Tag: Academic

For my final blog, I decided to attend a workshop that discusses sexual harassment and what to do when witnessing sexual harassment. Although I already learned much of the information from Haven, this workshop was much more interesting and went into more detail about dealing with sexual harassment. For example, Jean (the leader of this workshop) presented a New Zealand advertisement that follows the night of an adult woman at a bar and shows her being abused by another man that is trying to get her drunk and take advantage of her. The video then rewinds and shows all the moments that night that somebody could have stepped in and prevented any of the future events from happening. This was a very hard video to watch as it directly addressed the issue of sexual assault but it was effective at teaching me the ways I can intervene in that kind of situation. The workshop also discussed gender norms and stereotypes which also contribute to the problem of sexual assault and was not really mentioned in the Haven training. Overall, the workshop turned out to be more interesting than I had anticipated and I learned a lot from it.

On October 10th, I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I had never been to this museum before and at first glance, I noticed how grand and well kept the museum looked. The interior was modern looking and spent about an hour just walking around and observing all the interesting pieces on display. My favorite display that I observed there was an ancient Greek sculpture of the goddess Athena because it looked so detailed and made me question how the Greeks were able to create these masterpieces hundreds of years ago. I learned about several Roman sculptures as well and how a lot of them are reworks of Greek sculptures.

One a few Fridays ago, my friends and I decided to begin our journey towards the Metropolitan Museum. As a freshman at Baruch, I once again scheduled the Global Studies. Being in this class, students must complete at least 2 museum visits and reports throughout the course of the semester. Setting on the idea for early preparation, we step into the uptown 6 train station and took the train to 77 Street. We got a bit lost in the beginning but everything worked out in the end with our great sense of direction. Arriving at the museum, we visited two sites: The Mesopotamia and Ancient China Civilization. I have to admit that although this isn’t my first visit, I still discovered new things. And I also learned that if time travel is ever applicable in the near future that I got to be careful about the time period that I travel back to. We explored around the museum for approximately 4 hours before we, girls decided to end our adventure and head back to our good old comfy homes. The trip was ok, in my opinion. This was probably due to the fact that I went with a narrow perspective, looking specifically for ancient civilization artifacts rather than just enjoying myself. I really recommend the Metropolitan Museum of Art for those who like to learn history visually. The museum is really big and offers a wide variety of galleries, extremely convenient to examine legacies from different regions and eras.

Here a few pictures of the MET from the outside. From the pictures, you catch a glimpse of the beautiful fountain built right outside the MET entrance.

Also a reminder: You must purchase tickets to enter the exhibitions. You can give as much as you like but you must give an amount > 0.

Last Friday I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with my friends after school. The last time I visited the Met was three years ago when I first arrived in the United States. By that time, I was so eager to visit every famous place in NY and the Met was definitely one of those can’t-miss stops. It somehow made me feel bad when I initially treated this visit as just an academic task.

Things have been changed. I remembered last time I went there, no paid admission was required for all NYC public school student. Now they call the ticket a pay-as-you-want donation. My group planned to visit two galleries so we could complete our project for the global class as well. However, I was fascinated by the collections of antiquities from ancient China so I stayed in the gallery of Asian Art for hours. I looked at each collection closely and tried to apply the historical context to them to image how the living of people in each era/dynasty was like. My favorite section was the gallery of Chinese calligraphy and drawing. I wanted to take every collection there home – or buy them when I become rich enough.(daydreaming) At the end, I had to rush through the gallery of Ancient Near East Art to gather information for my global project.

We arrived at two but by the time we left, it already past 5 pm. Walking down the stairs and looking at the big fountain, I realized it wasn’t the best timing. I remembered three years ago how gorgeous the fountain looked like with the lights when I left in the evening. Days and months flash by so quickly. It’s kind of sad to find out that three years has already slipped through my fingers. Anyway, it’s definitely worthy to visit the Met for a second time.

Four years. It has been four years since I last went to a museum. I never paid much interest in museums because I thought they are boring. Whenever I went to a museum, it was always with a class, and the teacher would assign us work, which ruins the experience for me. Also, all there is to do is walk around, right? But after my recent trip to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, I realized how wrong I was. I have been quite stressed recently, so walking around the museum was like an escape for me because it eased my worries. I was able to temporarily forget my problems and focus on absorbing in all the art and learning new information. I am glad I decided to visit a museum because now I know another place I can go to if I want to destress.

For my academic workshop, I chose to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The museum contains new exhibits including World War I, a picture gallery, and a new fashion collection, all of which were interesting. This trip helped me to complete two assignments, but more so allowed me to enjoy new works of art, and taught me a bigger lesson.

An extra credit assignment for history required me to critique three pieces in the World War I exhibition, and I chose to complete my blog post by critiquing Talking Pictures: Camera-Phone Conversations Between Artists. This exhibit is a picture gallery made by 12 different artists, who were asked by the MET, to communicate with another artist for five months via pictures or videos. The room is white with two text bubbles on one wall as you enter. Pictures were printed and hung up on the wall, although no distinguishable pattern emerged. Even with a short time frame, the many artists coming together told a complete story. Unsurprisingly, the lives of a collective group of people even over a short time was fascinating and beautiful. From two people being pregnant and giving birth in the same month, demonstrated through pictures of their newborns, to protests activist groups, an unintentional but provoking theme emerges; life may move too fast.

This assignment helped me to complete two projects and will influence future papers, but it left a stronger and more meaningful impact on my college career as a whole. Seeing these images of people moving through their daily life made me realize I need to slow down and appreciate what I have. I must, and we should all, take the time to create lasting memories, rather than losing special moments to the routine of life. This activity helps me in my first semester at Baruch by allowing me to enjoy my college experience over chasing my career goals. Lastly, this activity helped me to value in each day, and see the importance of enjoying school.