer Burger King over McDonalds. If they say no, we part ways, never to speak to each other again. If they say yes, we embrace each other as fellow burger king comrades. Now, you may be wondering “well, that’s just silly”. On the contrary, this one question actually lets me delve into the core of a person. I don’t tolerate people who tolerate mediocracy, and that is exactly what McDonalds provides. The man who eats soggy, over salted fries is not a man at all. Only people who strive for the very best, who are not satisfied with the likes of McDonalds and its undeserved majority dominance in the world of fast food, will go to Burger King. Ah, yes. BK, with its perfectly crispy fries, and its classic whopper, which by the way is way superior than the atrocity called the Big Mac, that’s more bread than anything else. Make the right choice, go to Burger King.
Bin Bin Huang Monologue
These eight legged creatures always present me with fear. It’s hard for me to look at them in a motion picture or even a photo. I generally avoid anything that have a main focus on them like the Spiderman movies. And yes, I saw one two months ago for the first time. Living in New York, I never thought spiders were able to roam the city. But it did and the spider was in front of me. The time was midnight and I walked into the bathroom to brush my teeth. I turned on the light and glanced over to the sink where it sat. It was trapped in the sink since it was small, about the size of a quarter. I had one logical solution in that situation. So, I walked away from the bathroom and into my parents bedroom where I woke up my mom. She was annoyed and quickly killed it. And with that, I hope to never see a spider ever again. They bring me fear and it’s not something I enjoy. This represent how I don’t want to confront my fear but instead get others to help.