Please make a short post here that tells our class who you are. You may choose to answer these questions to get you started:
1. What is your major and why did you choose it?
2. What borough/neighborhood do you live in? Do you come from a country that is not the United States? What is one interesting thing about the place you live/have lived?
3. Why are you at City Tech?
4. What music/sports/movies/interests do you have?
5. Write a short haiku about yourself.
Hi there!
Iāll go first.
One, my name is Thomas Wilk, and I am your English professor for the semester. Pleased to meet you!
I grew up near Buffalo, NY. Some of my students actually think I am from Nebraska a.k.a. anywhere in the midwest. Not so.
I received a BA and MA in English from SUNY Albany. I chose to study English because at the time I was interested in journalism; however, my school didnāt offer journalism as a major, so I decided that I would like to pursue English.
I currently live in Greenpoint, one of the nationās largest polish communities. If you like kielbasa (Polish sausage) or a hock of ham, come to Greenpoint. Good thing Iām a vegetarian! (Actually I eat some fish, sometimes.)
I started working for City Tech over three years ago. I have taught English courses of different varieties at a couple different colleges, so I have many different experiences with teaching.
I donāt often ārepeatā my courses, meaning, I make up lots of new material (when possible) each semester so that neither myself nor my students get bored.
Interests: playing music in different musical projects, circuitry and making electronics, and of course writing and using language in many different ways. I also want to learn Spanish better.
Haiku:
(if you donāt know what a haiku is, check: http://www.creative-writing-now.com/how-to-write-a-haiku.html)
School starts tomorrow
I am taking Calculus
And teaching English
(Yes, I am taking Calculus this semester. More on that later.)
Please post here and introduce yourself!
– Thomas Wilk
The name’s Hanna Kim. I am of Korean descent. I am currently a freshman in City Tech, and I graduated from The Academy of American Studies. I live in Maspeth, Queens where it is, in fact populated with Russian and Polish people and I am, well, Asian. So, there’s that…
I moved a total of 6 times since I was about the age of 8, so within the last 10 years pretty much, but I have always lived in New York.
I was a reporter and the layout director of my school newspaper, The Academy Gazette, and kept that job for two years. I lacked the passion for it though.
I believe I’m both an introvert and extrovert. I grow fond of people quickly, and I’m a huge people pleaser. I also have this really obnoxious laugh. All. The. Time.
My school emphasized English and History, and within the last four years, they grew to become my favorite subjects. I dread anything Math or Science related.
I like to knit and paint. I’m not an athletic person, but I love yoga.
I aspire to become a psychologist.
– Hanna Kim
Hi my name is Vitally Feferman and I’m a freshman at NYC College of Technology. I am Russian American as well as the as the first born American in my family. I was born in Missouri but I lived in Brooklyn all my life.
I went to William E. Grady CTE HS for the last four years where I developed a skill and love for the HVAC/R trade which is Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration. It is a career I would like to pursue one day in my life. In the mean time I’ll study mechanical engineering and see how it goes.
I’m a bit shy when meeting new people but I open up eventually and I think I’m a pretty cool and nice guy.
I love to play pool and hang out with my friends. I got a great passion for cars that I always had since I was a little kid. But most of all I love being a kid at heart.
That’s all for now.
-Vitally Feferman
Hi my name is Jalen Little I currently attend NYC College of Technology. I decided to major in fashion marketing because I plan on creating my own clothing line as well as opening stores that will sell my product. In addition I’m from Manhattan and I enjoy listening to music and playing video games.
HI, My name is Marcus im from brooklyn currently attending NYC Tech mayjoring in engineering, IM very Atheletic and like to have fun.
Hello and Greeting’s to all, my name is Mark Cephas. I was born and raised in Brooklyn New York, where I currently attend New York College Of Technology, majoring in art and advertising design. I plan on opening a business by starting my own clothing line in the years to come. At times I can be shy especially when it comes to certain things like meeting new people. Anyway, I Love making people laugh, playing basketball and I am very artistic, being an artist was something I was interested in, until I was introduced into the business feild.
~ Mark C.
Hi guys!
My name is Jackalin Cardona, I live in Lower East Side manhattan. I was the first person in my family born in the united states but my family is half spanish and italian. My major is marketing I decided to major in that because I took fashion marketing for four years in my high school and I fell in love the marketing aspic of it but not the fashion part. I didn’t want to limit my self to just fashion. I chose to attended city tech because I didn’t want to leave New York just yet and I like the whole vibe of the school. My interests in movies are that I truly love foreign movies my favorite one is funny games it’s a german film its worth watching. My music interest is I like Hip-Hop, Rap, and R&b my favorite artists are Kanye West and Kid Cudi. For everything else I like to volunteer, going out with my friends and hangout. I am a friendly and optimistic person.
I think thats all I can say for now.
-Jackalin Cardona
Hi, my name is Kholeen Borneo. I am seventeen years old. I was born in Trinidad but I’ve lived in Brooklyn practically my whole life. I went to John Dewey High School where I was accepted to the computer science institute and that is where I began focusing on technology, but after alot of research, I saw that computer science involves alot of math and well.. I am teribble at math. Currently, I am undecided until I figure out what I want to do.
I like languages, I know English (obviously), Spanish, and Italian(I haven’t quite mastered it yet though, but I know the basics). Teaching has always been something I want to do, but I don’t have the patience to teach, so I don’t think that will work out. I like writing, once I pick up a pen and paper, that’s it, I get lost in my thoughts.
I am a very quiet and shy person but I’m a cool person in my opinion.
I don’t know what else to say so I think that’s all for now..
-Kholeen Borneo
Hey, my name is Christian Correia,and my major is currently Electrical Engineering though that is subject to change. My major at first was Computer science but I found out that it wasn’t exactly what I wanted to do and I am more interested in computer programming then hardware, that and i can’t stand science.
I reside in Jamaica, Queens at the moment, but i don’t expect that to last very long as i generally don’t usually stay in one house for over two years. One interesting about this area is that even though i have moved frequently is my elementary, middle, and high school are all pretty close to each other, which is pretty fortunate for me.
I’m at City Tech to explore in exactly what I would be good at technology related. I have many interest in it but i don’t have an exact idea of what i want my major to be.
My music varies from day to day, one day it could be M83, next 30 Seconds to mars, or underground hip-hop.The sports i enjoy most are basketball and Badminton. I have way to many movies that I like to name but Pulp Fiction and Toy Story 3 (yes it played on my childhood like it did yours) are among my favorites.
Hey, my name is Jonathan Leon. My mayor is currently libra arts & art but i want to change it to engineering, i live in south brooklyn also live in mexico for two years, i attend city tech because i got accepted and did not want to go to kingsborough. i play sports and also like to express myself with art.
Hola, my name is Breonna Weston and my major is Fashion Marketing & Merchandising. I chose this major because once i persue my career i would like to be either a stylist or a buyer for sax or any other top department store or designer store. i reside from newyork, brooklyn. the interesting thing about my neighborhood is that it is quiet and has a big walk through garden across the street. i am at city tech to achive my associates degress in FMM then to tranfer to get my bachelors degree at FIT. I love Hip Hop, R&B, Rap, Blues, i like to listen to old school music also. As for sports i would like to try tennis also boxing, i like basketball i dont like to play it but i like to watch others play lol. Far as movies i love the wiz thats one of my favs, i love to watch black and white movies from the 30-50s. im also a fun person, love to learn differen things and im also a peoples person i love to meet different people and hear their view on things but now you have read a little about breonna lets have a great semester guys š
FRESHMENS^
Hi, my name is Angie Diaz and I live in Brooklyn. Like most of you, I am also a freshman at The New York City College of Technology. The school is actually a walking distance away from my home. I must admit, I found the first day of school to be a bit nerve wrecking. I am sure I was not the only freshman to notice the difference between the high school and college environment. Thanks to English 1101, my first day of school didn’t turn out to be a bad experience. It was a pleasure meeting new people and seeing new faces.
Attempting Haiku:
Music is my life
Loudly, the melody sings
Hey Angie, what’s up?
Good to hear from you all so far. Where are my haikus at?
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Hey,my name is Luis I live in Long Island and my major is advertising animation,I want to major in Advertising Animation because I like to creat new things and come up with new ideas and also because I like to draw. But my passion is to do Graffiti. I also like to workout and play soccer.
Hi, my name is Courtney & I’m studying Mechanical Engineering here at NYCCT. I live in the Bronx, its my third semester here & I’m looking forward to learning something new in Adventures In Modern Writing.
Hey guys. =]
My name’s Ernesto. I love to game and design random things. I’m currently studying Advertising Design and Graphic Arts. I take 2 graphic design classes to I’m happy about that. I live in the Bronx. Fordham to be exact. It takes me an hour to get to school. TT_TT
I hope to get to know you all. =]
Hi, my name is Wexford, also known as wexyfbaby, wexyloso, or wexy. Um, I’m from Brooklyn. I obviously go to City Tech & that’s pretty much it.