My current role in the Baruch community is SLAVE OF WORK just kidding but seriously, studying for the business midterm was not fun.
I actually feel like I have a duty to keep up a good work ethic, and maintain the respect of the Baruch Honors program. I owe it to myself, to my peers and to my professors (and John) to do everything that I’m supposed to. The program has gained such a highly esteemed reputation because of its students. Each one of us represents a piece of the school, and it should be our task to make the school look its best (even though we don’t have working escalators).
Serving my community can mean whatever I want or need it to mean (provided that it still pertains to the actual idea of service). It’s a huge privilege to be able to live and work in the type of community we all live and work in. So it is our responsibility to give back. The typical answer is to say “we can all do community service at a soup kitchen” or something like that. While that is true, it’s not the only thing that counts as service. When I can’t find my syllabus when I need it, I can always count on asking a friend to tell me what this assignment actually was (shout out to Anastasia). That qualifies as service, just being there to help out when you are needed. It doesn’t necessarily have to be a life or death situation, or help for the poor (it also CAN be, please don’t think I’m making fun of the poor..). It can just be help for someone who needs help on their own personal level.
