My name is Troy Kordvani, and I am a freshman in Baruch College. I am coming from a private school in Long Island called HANC. I am one of 5 kids in my family, and I am unfortunately still living at home. In this monologue, I will be speaking about my life as I am transitioning into the college life.
Firstly, I want to speak about what I am afraid of. From the moment graduated high school, and I realized that i am going to college in just a couple of months, I was quite nervous. I didn’t know what to expect and what I was supposed to do to be fully prepared for College. College as a whole was something I was somewhat afraid of my whole life. Being that I am from a private school in Long Island, entering Baruch College was a difficult task. Both the harder workload, and the new atmosphere I had to blend in with, I was a bit afraid when College first started.
On a better note, I want to discuss the things in life that truly make me happy; family, friends, and sports. Spending time with the family gives me comfort because it gives me an idea that there are always people there for me at all times. Friends just bring me joy. By just spending a couple of minutes with a friend, relaxes my body and brings a smile to my face. Sports is a hobby of mine. Both following sports and playing sports, gives me satisfaction.
There are many things in life that are important to me. The things mentioned above, family, friends, and sports, with the addition of school, are the main factors in life in which I truly care about. Since I have yet to decide what I want to do with my life, school plays a significant role in my life.
I also want to describe a time in which I felt embarrassed in life. It was about a few months ago, when I was doing my internship in the summer. Feeling that i was sort of important, being employed and all, I felt like wearing a nice suit to work. After just an hour into work, I dropped my pen in front of my co-worker. As I was picking it up, of course, my pants ripped, and I had a huge hole in my pants for the rest of the day. That was probably the most embarrassing moment of mine in the past ten years.
There was a time in life where I felt empowered. Being that I didn’t seem fully independent without my driver’s license, receiving my license was an important time in my life. The fact that I passed my road test on my first attempt, I felt extremely proud of myself. The day I received my license, I felt on top of the world.
As about of month of my college experience has past, I have some feelings I want to share. I want to tell everyone about my most important struggle as a college student. The hardest thing, in my opinion, that I must overcome during this transition from high school to college, must be time management. Although it may seem that I have all the time in the world to do my things, I seem to struggle to manage my time. I have to understand when there is time for work and when there is time for relaxation. Since no one is on top of you in college, time management is a task a struggle with in college.
Finally, I want to tell everyone about my favorite part about college. Since I am coming from a private school that has both a dress code and a dual curriculum, the fact that Baruch College has neither, I enjoy that part about college most.
During this transition, it is clear that I will struggle with things I can understand and things that I just can not accept. To help myself go through these tough times, I have a personal motto I follow. “Everything happens for a reason.” This idea gives me an understanding when I tend to get upset over things I just can not understand.
