My name is Gerald Palmieri and I am striving to become a mogul in the business world. I attended CSI high school for international studies where I took a finance class that sparked my sudden interest in the stock market, business, as well as accounting. As well as this I like to play and watch sports as well as attend sporting events. Football is my favorite sport to watch as the excitement and action of it gets my blood flowing. I work at a restaurant called the West Shore in Staten Island which is also where I reside. I have three siblings, two sisters and one brother. All and all I am very satisfied with my life thus far and hope to continue to reach for success at City Tech.

My avatar seems pretty blunt but to me it means a lot. My avatar is a simple sunset with a lighthouse in the back round. I am going for the typical college look for I am trying to be a mature person in college. I wouldn’t say I was a reckless person but I tend to be very lazy and do not get top priorities done until the last minute as you can see from the lateness of this post. However, when I do finish my work on time or even earlier it is top notch and considerably good. Besides the point, I am trying to be typical but be my own person at the same time. That is the vibe I am trying to portray with my avatar.

Like any picture, it can be worth a thousand words or thoughts. My avatar also can convey that theory as some people might get that wrong idea. Some people that my avatar is blank which can indicate that my major is undecided and I don’t know what I want to with my life yet. It could also indicate that my life is filled with happiness and that everything is going smoothly so far in college. Whatever the case may be, I hope to meet new people and have a good college experience and that is exactly is what I think of when I look at my avatar.

For my profile, I hope it branches out the message to fellow students at City Tech that I am willing to meet new people. A lot of the reason of why I was so eager to attend college was not just to begin my life and whole new education, but was to meet new people. I always love making new friends with similar interests. I believe that goes for anyone making a profile. If you are writing a bio about yourself that will be viewed among people, then you want to be honest and clear about yourself. A profile can be interpreted as a first impression too because first time visitors to your profile could be interested in what they read about you. They could have similar interests and could want to meet up in school. That is how potential great friendships begin. A profile must also be professional too because you never know who can be looking whether it is a future employer or even a college. Generally a profile is a small excerpt of who you are.

My name is Yin Yin Li, as you can see from my name, I am a Chinese immigrant. I recently graduated at High School Of Dual Language And Asian Studies on June, 2013. Right now, I am majoring in Accounting in New York City College of Technology. Many of friends study something they really like in their majors, and their future careers. And I choose Accounting major, because I like to manage the money,I believe a person who is well manage his or her money can manages his or her life well; and also this career does not need a public speaking. I am a shy person, and very bad at communication. Therefore, I do not have many friends outside the school. I kind of live in my own bubble, with my true friend who understand me.

The avatar in my profile is picture took two years ago, when my best friend and I, participated in the breast cancer walk. This picture represents the other side of me, which most of friends do not know. I am proud of volunteering in Downtown Hospital; because I can do something for my community, even though I am so tiny compare to the whole world. However, instead of putting the group picture, I love this one better, as I said: I live in my own bubble, with my best friend. Another reason I choose this picture because it shows I am special. From my facial expression, it can tell I am not the ordinary person, I do not like smile or say cheese, and sometime I do weird thing without any reason.

In my eyes, this avatar is special to me; however, I guess people who do not know me well will interpret this avatar differently. For example, people might think I like to hang out with friends a lot, or other outdoor activities, since I joined the Downtown Hospital Volunteer Department, I must done many interest things in the community. Even though I am volunteer, but that do not mean I like to hang out. Most of the time, I love to stay at home and read my manga online or watch the Japanese cartoon. I am a big fan of Japan. On my parents’ generation, people thought only good students wear glasses, but I can tell it is not true; I wear glasses, not because I spend lot of time on studying, but on reading manga. Therefore, do not think I am a good kid who works hard inside and outside school, I am not. In some way this avatar has some illusion that misleading people to somewhere else, but this avatar also is a mirror, reflecting other side of myself.

My profile will convey that I live in my own “bubble” and I also have many different personality; I am shy, quiet, weird and other mysterious things that only few people knew. Sometime I am a realist, for example, I study Accounting. I know I cannot be the actress or singer, because I have stage fright. However, sometime I can be dreamer, having wild thinking and day dream in my own “bubble”. This is matter to me because I do not want people know me about the skin deep, I want people come to my world and explore the real me. So come and dig more about me!

I was born in Ecuador but raised in America. I came to New York City when I was five years old and I’ve resided with my family in Queens since then. I attended P.S. 89 for two years and then I was moved to Catholic school for the next nine. I made my way through the halls of William Cullen Bryant High-school and managed to graduate. Upon graduating high-school, I was able to get a job and just recently started my first year in NYCCT. College is something my parents never had the opportunity to attend. I basically come from the a hard-working middle-class family, with a big emphases on working. I was raised with the idea that with education and hard work anything can be accomplished. My passion is creating and I believe you are truly living, when you are creating. If you’re creating life, you will know how life should work. This mostly ties into the musical world but I want to branch out in the fields of electrical engineering.

I found this picture one day while I was scrolling down my news-feed. It was posted by a page that offers the latest news about science or something science related. The picture is of a frog, which is holding up a leaf over its head as it rains. The photographer who took the picture stated that the frog was actually trying to cover itself with the leaf. Normally, animals go by their primal instincts, so I was surprised to see that they can also think for themselves on a rare occasion this one. In my earlier years, I was very vulnerable and naive. With age, I managed to grow a spine and take advantage of what I have and not question what I don’t. Making the best of the situation, regardless if it rains or shines; this is what I live by and the picture captured it all.

This image could be misleading by giving off the idea that I might be in a not so pleasant situation. Rain usually never signifies something positive. The facial expression of the frog is naturally a sort of frown. Frogs aren’t usually seen with a physical smile on their face. So, a random person can be led to believe that I might not be happy person. But, it can also signify rebirth or redemption; “The rain will cleanse your soul” they say. Others might assume I love the rain-forest or that I am someone who likes animals. Both these assumptions are true but it is not the same as I my initial presentation.

All in all,  I want my profile to validate the idea that everyone is more than meets the eye. One picture can give you a glimpse into what the person could be like but it’s not concrete. It’s an educated guess, a hypothesis. I personally enjoy trying to figure out humans and how they interact with one another in different social environments. So, the best way to  figure out someone is physically talk to them and stop assuming! This matters to me because we’re not kids anymore and can’t go around acting like kids anymore. Maybe the person avatars is something that you don’t particularly like but it could turn out in actuality that once you actually converse with them, they share many other mutual interests.

My name is Jonathan Mesias, a recent graduate from Hillcrest High school, and a Freshman presently attending New York City College of Technology. I’m the first in my Family to make it into college, and I’m excited to face the challenges that will come to me. I’m presently majoring in Computer engineering. Most of my life I’ve been a quiet boy,  I know I can be a lot of fun but I just don’t speak up. I play most Sports but mainly Soccer, I also enjoying playing the Saxophone, its something that takes my stress away, and when I want to be alone, I Play my Stress Away. Coming into College I see you cant succeed without letting yourself go and stop being so shy.

My avatar or my picture I posted up can say a lot about me. Its interesting how a picture can portray so much, its just depends the way you look at it and describe it. This picture represents me as I describe myself, and there’s little details that show it . For starters it has a instrument in it which is a Alto Saxophone, this instrument grew up with my since I was 12, my Father started showing me how to read music and how to hold a saxophone, basically the basic, after that I started  learning on my own and I’ve been doing okay. Another detail is the music notes and those lines, I read music as I was saying before and now most of the time I write a lot of music , most of it is songs that are sang by people and I turn them into notes.

As I explained before :” Its interesting how a picture can portray so much, its just depends the way you look at it and describe it.”  My avatar can be interpreted differently, some examples are that if a person see’s this picture they can say: Oh he likes listening to a lot of Jazz!  And in reality I don’t listen to it at all. Another thing that my picture can display is quietness and a lonely feeling, maybe people can think I’m always very quiet and very depressed, but actually I’m a very outgoing person, Most of my friends I grew up with haven’t seen me get really upset. That’s because I’m always trying to find the bright side to things and try to get along with everyone. Another things people may think is that I like to edit pictures and put in stuff and make a lot of effects with them. But actually I don’t do any of that , I barely take any pictures of myself.

What my profile might convey or display is not much, I really don’t know how to explain myself, I try to display as much as I can about me but sometimes I notice I haven’t wrote nor explain much about me. What it does display is my Major which is Computer engineering. It also shows my interest in Music and in the Saxophone. But one thing I’m noticing that it shows a lot, is that I’m a very closed in person, that I don’t share much with others, and its something I have to change in my profile as well in my own person.