I went to Philadelphia to go visit my Aunt and Uncle and it was fun, I got a home cooked meal for the first time in a couple months and it was pretty good. I drank beers with my uncle and watched the disappointment in his eyes as he watched the Phillies play a pointless game. I am a fan of the philly cheeses take so I was excited to be able to get an authentic one.

I have an American Government teacher who can’t teach. He doesn’t use slides or anything to help us take notes, all he does is assigns a reading and talks about about. He has a very strong accent, and nothing is wrong with that, but it does not help me to try and stay focused. We had our first test and it was the midterm and most of the class failed, a few got a C, and the highest score was an 82, people shouldn’t be failing an entry level American government class.

I have a math teacher who thinks he’s the shit and always says how his “other class from Laguardia can do it so why can’t you guys.” He doest teach us at all and his class is a joke. Even though he try’s to roast us every class, we always are catching him on his mistakes so why should I take him seriously if a bunch of people who are dozing in and out of sleep at 8 am are catching his mistakes I can’t imagine how many mistakes we don’t know about in our notes.

The first week of college was different then expected, Im from Washington state so I didn’t really know about CUNY and how disorganized they are. They lost my housing deposit check, immunization forms, and made me fly out to New York in the middle of June to take a placement test for math then told me I could have taken it right before school started, after I was already in New York. But back to my first week of college, it was pretty alright nothing too special.

We just had our last FYS class of the year, and it ran as normally as any other one. However, the kids who stayed until the end got donuts and munchkins apparently. In class, wee presented the last of our monologues, which was the most interesting part of the year because I heard a few people’s voices for the first time. I got a deeper look at some of my classmates for the first and last time. It was a great experience being in FYS this year, but hey it’s not truly done until I finish my third enrichment workshop.

I am honestly glad that FYS is over because it frees up a slot of time for me to study for other classes as just like on Thursdays it gives me a four hour break to work problems, different subject, etc. The main thing that I took from this class is the many opportunities that Baruch has to offer and all the events that are consistently popping up. With this in mind I can try to balance my life with some fun things to do without going too far from the college.  Beside entertainment, information on the academic scope such as the tutoring center also gave me away to fix my grades in the present and the future.

I am very stressed because of slow fall into failing of math because of its intensity and timing. It begins extremely early in the morning and even earlier for me as I have to travel over an hour to make it on time. Mixed with the lack of sleep due to early waking because of my stupid schedule especially on the transition from Tuesday to Wednesday. It gets even worse because of the teacher’s thick accent so not only am I sleep deprived in a complicated class but I also believe to certain extent that he is speaking in s different language which is most likely due to delusion from the sleep deprivation

It started getting colder and even if it is somewhat mild for now I just absolutely hate it. Getting up every morning has become like torture because as I wait for the bus every part of me feelings like it is turning into a popsicle.  Maybe it is because I was born near the Equator but it’s probably not though. It is most likely because I get sick very easily like fore example I get slightly rained, I am probably going to feel awful for the next few days. If  I left my jacket open even with a couples layers underneath on a cold windy day, I get a coughing fit.

All the classes were really stressing me out because of the difficulty and the lack of sleep and the travel so I decided to relax by playing a game of basketball with some of my friends. Unfortunately, I did not check the weather and when I left my house I realized it was about 30 degrees with a lot of wind, making it feel even colder. I probably should have gone back inside but against my better judgement, I decided to go play basketball. It was awful, even with four layers of clothing, and I could barely see as the wind kept causing my eyes to shut. It was so cold I could not even grasp the basketball because fingers started to freeze. Then the next day I was just dying from a cold and it was not worth it at all.

These last two weeks have been kind of stressful for me. I have been breaking out and I don’t know if it’s because of my nerves or because my dermatologist gave me some stuff that doesn’t go well with my skin type. Also, I failed my second pre calculus test, but I passed the first one really well so I’m hoping it averages out well because I don’t even know my grades he doesn’t post them. I have a public affairs and psychology test this week so I’m just praying for the best because I want my grades to be satisfactory.