Hi everyone, my name is Emily Sawh. I was born and raised in Queens, NY. I am 19 years old. My ethnicity is Guyanese. Although I’ve never been to Guyana, I do know a lot about my culture and one day hope to visit. I have two older brothers, which love to spoil me since I happen to be the youngest and the only girl. This is my fourth semester at City Tech and I am majoring in Human Services. Over the past few years I’ve had a little of difficulty and some confusion trying to decide what I wanted to major in. As I started to take some Human Services classes I decided that I loved this field. I started to become more and more interested in my classes and work as time went on. I even looked forward to going to those classes the most. I love helping others which led me to this major. I do hope to get my bachelors degree in HUE one day. I am a very social person but there are times where I just feel like being by myself. I love listening to music and zoning out into my own little world. I have an obsession for penguins! I have no clue why but I love them. I have penguin socks, penguin stuffed animals, penguin earrings.. You name it, I have it. I would like to travel the world one day, sadly I’ve only went to Texas, Florida, and New Jersey. I also have an obsession with puppies. I wish I could own one someday but for now my mom says I’m too busy to take care of it. On my free time, I like to hang out with my family and just be silly. They always seem to make everything better. I live with both of my parents that I love with all of my heart. They’re both the best support system any kid could ask for. As a kid, I always loved English. Whenever we were assigned to write our short stories, I would go on and on. I am definitely looking forward to this class and learning new things. It was a pleasure meeting my classmates and Ms. Rosen. I hope to achieve all of my goals along the way.

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My name is Sibel. I was born in Turkey and have been living in New York since 1993. I came to USA when I was 13 years old. I have been living away from my parents for 20 years. It has been rough but they had always dreamed of a better life for me and by sending me to USA to stay with my aunt was what they thought was the first step for that.

I am a single mother of two. My son is 10 and my daughter is 5.  After a 9 year break I decided to return to school and pursue a degree.   My major is Human Service and this is my last semester.  Yes, it has been hard on me and my kids for me to juggle around school, work, internship and home, but at the end of the day when I come home to see my kids happy and healthy, I realize that I am doing a good job and I can do much better.

I know that it doesn’t sound like I have a spare time for myself but, I love to spend time with my kids. Weekends are mommy and me days for my kids.  All three of us love to build Lego cities. We have a closet full of Lego sets.  I love cooking, mostly Turkish food. We are planning our first family trip to Turkey this summer.  Everyone is pretty excited already.   My mother-in-law is also living with us. We enjoy her company and we love her.  She has been a great support.

The reason I took this course is because I needed an advanced English course to graduate. I also realized that, I read a lot of Turkish novels and my favorite authors are women for some reason, I thought it would be interesting to learn about women writers.  Looks like an interesting class already.

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Hopefully you’ve gotten to know me a little bit just from my previous posts–our writing says a lot about us–but allow me to introduce myself more fully. I’m a native New Yorker, and have lived in three of the five boroughs. I’m an assistant professor in the English Department at City Tech, with a Ph.D. in English and a certificate in Women’s Studies from the CUNY Graduate Center. My undergraduate degree from Brown University is in both English and Biology. As a college student, this combination often confused people, and they would ask “What are you going to do, write science textbooks?” No, that was never an interest of mine. I do use a lot of science terminology and metaphors in my writing, both in my creative writing and in my scholarly work.

Here at City Tech, I’m involved in a number of interesting projects. I won’t list them all, but I’m active on the Undergraduate Research Committee, so let’s talk if you’re interested in conducting research. I’m currently the OpenLab co-director, and am conducting research on interactive technology use in education. My scholarly work also focuses on narrative theory, gender and sexuality studies, and literature of the 20th century.

Outside of work–if we can ever really separate the things we do into work and non-work, I’m an avid knitter and crocheter. I’ve been known to quilt. I love to cook. I want to learn how to use a letterpress. As you can see, I like to make things! It’s so satisfying to see a project through from start to finish, and to have a tangible object to show for it.

I love to look at old maps and photographs of New York, and often incorporate them into my ENG 1101 courses. Although I’m an amateur and don’t have fancy equipment, I love to take photographs when I travel, whether it’s to the UK (a great trip I took this summer), to California (where I’ll be visiting this spring), or even just for a ride on the Staten Island Ferry (which I’ve done countless times).

Now that you’ve gotten to know me a bit better, I look forward to getting to know all of you!

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My name is Andressa (or Andie, depending on how well you can roll your “r”.) Actually I do prefer Andie, at least in the US. I’m a 25 year old transplant from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and have been living in New York since August 2009. I moved here with the premise of graduating college and possibly finding a job in the city. Four years on, a lot has happened and I’m very close to finally getting my diploma.

I’m crazy about graphic design; luckily enough, that’s my career. I started being curious about the topic back in 6th grade and never stopped. Between building websites for my favorite Irish boyband at age 12 and creating the visual identity for restaurants in New York City, it has been a great creative journey so far. This city is so full of life in so many ways; it’s hard to be bored around here.

I’m really glad I moved to the Big Apple. It was my first experience living without my parents and having to work to pay my bills. I had jobs before, but without the responsibilities that come when you don’t have mom buying toilet paper and dad calling the guy to fix the kitchen sink. I’ve learned a lot. Aside from making me grow as a person, New York has introduced me to art and culture like I never knew before. The museums, galleries and street art are an intrinsic footprint of the city. I love being a part of it.

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My name is Albert Morales. I’m a New Years baby and 22 years old. After this semester, this will be my third full year in City Tech. My first two years I was studying electrical engineering. During my second year of courses I realized that this major wasn’t for me. I always knew that I wanted to be involved in the technology field so i figured I would start with electrical engineering, then if it didn’t work out I would just branch out from there. So that’s what I did for my third year, I changed my major to computer science. I’m not going to lie, I still don’t know what line of work I want to be apart of in the near future. But I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s experiencing this problem. For me it’s important to stay consistent with work. Having a good job will give you experience, leadership, confidence , but most importantly responsibility. I currently have three different jobs, all which are part time. These jobs differ in fields, which is important to me so I can always have my options open. For my main job, I’m a porter for a building. I’m also part of the Maintenance crew . This job enables me to become better at time management because I’m always pacing myself to finish on time. Another job I do on the side, I assist my father in the iron works business. My father has been a welder for over 30 years now. I’ve been working with him for the past 8 years. My third job, I assist my friend who used to be a carpenter . Once he retired , he hired me to help him rebuild his old house. So that’s the main reason I ain’t stressing about my future. If I don’t find a career from school I’ll find a career in the welding business.

During my spare time , besides playing video games and hanging out with friends, I really enjoy writing lyrics. Rap lyrics to be specific. Battle rap lyrics to be even more specific lol. I’ve been addicted to battle rap ever since 2005. I know almost every battle rapper there is to know and I even show support and go to their live events. I’m fortunate enough that the best battle rap league, URL , holds most of their events in manhattan. The best battle rappers are all from New York as well. There is also a battle rap league in Canada called King of the Dot that I also support heavy. The battle rap scene has grown tremendously over the past 5-7 years. There isn’t a day that goes by where I’m not coming up with crazy punchlines or metaphors. I truly believe the material I come up with is better than 30-40% of other battlers. The reason I’m taking this class is to improve my vocabulary and not to mention my thought process.

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My name is Gregory DeVico. I am attending City Tech and studying Hospitality Management. My dream position is to be a wedding planner. When it comes to school I am not an “A” student, however I am a student who works their hardest and their works proves just that. What interested me in the Hospitality field is the feeling you get when you make someones day. Weather it is during those five seconds when they are getting a cup of coffee at Starbucks, or serving them at a restaurant. Regardless making someones day go from okay to great is something I strive for everyday I am at work. I am taking this course because well its a requirement. However I do enjoy reading and I am excited to be exposed to all sorts of literature this semester. I currently live with my sister in west Harlem. I am originally from Cape Cod, Mass so naturally I feel like I should live on a beach. I enjoy being outdoors and rock climbing. I just came back from spending the last seven months doing the Disney College Program, and it was the best seven months of my life. I also enjoy travelling and am going to Italy this summer for 2 weeks.

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