Author: s.sewdath

This week I visited the Starr Career center on the third floor to look into internships for next summer. I was greeted pleasantly and was told that all of the information pertaining to internships were listed online. I was a bit confused due to the fact that most internships online required a GPA, but I was told at the career center that I simply had to search “0.00 GPA” in the search bar and internships would appear. I proceeded to do so but much to my disappointment, nothing appeared. This experience saddened me and I’ll be visiting the Starr Career center again to inquire what went wrong.

I attended a club fair with Konstantinos, Korin and Ceren several weeks ago in the gymnasium and we browsed through multiple clubs. I signed up for the SOCA Baruch club. The SOCA club is the Student Organization for Caribbean Appreciation. I gravitated towards to this club due to my Caribbean heritage. The club itself holds Caribbean themed events, such as game nights, Galas and meetings.                                                                                                              

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Life imitates art, or so they say. Today I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art on fifth avenue and dove headfirst into one of my favorite art museums. I observed medieval art, modern and contemporary art, European sculptures, decorative arts, Greek art, Roman art and Egyptian art. The Egyptian art section was by far the best exhibit. Pieces dated from the Paleolithic era to the Roman era. Colossal obelisks depicted various stories through hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics usually mentioned pharaohs (Egyptian kings) and various gods. Around the Egyptian Temple of Dendur there was a beautiful moat laid out across the front half of the exhibit. My favorite pieces of art from the Egyptian exhibit were the sarcophaguses. The concept and history behind the sarcophagus are quite fascinating. Ancient Egyptians mummified the dead then placed them in sarcophaguses to rest. Ancient Egyptians believed in an afterlife so they thoroughly prepared the dead for this. Egyptian tombs were decorated with the deceased person with food, property, and offerings to sustain them in the afterlife. To Egyptians “the land of two fields” was known as their heaven. When someone died their heart would be weighed on a scale by the Egyptian god Ma ‘at. Ma ‘at is known as the Egyptian scale of truth or balance. You had to earn entry to “the land of two fields”. Performing good deeds during your time on earth did this. If you managed to perform good deeds your heart would become light. If your heart was not light enough a crocodile-like beast, Ammit the devourer would eat your heart restricting you from leading a peaceful afterlife. If your heart weighed light, you were welcomed to Ra’s ship. Ra is the Egyptian sun god. Ra ruled the sky, earth, and the underworld. All in all Egyptian history is vivid and beautiful. The Metropolitan Museum of art was well worth it.

Name: Sameer Sewdath

Fun Fact: Kanye West is my favorite artist.

Perspective Major: Finance

One thing I liked about The Book Of Unknown Americans: I liked the character development (specifically of Mayor and Maribel). Mayor’s feelings for Maribel allowed a beautiful relationship to blossom between the two characters.

One thing I disliked about the Book of Unknown Americans: I find it very unlikely that the special education list Arturo received in Mexico at that time period would specifically list care-centers in Delaware. Arturo could have probably went to another town in Mexico to receive the special care for Maribel.