i feel overwhelmed sometimes with all the work that i have to do so i just don’t do any of it

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This comic perfectly describes how i have reacted to all exams and work so far.

One thing I learned at my time at Baruch is that opportunity and success is a friend to no one in particular. You must work for success and be around other with goals bound for success and those who have achieved a level of success. Teachers won’t hand you the “A”, you have to study, participate and perform. Recruiters won’t hand you an internship. You have to do some personal research to answer any questions professionals may throw at you in addition to showing up.

People say that people are lucky when they get opportunities to rise above their current status and succeed, but really they mean things have come together for them and they didn’t neither earn nor deserve their success. That is a misconception. Lucky people work hard to be lucky.

Luck = Skill + Opportunity

You cannot be lucky without any type of natural or hard earned skills. You cannot be lucky when you block any opportunities that come your way, or when you aren’t around when opportunities present themselves. Luck is something you work for. People who are lucky work for their luck and look for any opportunity to be lucky. When people study for the material in from their classes, they build skills around that material to be used in the class environment. When a pop quiz takes place, they are lucky enough to have studied to pass the surprise exam. When people use the career center to build their interview skills, develop their resume and cover letters, and develop their soft skills, they are developing professional skills to be used in time they meet an actual professional. So on and so forth.

In the end, it does not matter who you are. There are no rewards for any people in particular just because they are “special”, in the end only the one with the skills and opportunities succeed in Baruch.

I chose this picture because evertyime I leave math class, I seem to be asking this question.  I seem to be lost in half of my classes and I dont know how I manage to survive this long. I thought college was suppose to be easier than my high school; that seemed like the general consensus. But nope, everyone lied.

My semester at Baruch so far has been the greatest but most stressful school experience of my life. I love spending time with my new friends but the deadlines seem to always be kicking me in the butt. I find myself waiting anxiously for the weekend to come and end up wasting the entire time on watching tv and doing chores. Even with the extra day, I find myself not being able to get anything productive done.

So far, I’ve found myself spending more time on Facebook and other social networks than on my actual work. Once I get into a paper, I’m able to finish it within an hour, but because of how easily I get distracted it ends up being a 5 hour process. I go on the computer at 9 PM and find myself starting my essay at 2 AM, the day before it’s due. It’s been a real struggle.

I chose this meme because college is very serious compare to high school. You have to be more responsible and do your work on time. College is not a game.

I chose this Meme because with Baruch’s business program, its really hard to finish in 4 years and most students have to take winter or summer classes in order to graduate in 4 years.

I chose this meme because this basically sums up all the arguments we have with our law professor.

The first semester of college has taught me to try my hardest to not get lost in whatever I’m doing or listening to, because once you get off track, it’s reaaally hard to get back on it. I’m used to a lot of work from high school, but I’m not accustomed to boring lectures, so it’s really easy to get lost in a reverie or get distracted by an electronic device, and in turn, stop paying attention to what’s going on around me.

I have found myself several times snapping out of my daydream and having to ask one of my friends what in the world we’re doing in that class. Even if one of them explains, it takes a while to catch up to what I missed and when I finally do, the whole class is already on the next topic, leaving me behind once again. This whole not paying attention, getting lost, then rushing to catch up becomes a pattern formulated for disaster, and it’s hitting me hard now that the semester is drawing to an end and finals are creeping up. As I’m writing this blog post, I’m also writing an essay for English and I definitely don’t know what I’m doing. The actuality of being utterly lost is hitting me fully as I read textbook chapters I was supposed to read months ago and I realize that I really don’t know what I’m studying…

Oh well, there’s always next semester to try harder.

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