Freshman Seminar Motherblog – Spring 2013

After the workshop which called “health & wellness”, I think it’s really useful, at least for me.

When I feel tired or anxious before a test, I always try to meditation to relax. As a result, I feel much better, and have more energy.

On the other hand, I do have some suggestions for this workshop.

Firstly, I think this workshop should have more interaction with students.

Secondly, I suggest this workshop should have once a week rather than once a year. Because most students just forget to how relax themselves after the workshop if there is no one remind them.

These are my advises of “health & wellness” workshop.

Health and Wellness workshop was better because it helped me to focus on my stress and problems. It was fun because they gave us some sheets to find out our stress level.  The mentors were enthusiastic and prepared and they very well used the presentation to provide knowledge about various symptoms and solutions to stress.

I didn’t really like the Sydney Mishkin gallery workshop because it was not really informative and interesting. The paintings were good but it was boring, not really suitable for college students.

I like the health and wellness program because it teaches us how to tackle our stress issues since i have some family members that always deals with stress. So i went home and taught them how to relax themselves. it was really great.

i don’t really like the Sidney museum because it only talks about Chinese history. i was really looking forward to seeing some American history. well it was still okay.

           I like the Sidney Mishkin Gallery workshop better. The chinese painting attracted me the most, then a painting of modern lady is also one of my favorite. I’m so glad to see the they imitate the gallary so good.

           I had good time for visiting the workshop, however, I think the workshop should have a small video screen next to the painting. That would make us more clearly to know about the history and author of the pianting.

I liked very much the workshop about stress because I am a stressful person especially during school. It made me more aware of my situation (stressful life) and it gave me new skills that I did not know before. Also I learned that there are different programs to release stress at school.  However, I did not like the gallery workshop because I am not an artistic person and I am not a big fan of art galleries.  Maybe instead of an art gallery we could have gone to a workshop of making art stuff for school.

I enjoyed the Sidney Mishkin Gallery workshop better. I think it was very interesting to see the collection of painting that they have. I have never seen paintings from Chinese painters before, and I think that there were interesting paintings in the Gallery.

The visit to the gallery was enjoyable and the paintings were good. But I think that if the staff of the gallery were better prepared and informed about the paintings, it would have been much better. If they could have better introduced the paintings with a knowledgeable information background or explain the painting, it would have been more interesting. But overall it was a good experience.

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My first semester as a freshman at Baruch has been absolutely amazing thus far. I have to admit though that like most people I was extremely nervous, didn’t know what to expect and I was extremely shy. However, that all changed at orientation. I was more social and started conversations with the people that sat at my table but once we were split into groups it was like I had to start back from square one and I did. I remember clearly Frida and Shaderra from the ice breaker we did. Frida said that she loved coffee and was addicted to it and Shaderra said that she doesn’t play basketball which most people assume because of her height. Then somehow Kenny and I began talking during our lunch break which is where we met Jabari. Thinking back on it now it’s kind of funny but I’m so glad we’re all close. Rodney just appeared out of nowhere later on but he’s really cool just like Tiffany, Sebastian, Ferzanna and our entire class. I have to admit we’re a good bunch. ” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” /> I chose the meme above because I felt that each emotion and facial expression represents how I’ve felt at least one so far this semester. I was definitely excited to start off my new semester, meet my professors and make friends just like the figure shown in the meme. When I received the syllabus from my professors I didn’t make the face in the meme I was actually just a bit overwhelmed but during class I couldn’t stop smiling. I felt that things were going great until I took my first few exams that’s when I realized how much work and studying had to be put into each class. I went from being an A student to getting B’s and C’s on tests. This was definitely a shocker for me and it made me want to push through further and to do much better. So far so good, I can’t complain. I recently got a group project for sociology that I’m really looking forward to doing. I can assure everyone it will be great. Now I’m just stressing out over finals, looking forward for the semester to end and be on vacation already. Overall, the experience has been unforgettable. I really do love Baruch now and I also really care for my friends. We’re getting through this together and it’s just wonderful. I can’t wait for the next semesters I have left. ” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” />