Introductions – Diana Zhang

1. Start with one word that describes how you’re feeling about this course as we get started (it could be the same one you mention in class). No need to explain that word, but you can if you want to.

If I were to express my feelings into one word, it would be, err, embarrassed? I have a feeling that I’ll have to write a lot about my personal narrative and thoughts. Which I unfortunately don’t have much of due to my lack of consciousness. They say to talk about my life experiences but I don’t have much going for me either because I forgot or because nothing happens in general.

2. Next, talk about your worries, concerns, reactions to class and/or to the “Tips” readings… whatever you want. No censoring (except for keeping it more or less clean).

I have worries. In the eighteen years of my academic carrier, I have never created a piece of writing that doesn’t make me writhe in my bed in the dead of night should a clear recollection of it ever cross my mind.

As a troubled student, I have heard many variations of these tips and have practically heard them everywhere. And yeah, of course you should do all these things if you want to succeed. But its always hard to apply in the moment. I have enough self control to not do something unimportant but not enough self control to do something. So in the end, I just spend my time laying down and thinking that I have to do something important while pretending to do something else that is productive.

So about the course itself, I’m pretty bad at writing. But I like reading a bit.

3. If you think you might have technical issues being fully online this term, add that here. That will help us both!

Fortunately, I don’t think that I will have too much technical issues. Everything runs just fine on my end.

4. Then tell us a little about yourself: major, where you came from if you’d like to tell us, that kind of thing.

Well, ok so its a bit complicated. I did move around quite a bit but if there was anywhere that I would say that I lived longest in the Glen Cove but I have been raised as a toddler in China and now live in Fresh Meadows. In fact, my parents own a restaurant there which is cool. I might go into computer science. But, I will probably change my mind as it has been 8 years since I’ve owned a device that is not a mobile phone or tablet. I cannot type with multiple fingers and without looking at the keyboard. I guess it was my fault for not kicking the habit during computer lab in elementary school.

I like to say that I like anime but I haven’t watched a series in three years. But I do play gacha games like F/GO and Genshin Impact and look at other anime related things.

5. AND and tell us a little about the story of your name. Who gave it to you? Is it a family name? Part of your culture? Do people treat you differently because of it? Are you proud of it or do you with it was something else?

So about my name, I was told that I’m named after Princess Diana, who was a big inspiration to my mom. I also have a Chinese name that resulted in my nickname being fish.

I wasn’t really treated differently for my name since its pretty normal.