On Thursday, November 2, I went to Baruch Voices with a few of my friends from our Freshman Seminar class to support Tammy. Baruch Voices is where all the winner of each Freshman Seminar class performed their monologues. Although all of us agreed that Tammy’s was the best one out of all monologues, even before the event had began, there were many other monologues that were very impressive and interesting to listen to.
There was one where the storyteller told us about his deep and sad life story. He mentioned all the hardships he went through before college; how he went to jail, how his family member passed away, and how he had to work multiple jobs to support the family. He told his sad stories in a form of a poem, and at the end when everyone fell into the strong emotions, he told us, that it’s all just a lie.
I remember about a tall, slim girl with a very cute outfit and hair style. Her monologue was really truthful as she started by telling everyone, she’s more than a tall, slim, black girl with stylish outfit and hair and that she is not a ‘regular’ girl. Her monologue was very expressive; she talked about all the stereotype problems that she went through in the pass. And she promised herself that she will not let these problems stop her from reaching her goals.
And of course, there’s Tammy. She did a excellent job on the stage just like she did in the classroom. Her monologue gain attention from the audience. I felt that many of us had the same experience of abandoning a passion just because of others’ comments; but what made Tammy special was that she did not abandon her love for dance and even had the courage to give a speech about it.