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I have always been a energetic and social person to talk to. That is what made being a waiter for the past three years so easy for me. I have also always enjoyed math, money, and numbers. By doing the focus 2 assignment I have learned that I need to pursue a career that has a constant level of communication and interaction with others however this job also must possess numbers, assessments, and analyzing of money or involve math in some way. I have done plenty of these “career” assignments already, especially in high school, so my results were not surprising to me. I have always been told to stick with numbers because that is what I am good at. Hopefully I do and it all pays off in the end.

I have always been a energetic and social person to talk to. That is what made being a waiter for the past three years so easy for me. I have also always enjoyed math, money, and numbers. By doing the focus 2 assignment I have learned that I need to pursue a career that has a constant level of communication and interaction with others however this job also must possess numbers, assessments, and analyzing of money or involve math in some way. I have done plenty of these “career” assignments already, especially in high school, so my results were not surprising to me. I have always been told to stick with numbers because that is what I am good at. Hopefully I do and it all pays off in the end.

Although I have never been too interested in art and never really appreciated it the way many do, I had a great time at the Sidney Mishkin Gallery. I am unsure whether it was because of the people we were with or the actual exhibit itself but either way it was very enjoyable. Being a guy, one would assume my favorite picture of the gallery would have been the “Modern Girl” by Zhang Hui. I also found it very interesting as well though. I could not understand or figure out why I every picture she was sitting at a different part of the table. I did not make much sense to me. There was actually one painting I did really appreciate however. “The Trace of Life” by Yi Xuan was a painting I am not sure how anyone could not find it interesting. It was a brown canvas where she carved out little tiny white lines throughout it. It seemed as though it must have taken her hours upon hours in order to finish a piece like that. I also remember when Vinny explained how viewing a picture from far away gives you a new view as opposed to being close up to it. I remember we were all doing it and finding all different perspectives on the picture than arguing which one of us had the most accurate one. Although I do not appreciate art too much I found this to be both fun and enjoyable. I also really enjoyed the speaker of the exhibit. She was really sweet and nice to all of us. I really enjoyed the exhibit.

The health and wellness workshop we visited was both informative and interesting. I enjoyed learning the different types of strategies in order to live a less stressful and joyful lifestyle. On the other hand, as I mentioned in my monologue I am the least stressful person and find nothing serious so this workshop did not really persuade me to change anything about my life, just informed me on ways to be less stressful. I did however love the stress ball they gave us and although it is supposed to be used for squeezing and releasing stress, I enjoyed bouncing it around the remainder of the day. I love being calm and stress free so this was a very easy workshop to relate to however I did not enjoy the meditating. This is solely because all the times in my childhood where a speaker would come in and promote meditating and show how to do it, I personally never found any change before and after doing it. Meditation, for me personally, seems useless and I do not enjoy it in any way. I would much rather just stay stress free myself and remain calm then resort to ten minutes a day of sitting in silence and breathing. I did enjoy the hand exercises though because those actually felt good. Between the stress ball and the hand exercise’s, I think the workshop was well worth it and enjoyable.

Being an eighteen year old male with a sixteen year old mentality, entering a school where the average age is 23 seemed to be problematic. Nevertheless I entered Baruch the first day of the semester just being myself. All around me I saw classy, formal outfits and yet there was I, nice and comfortable in sweatpants. I was curious to see how my childish ways would conflict or interact with the adult mindsets of those around me. Although I wished to remain my immature self, early on I learned inside the classroom I would not be able to be myself. Out of shear routine from high school, I called my teacher Mrs., turning out to be my biggest mistake of college thus far. Judging solely by her response you would have thought I physically hit her. I went on to apologize and explained how I was fresh out of high school and would need to remember to say Professor as opposed to Mrs. She went on to say, “well I better learn quick if I wanted to last in college.” I found this response quite ridiculous and a little much. Either way I decided to make it second nature to never say anything less than Professor again. Although I am immature, I am an intelligent kid, just someone who wishes to never grow up. I treat every day of my life in a childish and fun-filled way. Never will you see me too serious, too sad, or disappointed in anyway. I love life and believe it is too short to be taken seriously. Although success is my number one goal in life I do not believe it she be chosen over the sacrifice of enjoyment and happiness. I have seen many students so far on campus dressed in three piece suits and look highly successful but quite frankly just look unhappy and way too stressed. To be totally honest even a month and a half into this semester I am still unclear how my classmates perceive me. Who knows whether they find me annoying, funny, interesting, weird, I really do not know. What I do know is I have had a blast my first semester and will continue being the easygoing, stress free yet hard worker I am and will continue to do my best in all academic classes.

Photo slideshow- http://www.flickr.com/photos/93354075@N06/show/

Hello everyone. My name is Thomas Hansen but as all my classmates know by now, everyone calls me by nickname TJ. I have been called TJ since the day I was born and it looks as though it will remain that way forever. The nickname is because I am a Jr, hence the initials TJ. I am from Oceanside, New York located in Long Island and graduated from Oceanside High School in June 2012. I am a kid who simply stated, enjoys life. I live by the idea that you can’t change your past so no matter what happens, just accept it and move on. I love my friends and family and enjoy doing whatever. I try to experience everything possible in life and do not want to grow old with millions of regrets of my childhood. The pictures in my slideshow show a few of the people who have influenced and impacted me the most in my life to make me the person I am today.

Both the second and tenth pictures show me and my dad together. One was taken on the day of my graduation and the other was after my communion.  My dad is my best friend and is the one person that I can count on to do anything for me. He is as cool as any of my friends and when I was a kid, I swear my friends liked him more than me. He is the closest person in my life and is the most reliable person as well.

For the most part, the rest of the pictures are my friends and I. Specifically the sixth picture which shows for the most part the whole group of us the last day of high school. I love my friends as much as many members of my family and my friends are the reason I am who I am today. Whether it is playing sports, partying or simply just watching T.V. my friends and I can make a joke out of anything and can take the most boring days funny by being together. I am never bored when I am with them and no matter how I’m feeling that day, just being with them and I’ll forget whatever it is that is bothering me. I miss high school more than anything; the light workload, zero responsibilities, and endless nights of going out and not worrying about the outcome of what we were doing. I would give up anything to be able to go back and relive high school again however I am ready to experience college at Baruch and hopefully make friendships like the ones I had in high school.