On October the tenth I went to  writing workshop which began at twelve thirty during club hours. It took place in a small room, with very few people. The writing workshop really centered around topic sentences, and introductions. In the beginning we were just given a sheet of topic sentences as we read each one we had to guess what the rest of the paragraph would be about. After that we actually read excerpts from stories such as George Orwell’s 1984. I sort of choose this activity at the last minute, There was an actual English teacher there, and then the writing workshop only had about nine students there. They seemed to be having writing activities going on all day. The workshop was on the eight floor, at first I went to the wrong room. I went onto a terrace that was being used for some Jewish holiday that is going on this week, I had at first mistaken it for the writing seminar because they were right next to each other. I honestly felt that the writing seminar was a little boring, and maybe that is just because I do not really like to write. I do not think I will be going to another one of these seminars unless I really was in need of help. I had a few friends of mine there with me so I guess that helps. I actually had only found out about the writing workshop earlier that day, there was a link to it on my student email account. I think in the future instead of going to writing workshops I will end up going to math workshops or tutoring sessions, because math is much harder than English so it deserves more time. That is about it, altogether the writing workshop was just ok.

On Thursday, September 28, 2017, Christina, Karen and I attended the club fair in the gymnasium during club hours. The goal of this endeavor was to gain a better understanding of all the different clubs Baruch had to offer, to meet some new people and explore our options to get more into student life in the near future. As a freshman, I definitely think it’s important to know that i have options and places to go to get away from the academic stress. I thrive best around people who share the same interests as me, and/or are the same type of person that I am. I am generally pretty shy, but once you get to know me, I am pretty outgoing and fun to be around. I was hoping that more people would try to get our attention as we walked through the gym that day, but only one club reached out to get us over to their table, and that was the archery club. I don’t have any interest in archery, so I guess that was kind of a bummer. Getting free stuff was cool, as always, and the energy and music was really great. The atmosphere was electric. However, the more we walked around, the more I realized their wasn’t really a club I could see myself being a good fit in. Sensing my disappointment, Christina suggested I look into potentially starting my own club, which I think could be a great idea, and a great way to further dive into really getting involved here during my time as a Baruch Bearcat. College goes by quicker than one might think, and I truly believe that life is too short to stick to the bare minimum. I want to make my time here memorable, and starting a club about something i’m passionate about might just be the way to make that happen.