Month: October 2017

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On Friday, October 13th, 2017, I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for my history class. My history teacher, Anna Boozer, told us to meet in the lobby by three fifteen. I took the four train from Bowling Green in Manhattan to get there. However, when I first got on the subway, I accidentally took the four going the other way, the one that was Brooklyn bound. I didn’t even realize it until I heard “the next stop is Borough Hall” over the loud speaker. I thought to myself “isn’t Borough Hall in Brooklyn?” and quickly got off there. When I got off, I had to look for the Manhattan/Bronx bound train. Finally, after the subway ride, I arrived at the Met. Anyways, when most of us got there, my teacher was still giving a tour to a different group before ours. Those of us that were there just stood around in the lobby waiting for our teacher to finish that tour. When her tour was over, she met up with us in the lobby. She gave us a makeshift attendance sheet to sign. After more people showed up, we started our class tour. We visited the ancient Egypt exhibit, and it was pretty interesting. We saw different primary sources and artifacts that included statues, tombs, and other pieces of construction with hieroglyphics on them. Our teacher led us through many rooms, explaining what different things were along the way. After seeing all the artifacts from various pharaohs, she led us into a huge room that had a big tomb in the center and had flowing water on one side. She told us that you can actually rent that room out but it would be very expensive. Finally, she said that we could stay and see other exhibits or we could just leave.

On Friday the 13th, 2017 we had to take a visit to the museum in order to write an essay based on one of the pieces we chose in the exhibition. At first I had two appointments that day but had to cancel one just to make it and even then I was still in a rush since I didn’t have time and I was late. I had to take the A train to 125th st and then take the B or the D to 86th st and then from then on take the m86-sbs crosstown in order to get to the museum without doing too much walking.

When I got there it wasn’t too hard to find the group because they were right next to one of the big statutes near the entrance. We waited a bit for other people to show up and then we put on our stickers and went in through the Egypt exhibit. I’ve been to the MET many times and have already seen many of the pieces we were seeing but it was like I was viewing it from a different lens since I had some context to many of the things we were looking at and it was helpful that our professor was going into detail about all the different pieces we were seeing.

After we finished looking at the Egypt exhibit, some of us went to the Mesopotamian and the Chinese exhibits to get pictures and to pick other pieces to write about. It was a breeze and we took a lot of pictures before we decided to leave and get something to eat. We decided on pizza but for reasons I have forgotten about, we ended up getting Shake Shack and arguing about mangos. It was a pretty chill day and I’m not that mad about going to the MET instead of doing something else.

On Monday I had a Writer’s Conference with my English Professor, Nadim Essey. In the meeting, my professor and I discussed two things, how I am doing in his class and what am I writing about for My Research Paper that is due.

Professor Essey said that work wise I am doing well in the class. I have submitted all of my assignments, and have been receiving above average grades on most of them. He said the only area I need to improve on is participating more during class.

Then we went on to talk about my Research Paper that is due in the upcoming weeks. My professor assigned my class a Research Paper on a novel we read called The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West. He wanted me to come into the meeting with a topic to talk about. I decided that I am going to write about how past experiences effected the main character’s life in the future. He approved of my topic and then went on to offer ideas on how to approach it. He said I would need to find some psychological evidence to support my claim. In addition, he gave me certain in keywords that I could search up in databases to find some more details for my paper. We also went on to talk about certain scenes in the novel in which I could add to my paper.

After we finished talking about my paper, he handed me a paper that helps me keep up with my grade this semester. It showed how much each assignment is worth and all I have to do is put in what I got on each assignment and do the math. As the meeting concluded I learned I have been doing better than I expected in English class and some advice about my Research Paper.

 

I am a biology major in Baruch and I am planning on taking two science classes next semester. Although taking Biology and Chemistry together will be a challenge, I feel like I can handle it. The Biology class I will be taking has lab twice a week while chemistry has lab once a week. I have taken two science classes before in high school at once, so I think I can most likely handle the challenge.

          As a science major, I had to have a consult meeting with Mr. Wahlert who is the science department chair. The science department is on 17 Lex and is located on the sixth floor.  All students need to pre-register in the department office for the science courses in the semester prior to taking them. I had to go to the office for a total of three times. The first time I went to get the specialised major form and the second time I went to have the meeting with the department chair.

The meeting lasted for about twenty minutes. I told Mr. Wahlert that I am a biology major and he informed me about the prerequisites for the major. He also helped me fill on the sheet for the science classes I will be taking in the next few semesters. The sheet was about the fact that I am making a commitment to take these science courses as a part of my major. With his help, I made a tentative list about the elective courses I will be taking for my major and I learned what prerequisites i need to take in order to take a specific class.

After the meeting I was over, I was given a new copy of the intended science classes sheet that I was suppose to re-do. The consultation was very helpful as I became better informed on how I should proceed in the decision of choosing my classes for the upcoming semesters.

I took a picture of the worksheets he gave me because I thought it would just be weird to take a picture with him. Sorry about that. I can also show a confirmation email as proof that I went.

For my second blog post (academic) I will be talking about my time at the SACC. I went to the SACC twice on the 18th of October. I went to the SACC for help in MTH 2003. I actually consider myself an above average student in the class but there was one question on my math lab that I couldn’t figure out. I went through multiple examples but still couldn’t figure it out. That’s when I decided I’m going to need some extra help on the question.
My first session at the SACC was from 11-12 right before my English class. I usually don’t get to school before 12:20 on Wednesdays so I was tired at the session. On top of that I was asleep during the train so my tiredness carried on to the session. I showed my instructor the question but she could not use the same numbers as MML (mymathlab) which I think is dumb if it’s only for one question. After twenty minutes of her trying to explain in different ways and me still not giving she decided it was best that we move on to the next question. For the rest of the session I finished the homework (2.2) that I could have easily finished without her. After the session and right before my English class i signed up for another session 5 minutes after my  math class ended because I knew I had to answer that one question or it was going to bother me until I did.

At my second session I had an instructor who taught better than my actual teacher. He explained the question so organized in his whiteboard that i just followed the same steps in my question. I got the question right after probably like twenty previous attempts my first time in this session. It may have been that I wasn’t as tired in this session than I was in my first but this instructor’s explanation was definitely more clear to me. For the rest of the session I started my next homework (2.3) and asked him any questions that I had. My experience at the SACC was overall a good time where I got a lot of work done. The most important thing I learned for the future is to pick the right instructor.

 

The day before the club fair, I took some time to think about the clubs I would like to join or think about joining. I did some research through social media like instagram and facebook. I found a couple of clubs interesting such as the E-Sports Association, Finance & Economics Society, and the Traders Club. The club fair took place during club hours on september 28. It was a very lively and interesting atmosphere to be in. I was surprised at a couple things. The first was the fact that there weren’t many adults there and the entire event was managed, or so it seemed, by students. Secondly, the amount of clubs that were present at the club fair was amazing. I have never seen so many clubs that were at a club fair before. I was also shocked to find out that the clubs that were present at the fair, wasn’t all of them. The atmosphere of the club fair was very lively and people looked very happy and enthusiastic to be there. There was even a DJ playing music at the fair. The music too was very modern and they didn’t play any songs that were too overused and old. Although I only looked up a couple of clubs the night before, I walked around talking to many of club officers and members. They informed me of what the club does and how I can get in and fit in. They also advised me how to become officers in the club and all the information regarding meeting times for the clubs. Overall, I think that this club fair was a very important event to attend. Not only did I get a lot of information regarding clubs and organizations at Baruch, it gave me an insight into the student life part of the school.

On October 4th, 2017, I went to the SACC at Baruch to get extra help for my upcoming pre-calc final, and to fulfill my academic blog post. At first I didn’t know how to sign up for a tutor slot, but my friend Dan was able to help me. I scheduled it for the 10 am slot online. The next day, I walked in to school, but I had no idea where to go so I asked the security guard and he directed me to my destination. When I got to the center, I had to sign in and give them my ID to make sure it was me. My tutor’s name was Selena and we were working on a practice midterm exam that was given to me from my professor who isn’t the greatest at explaining mathematical concepts.She was very helpful throughout the tutor experience and she explained the problems very thoroughly and effectively. I ended up staying for the full slot, and then my friend Jeremy came and I thought it would be good to go over everything again to make sure I could apply the new information that I was just taught. I had to go back to the front desk and let them know that I was going to be staying for another hour long session, and they were ok with it so I stayed for the next full slot and went through everythingagain. Prior to the tutor, I didn’t really know how to do much of the problems on the practice exam. Overall, I had a good time working with my tutor, and I will for sure go to the SACC again in the future for any exams that I have. I ended up doing pretty well on the midterm so I guess it actually helped. 

On October 13th, I went on my first college trip with my global history class to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for that extra credit.

I didn’t mind because I needed that extra credit in case I bomb my midterm, and it’s been a year since I went to a museum so overall it was a win-win situation-or so I thought.

We got to see little sculptures that represented ancient times like the ancient slaughter houses. I took it upon myself to make jokes about them to make my friends laugh and for myself to speed things up. I remember why I didn’t like going to Museums. They were overall dull. I wasn’t enthusiastic on learning about Ancient Egypt out of curiosity. I was there to listen to her tour and to take pictures so I can use the materials for my essay. We did get to see the famous William the ancient hippopotamus. We also ended up exploring other exhibits such as ancient China, Mesopotamia and Japan. Despite all the things I saw, the highlight of that day was the argument between Kevin and Michelle about Haitian mangoes versus DR mangoes.

The sad part came when I had to write my essay on Ancient Egypt-or so I thought. It turned out, we had to write an essay, but we couldn’t do it on Ancient Egypt. Why? Because we went to the trip. Basically, we went to the trip to have a tour  around Ancient Egypt exhibit, which we took pictures and recordings of for essay, just to find out we can’t write an essay on Ancient Egypt because we took a trip around the exhibit.

We all found out the last minute too, so I had to close ten of my tabs and wrote a whole new essay on some Ishtar Gate.

 

 

 

 

On October 13th, I attended the Metropolitan Museum with my classmates for extra credit in our history class. It was a interesting experience, as I haven’t been to a museum since 8th grade. When I arrived at the museum, I began to remember why I hated going to museums in the first place. There were too many people. I hate crowded places, and tend to get anxious. We visited the Egypt gallery, where our History professor was our tour guide. The main reason why I attended the museum visit was to not write an essay, and receive extra credit for my attendance. I feel like that extra credit will really come in clutch at the end of the semester. Turns out, I had to write an essay anyway, but I still received extra credit for my attendance. I was taking pictures of the Egypt exhibit for my future essay. Little did I know, we couldn’t even use Egypt as an essay topic. I took all those beautiful pictures for nothing. After the Egypt exhibit, we went to the China exhibit as well as Mesopotamia. Two essays are required on two different exhibits. I’m not sure if I could write about China and Mesopotamia, but I feel like I’ll need to visit a different museum to fulfill one of the essay requirements. I think we may have one more class museum trip later on in the semester. The museum visit was fun, and it was pretty informative as well. I truly wish it wasn’t on a Friday though since I have no classes on that day. We should’ve went to the Museum as a class on a Wednesday, the day we do have history. Going to a museum is one of those things I wouldn’t really do on my own time.