Transitioning from a small middle school to one of the biggest high schools in the city, I learned to be myself. I was always the quiet, shy little girl who got good grades but never spoke. I was indifferent about going to school; I never really liked it or hated it. I would go to school, come home, do homework than watch television. My days would just go by and I never really talked to anyone at school, never seeing the need to. In high school, you were either a somebody, or a nobody and by the end of freshman year I became more talkative and outgoing. I made lots of friends, something I’ve never really done before. It was a new me within just a year of becoming somewhat independent. By senior year I was a new person, I started a club with my friend. It was a small club but it was a chance to meet new people who weren’t just my age. I also helped around the school more getting to know people who made going to school easy, the attendance lady and a few secretaries. Teachers suddenly weren’t teachers; they were actual human being who I could relate to and have conversations with. I wasn’t scared to ask for help anymore, nor was I the quiet person in class anymore. This change happened over a four year period, I’m excited to discover myself after the end of college where I’m going to an even bigger school than before.

With this change, I also changed my wardrobe. I love to buy colorful clothes and mix and match my outfits. What you wear is a reflection of you and I choose to be colorful because there are the good and the bad days then there are the days in between. The world is not just black and white, add some color and mix it up.

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I am a very helpful person. I always end up going out of my way to do things for others, even when they don’t do anything for me in return, because I just like to help others. I help others most of the time, even though they don’t deserve my help, but I’ll still help them anyway because everyone needs help with something. I don’t mind helping others, but when people begin to take advantage, that’s when I put my foot down.

Even when I was smaller, I was a pretty helpful person. I went to revisit my 3^rd grade teacher a few weeks ago; since she always went out of her way I’ll always remember her. When I went to go visit her she said I’ve gotten so big, but that I still resemble what I looked like as a 3^rd grader. She was happy for me that I was going to Baruch and then she told me a story from what happened when I was in 3^rd grade. She said ever since that day she always thought I would aspire to do great things. So the story was that one day I was in class drawing next to a friend of mine named Kevin, and his marker popped and got the color all over his face. She told me that without her asking for help from me, I took him to the sink as soon as it happened and then I got a paper towel and started to clean his face. I smiled when I heard that story because I’m still like that today.

Throughout high school I was pretty helpful too. I gave peer tutoring for all the math classes in high school, and work as a member of the National Honor Society to help the school community. I helped to start an event that was not only fun for the school, but one that helped raise money for an event that helped my high school be more known. I helped to make a Pie in a Teacher’s Face event a reality in my school, and it helped to raise funds for the SkillsUSA Organization in our school for others to compete in a nationwide event where our school is ranked in now.

Helping has always been a characteristic that has been associated with me. Most people you ask in my high school about how to describe me will say helpful, and the rest will say kind or that I always smile, which I do. I keep a positive attitude so it makes helping others much easier, even though if I didn’t have a positive attitude I would still help others any way I could. Being helpful is one of my traits, and I don’t think anything is going to change that for me, so I’m just going to keep being helpful for the rest of my life, cause personally, there’s no better way to live than a happy way.

Hi everyone!

Your second blog post will be due next Wednesday, October 8th at 11:59 pm.

For this assignment, you must do two things

1. Post your monologue

2. Attach a self portrait, which can be a photograph, an image, a cartoon, a drawing, or some other depiction of how you see yourself.

As a little bit of help for you, I am posting my monologue that I wrote my freshmen year here for you to read through and get an idea of what you want to write about. It can be anything, so be creative! Make it as funny or as serious as you want.

I am a multiracial individual. A product of two cultures from two different countries located on different sides of the planet. And I love it. I wouldn’t trade my heritage for anything.
I am a Japanese Irish American. A mix I have found that a lot of people are surprised by. But it’s the only thing I’ve ever known, and coming from a home that had two cultures present, I learned to appreciate the different cultures out there. I have always been fascinated by culture, and not just my own. As a small child, I would beg my grandmother to tell me stories about her childhood in Japan, or to teach me the language. Her childhood stories painted a vivid picture of Japan during World War two. Her house was a museum to me. It was filled with things from Japan, from little origami animals to statues or other pieces of art. And despite my constant pleading to be taught Japanese, she never tried to probably because she didn’t think I had a use for it. I never met my family from Japan because my grandmother was the only person who immigrated here. My grandmother and my mother are my only connections to my Japanese heritage.
My Irish grandmother passed away when I was very young so I never really knew her. But I have so many family members from Ireland living here that I learned much from them. My religion comes from my Irish side, I am a Roman Catholic. I value the morality I have gained from being raised a Catholic.
Being multiracial has taught me so much. One of the main things it has taught me is that race doesn’t matter, and that’s because I could never associate with one race. Whenever I have had to chose my race and I am only allowed to pick one I always select “other.”
Sometimes I find it surprising that even in the twenty first century it is still rare to find multiracial individuals. Coming from a small high school, and an even smaller grammar school I was excited to come to Baruch because of how diverse it is.

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Hey! I am Leslie Chen. This is a slideshow of some of the important people and highlights of my life. I really enjoy playing volleyball and drawing. Music also helps clear my mind when there’s a lot going on. Music, playing volleyball, drawing, and spending time with my friends and family help me escape stress and just relax and enjoy life. My friends, family, team, and church are precious to me and influenced my life and the decisions I make. Without them, I wouldn’t be who I am today! (:

1) Drawing : Here is a picture of a drawing I drew last year of food. Not only is the picture of something else I love, it is also a hobby that I enjoy doing during my free time. When I am stuck somewhere and don’t have anything to do, I would doodle or draw something. I love drawing, ever since I was little.

2 & 3) Volleyball : Volleyball is one of the biggest factors of my life. It helped me open up to many people who I have become really close friends with. This is a picture of me with my volleyball team in high school.

This is a picture of my church’s volleyball team. We all enjoy playing this sport and have fun helping each other and coming together every week. Everyone is very supportive and is always there for me.

4) Best Friends : Here are a picture of me and some of my closest friend since middle school/intermediate school. We stuck together for more than 7 years and we are  still great friend till this day and into the future. They are really fun to be with and encouraging. It’s always great to have reunions and catch up on how we are, especially since we all attended different schools.

5) Church : This is a picture of me with some of my teammates/church members at our summer retreat last year. I love my church and everyone in it. It is a place where everyone can be very comfortable being who I am and to just goof around. Everyone at church is like my second family.

6 & 7 & 8) Priceless Memories : These are pictures of some memories I made. Eating Melt ice cream sandwiches, tutoring my friend in Russian, and just making weird faces for pictures. The smallest things could be the most precious and priceless.

Obviously I added more than eight pictures in my slideshow, because I   I needed more. II’m a very easy going person and I really love meeting new people and just making new connections. The”hakuna matata” picture basically describes what I’m working towards. I used to be very stressed out and worried about unnecessary things and now I just look for the little joys in life.  I think my positive attitude has a lot to do with my love fro nature, because that helps me relax. If I didn’t go to the park or go outside to look at the trees or hear the birds, I think I would die. Yes, It’s that serious. I’m a tree huger, sue me. I love to take part in environmental causes and I’ll probably be at he the People’s Climate change walk this Sunday . I know I’m in a business school and I’m thinking about an accounting major, but I love nature and my dream is to work in the United Nations Environmental Program  and be a part of a more beautiful world.  When global warming and the green house effect was a big deal, I was one of those people giving out flyers to “help save the world”. I love nature and it’s a huge part of my life. Do not litter around me. My best friends are in a few of the pictures and they are just some the best people I encountered in my short life.  As you can see from the pretty messy picture of my room, that’s what it looks like during the week, and I clean on the weekends. I’m a very neat person, but I get super messy sometimes. In life too, I think it’s okay to make mistakes and sometimes what we think is a huge mess is actually benefiting us. I like to look at my obstacles as teaching moments.  This is one of the most important lessons I learned while being in student government. It was really an eye opener and really changed my views on a lot of things. I love my life and I don’t regret anything. Yes, I’m a happy person, I believe in karma so I’m nice to most people and people are generally nice to me.

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Hey, I’m Jason! From Queens New York.

born in china as hao huang.

1: The first and second photos are pictures of my friends and I. The first one was taken at a friend’s barbecue earlier this summer and was probably the biggest meet up I had with mutual friends. My friends are a big part of my life and even though none of them go to Baruch, I’m hoping to make friends that I can be proud of.

2: The second photo is a picture of some of my close friends and I, taken earlier in April. Long boarding was a hobby that lead to me being friends with them although since then, I sold my board to pay off a ticket that I received… for “skating” in the subway platform. $100 to pay off, ahhh!  I’ll get a board again soon. skate or die, have to skate or i’ll die 🙁

3: I took the third photo from my phone because some how, my style of clothing rubs off on my friends. Fashion has always played a big part of my life, mostly because it makes me comfortable in my skin. It has also help me break out of my shell, because y’know, you gotta let people break their necks and notice you haha,

4: I like Chipotle and food in general. Chipotle is pretty good, I would eat it everyday if the consequences didn’t take such a large toll on my stomach. Chipotle also empties out my wallet pretty fast, have to stay away from it or I’m going to have many problems..

5: I took this picture of a dog in the pet store (or adoption center I forgot) about a year ago. I like dogs. Dogs are man’s best friend and I like them a lot. This one particularly, was the largest one in the window display and he/she had blue eyes and kinda of reminded me of myself. He was just chilling there, just blinked and didn’t do much but drink water for five minutes.

6: I didn’t originally live in New York City. I came here when I was 4, and I don’t even remember anything before that. I only remembered living in New York City my whole life. Almost everything in New York City can be found in other cities in the United States, but what sets NYC apart from all the other cities is the Empire State.

7: Rap music is pretty cool. This seventh photo is a photo of Yung Lean, a Swedish rapper and music producer. I like music, music is my favorite past time. If i had any opportunity in the world, I would chose to do music for a living. I enjoy listening to any genre of music, as long as its catchy or sounds good haha. I’m not really biased when it comes to artists or types of music or what era its from. Music is music man, that’s just how it is.

8: I did this to poke fun at tourists and people who pose in front of buildings in the city to take photos. Truthfully, I’m doing it better than them hehehehe. I have lots of confidence in myself.

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I chose to create this slideshow because I wanted others to see the things and people that are important to me.

1st, I believe everyone should enjoy life and by enjoying something you should absolutely be smiling. Smiles are a great way to show your enjoyment for anything in life and also they are contagious !!! (So why not smile? 🙂 )

2nd, food is the necessity of life. For me, fried rice became the main dish that I had most nights.

3rd,I would spend most of my time  using the computer either surfing the web or doing my homework. Without this invention, I wouldn’t be able to write this post.

4th, Big Bang Theory is my favorite tv show and I feel like I could connect to one certain character. This character is Penny. Whenever I’m with my friends, I’m always the one spacing out during conversations and most times I wouldn’t understand what they are saying. However, I still enjoy hanging out with my friends.

5th, baseball is the one sport I suck at but is also my favorite one. I’ve been a die heart Mets fan (unfortunately……) since I was very little and to this day I still support them.

6th, When i feel stressed out, I would go to youtube and listen to songs by T-ara. They are a korean group and my “bias” of all the groups.

7th, Google.com brings about life. The one thing I learned from high school(wooow… i did learn something. Thanks Tech!) is that Google has everything. Google.com saved me from many sticky situations during my lifetime. Without Google.com, I wouldn’t even be here.

8th, Last but not least, the season Winter is very special to me. During this season, snow tend to fall often which may cause school cancellations which is something i desperately want. During this season, I have experienced many emotions varying from excitement to sorrow and everything in between.

Thank you for taking time to read this and take care ! P.S. smile! 🙂

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Dance: I loved dancing ever since I was a little kid but it was in high school when I realized my true passion for dancing. It was then when I joined a dance club and performed on stage for the very first time.

Shopping: I love to shop! Whether it be online or at the actual store, I spend most of my money on clothes. Growing up in NYC, I am surrounded by fashion and that made a huge impact on me. I pay a lot of attention to what I wear and dress to impress.

Winter: Winter is my favorite season because it includes my favorite holiday, Christmas, and it snows! Many people may not like winter because of the coldness but I actually like it because of that. I’ll rather shiver than sweat. Winter is also the time to wear cute hats and scarves.

Karaoke: Honestly, I am not the best singer out there but karaoke is a place where I can release my stress and just have a great time. From slow ballads to jumpy dance songs, I sing everything when I go karaoke and come home with a major sore throat.

Food: Now who doesn’t love food? I am a major food lover and am open to all different kinds of food. I especially love pasta and since I am not a great cook, I enjoy going out and eating at different restaurants.

Family: Family is a huge part of my life. Although we have our ups and downs, I can’t imagine life without them and it is them who I can always go to.

Social Media: Whether it be facebook, instagram, or snapchat, whenever I am on my phone I am always on some type of social media. Social media lets me share my life with the world and connect with my friends. You can find pictures of food, scenerys, selfies (yes, I admit it I am a huge selfie queen) on my pages.

Friends: Words cannot explain how much I love and am thankful to all my friends. They are people who I can just be myself with without having to be worried about being judged. They are the people who made me the person I am today and I am so grateful to have them in my life.

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My name is Harry Bloom and I am a freshman at Baruch College. I chose to use a slideshow to present me. My first picture is of New York City because I am from Manhattan and I think that its a pretty defining aspect of who I am. My second picture is of a Chinese family because I am half Chinese on my mothers side. My third picture is of a white family because I am half White on my fathers side. Next is a picture of Iman Shumpert because I plays lots of basketball and am a Knicks fan. My next picture is of “Thresh”, a champion I use in a video game I play called League of Legends that I have probably spent too much of my life on trying to get better at. I love League of Legends though. My sixth picture is a picture of pork belly, one of my favorite foods. Food culture is one of the most important parts of me and food is something that I think a lot about. My seventh picture is coffee. I love coffee because it energizes me since I don’t have anymore youthful strength.  If I don’t drink any coffee I might fall asleep in class but that’s probably because I might be addicted.  My last picture is babysitting. I am a babysitter and I babysit little kids who live in my building to make spare cash so I can buy food and coffee.