“Lucys Intro”

Hey everyone, my name is Luz Garcia I also go by Lucy. I’m 18 years old and I was born and raised in New York. My birthday is on May 20. I’m a Taurus which I believe describes me a lot. I have 2 younger sisters and a new little brother from my father side, who all live in the Dominican Republic. I also have a little sister from my mothers side who I live with. I went to High School of Graphic Communication Arts in downtown Manhattan. I enjoy playing basketball, drawing, listening to music and having fun, i love to laugh. This summer was different from my other past summers, i was getting ready for college, spending some time with my boyfriend, i attended remedial class for math, and i was babysitting.

This semester i’m planing on focusing on my classes to do very good and learn fast about my career. My first experiences in City Tech were good. Since i attended remedial class in the summer i got use to the ways professors taught their class, so i expect to do well in my classes. My mom and my past experiences have given me the interest for the Human Service field. Majoring in Human Services my career goal is to help kids and teens that have problems in their household, streets and/or school. Many young adults have problems and act out in ways that our city frown upon; and because of that, later in life they have trouble finding jobs because of their past choices. My goal is to help those who are having trouble and give them the second chance they deserve to become successful.

One of my weaknesses is expressing my feelings thoroughly. This weakness affects me as a writer because i have problems expressing all my thoughts on paper and it making sense. Other than that i believe writing about things i find interesting in is my strength. I enjoy free writing because i get to write about something i am interested in and about my opinion on it. Attending H.S.GCA i have gained some knowledge on technology, i know my way around a few programs like Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Word etc.

Happiness to me is feeling good about myself in my own skin, and having those i love and care about around and supporting me. Some people may argue that money or material things are important and having these thing make you happy, but i believe true happiness is deeper. Happiness to me would also be finding my own peace of mind and feeling good as a person. I could sit in an empty room but if it’s fulled with people that make me feel good, and that i love then i’m happy.

From this learning community i expect to learn more about society and individual happiness. I also expect to share my ideas and thoughts with everyone. I hope i also get to develop my writing skills more thoroughly in order to express my thoughts into words. Thank you for your time on reading this introduction, i hope you enjoyed it. 🙂

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Hey guys my name is Greys . Just wanted to take some time to introduce myself , first off i’m not good at writing ,doesn’t mean I don’t like to write. I know that sounds stupid ,but oh well. Im a very shy person and I guess thats one of my weaknesses I have to work on because how i’m gonna get through life without having a voice in the world. I plan to learn techniques in this class and this school year at city tech that soon will become tools I use in the future that can help me succeed . My goal is to become a psychologist and to be able to work with patients in hospitals, its what I look forward to doing after college, and of course building up my career .

What does happiness mean to me ?

Hmmm … being comfortable in your own skin and being who you truly are. I think being happy isn’t just about feeling it but being it ,and yes theres a difference.  the way I see it is feeling it just means your feeling happy for a short period of time , i mean what happens when the feeling is gone ? But being happy is living life relaxed and stress free . Yes everyone has stress every now and then but being happy can help you move away from that stress and concentrate on being healthy and being in a chilled state of mind. Again I hope this makes sense like I said i’m not good at writing so sometimes my words don’t come out the same way as I sound in my own mind…. =) So thats me hope I didn’t bore whoever is reading this

Brandon Richardson Introduction

1391667_620234151360635_1891071375_nHello everyone! My name is Brandon Richardson. I will be 19 on September 15th. I was born in Brooklyn, NY. But lived in Brooklyn for about 18 years. I have to 2 siblings and I ironically happen to be the youngest. My sister lives in California & My brother is in college living in North Carolina. I sometimes enjoy reading because it makes you realize that there is so much in the world to explore but in a matter of somebodies mind and point of view of somethings, It shows that people have different views and looks on things. I already o enjoy reading because of the different thoughts and ideas people make up to be stories. It’s also a escape from reality when reading a book that you are interested in. I personally enjoy collecting and listening to music. I have over 4000 songs on my iPhone. I also enjoy swimming & going to the gym. I learned how to swim when I was 9 years old. It’s a relaxing feeling to just swim laps and is also a workout as well. I entirely ENJOY watching football (The NFL) and football is my favorite sport of all time. My favorite quarterback is Aaron Rodgers but I am a Giants fan at heart.

I thought that my first experience at city tech was very unexpected. I knew that in college that you are truthfully on your own and nobody is going to chase after you to do work. If you make your own bed in college you lay in it. Either if it’s good or bad. I do however like the experience. I enjoyed exploring the campus trying to find my way around to my classes even though they are mostly all in the Namm Building. But I hope for the best in city tech and to have a great successful freshman year. I want to become a Doctor (Preferably a Epidemiologist) because I want to study how to make different type of cures to fight back against nasty viruses that are in the human body. This semester I plan on making sure that my GPA is above a 3.5. I know a 4.0 is a challenge in it’s entirety but however I am up for that challenge as well. I want to end updates make the deans list as well. During my summer break I worked at a hospital (SUNY DOWNSTATE) as a volunteer to help with files and exploring the medical center & seeing how doctors handle things with patients and etc (Technically like a hospital intern). I also when to Toronto & it was a wonderful experience. I loved the fact that it’s like a new world there and the atmosphere there is amazing. 

I mainly like writing but at the same time its a hassle to me. It’s like a love hate relationship with writing. I sometimes like expressing myself depending on the topic at hand but however my strength in writing is developing my ideas towards a topic and writing about it to voice my opinion or answer a question. I’m very eloquent when writing as well. But my weaknesses would have to be my hand writing. It’s like I’m writing hieroglyphics & it turns out weird when other people read it. I however am still working on having a good accurate hand writing. I enjoy expressing my thoughts when writing & I despise writing sometimes because of my hand writing. Me personally I believe that happiness relies on YOU at the end of the day. Nobody can make you happy except yourself. Just how I believe you control everything that YOU REACT towards. If you had a bad day and however you react positive towards it, then that shows you can control your own happiness. Happiness just doesn’t necessarily involve having money or having a wife and kids or even having everything you want in life. Happiness to me is just having a positive attitude towards anything and putting that into the world. When you give out positive types of vibes you get that back in life. Put in negative vibes and that also comes back to haunt you. My expectations for this class aren’t really “expectations” per say but I’m just ready to learn new things with English since this topic gets deeper and deeper every time you move up a grade and now that im in college you get to see the mastery of the English language.

Introduction Of Me

This was me heading prom truly a night to remember

This was me heading prom truly a night to remember

Hello everyone, My name is Dominique Brunson, I’m Trinidadian and American, I’m 18 years old I recently just celebrated my birthday on the first day of classes 08/28/2014 really enjoyed myself it was fun. I love to work out  whether its running 5 miles a day or sprinting on the track I also attend the gym to lift when I have time.I’m a very active person but some days I like to stay in an relax. I’m the type of person who loves to push myself to always do better and complete every goal I make for myself whether its hard or not I strive to get it done. I have one sibling her name is Sukanya she’s 9 year old.

I’m fresh out of High school I graduated from Murry Bergtraum High school on June,26,2014. High school was a great experience my senior year was the best I stayed involved in every activity because I knew that some of my friends were going away and I wouldn’t see them for a great deal of time. But what I will say the friends that I mad will definitely be in my life forever I value my friendships a great deal. Don’t get me wrong high school had its ups and down but I enjoyed those years it kind of shaped me into who I am today. I joined the cheerleading squad, dance squad, was a member of track and field & the softball team, managed ladies volleyball & the softball team. I’m very active when it comes to sports anything when it balls down to it.

Now that I’m a college student at, ” The New York City College Of Technology” I know it going to take some getting used to. One thing I absolutely hate is the ling wait for the elevators I have to come a hour early just to be to class on time. In City Tech you don’t see the same people everyday besides in your classes which is guest a complete different environment from high school it reassures me that I am moving on up in life and growing up evolving as a person. I love to meet new people and be involved  and find out what their all about its one of the reasons amongst many others that I choose to major in human services interacting with people being able to be their outlet, listening to them and giving feedback on it someday I hope to become a psychologist that’s my career goal.

When it comes down to writing I feel as if I’m a good writer but I want to be a great writer a very skilled writer. If I’m giving a topic to write about I can brainstorm a lot of ideas involving the topic and really break it down then begin to write. Being a good writer isn’t good enough for me in this class I hope to evolve more as a writer and gain better skills as well as more character in my writing and maybe work a little more on my grammar.

Happiness to me is loving yourself as well as others but you come first how can you spread love to someone else if you don’t love yourself?. Not letting certain things get to you, being a more open person staying involved, and reaching career goals because if you do what you love you’ll be happy

 

 

 

Ivyz Fuentes

Hey everyone, My name is Ivyz (Pronounced with an E) . I am 19 years of age but will soon be turning 20 on October 16. I’m from Brooklyn and have lived here my entire life. I am the oldest of six kids, three brothers and two sisters plus me. My siblings and mother are my biggest motivators, they’re the reason why I’m actually in college and striving to be the best that i can possibly be. I like to listen to music and just sit back, relax and have a good time even if its just a day in the house. This summer I didn’t really do much but start packing boxes to move into my new apartment, went to the pool, hung out with my boyfriend and spend time with my nephew.

Since this is my first time being in college I don’t really know how i feel about it. I still don’t know my way around the school but hopefully by next week or so I’ll get the hang of it. My expectations for this semester is to get through is with little bumps on this road possible for the simple fact I’m the type of person to stress over everything, even the little things. I hope to meet new people/friends because I honestly don’t have many. Hopefully I learn everything there is to know about each and every one of my classes. My Career goal and biggest desire in life is to become a successful therapist for sexually abused and depress kids/teens. I feel like I can make a big impact in someones life if I can help them get through a situation or situations they have been through (or still possibly going through) .

My Weakness as a writer is that sometimes i don’t know how to start or end my essays or sometimes I don’t have enough ideas to even form one. What I like about writing the most is that I can use it to express myself. When I was in fifth grade I actually wrote a paper for a magazine called ‘Voice’. It was basically an article about what wish would I ask for if I could have a wish granted and my wish was for my little brother whom has brain damage to no longer have it.

I believe that happiness starts within. That in order for you to be happy with anything you have to be happy with yourself. To me happiness means that you’re satisfied. I feel like it’s a choice like there’s so many people in this world that knows what it is to be happy but choose not to be. Happiness involves positivity, fulfillment, love, pleasure, well-being and ect.. If you go into any situation being negative or hateful of course you wont be satisfied with the results and if you aren’t satisfied then you’re not going to be happy.If you aren’t happy with yourself then how is it possible to be happy with anything else. That’s like going shopping finding a nice shirt trying it on and you aren’t happy with what you see in the mirror, why? Not because now the shirt isn’t nice to you anymore but because you don’t like the way it looks on you because you aren’t happy within.

Introduction: Natasha Armas

Hello everyone. My name is Natasha Armas. I am 18 years old turning 19 on December 3rd. I was born in Ecuador and came to Queens, New York at the age of 3. I have an older brother that is 22 years old and a younger sister that is 15 years old. I am the middle child and it sucks! I attended Queens Vocational and Technical High School and majored in cosmetology. Once I take the state board test I will be a licensed cosmetologist. This summer I mostly worked, I also made time to go to the beach, six flags, and mountain creek water park.

On my free time I enjoy listening to music and drawing even-though I am horrible at it. I am not big on reading but once I find a book interesting to me my eyes will be glued to it until in done. I am currently reading The Fault In Our Stars by John Green and I can’t wait to see how it ends. My biggest desire in the world is to travel as much as I can. So far I have traveled to Ecuador, Colombia, Canada, Florida, Boston, and Cancun. Traveling is amazing because there is different cultures to see and different parts of nature that are unbelievably beautiful.

Meanwhile, I am still trying to get used to getting around City Tech. Since Thursday was my first time going up and down floors looking for my classes but, it doesn’t seem too complicated. My expectations for this semester are to gain a lot of knowledge in Human Services and to get good grades in all my classes. My career goal is to help kids with special needs which I have been wanting to do for as long as I can remember. Once this semester is done I am planning on going to Jamaica for a small vacation. I hope everything works out as planned.

My strengths in writing are that I enjoy to do research and I am able to back up my topic. My weaknesses are organizing my ideas and breaking them down. What I enjoy about writing is that there are endless topics to write about and you could express yourself without actually having to talk out loud. Which I find pretty cool. What I dislike about writing is when either I run out of what to say or when I am stuck because then it gets boring and I start to loose interest on the topic. I am not into technology but, I know how to work with it and figure it out when I need it. My sense of happiness is to appreciate the things you have and to be in peace with the life you live. My expectations for this course is that there is going to be a lot of critical thinking and writing. I think I will learn to analyze different perspectives of what others think happiness is. I didn’t know there was “science of happiness” and I am excited to learn what it is.

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Katiria’s Introduction

Hello Everyone. My name is Katiria altruz. I am 19 years old . I’m Puerto rican. I’m the oldest out of three children .I enjoy writing because I can write down my thoughts and my ideas better on paper and my thoughts goes wild .My way of thinking can never be understood.I love anime and manga so much. I would recommend people to read or watch it . Its pretty amazing .I mean im a very nice person its just that i really don’t  like talking to people a lot , i got use to being alone.

My First experience in city tech was for remedial class in the summer.It was okay But i got lost along the way.I did make one friend at least but thats all i made because i would sit by myself in the back doing my work.I usually try to keep to myself at times.The first being in a college building made me feel so nervous even when the first day of college came it was a struggle for me .City tech so far being there was overall great . Until not i’m still kind of lost but hey i will be able to make it around .

To be honest happiness is whatever you want it to be.Everyone has different point of view on happiness.I want to learn everything about this course .I want to be able to write more about different topics . I really don’t know what is my weakness to be honest.Writing to me is a escape to reality .I am amazed by every word , every thought , everything that is put into writing to get this idea into something amazing.

I really hope everyone will enjoy this course .Be happy . I am going to try my hardest to do my best and not to be so hard on myself or stress a lot because I know how hard college is going to be .

Introduction: “Getting To Know Me….” Prof Justine Pawlukewicz

2013-09-07 20.27.50 Hi Everyone,

A little about me/introduction:

I’ve been at CityTech since 1997. I started as an adjunct. Simultaneously I supervised an addictions outpatient clinic. In 2001 I finished my doctorate, in social work, and the following year I became a full time professor in the Human Services Dept. So, here I am to stay until I retire, which may be never since I am the type of person that needs to be doing something. Not that I can’t relax and chill, but I like to keep my lifestyle diverse.

I was born in Newark, NJ., but was raised in Perth Amboy, NJ. I now live in Bayonne (near the Statue of Liberty). So, I’ve grown up in urban areas all my life. I happen to be a “Jersey Girl’ from a working class family. I’ve learned to make sure to check out the Dollar Store and Shoprite Can Can Sale. (LOL)

I do like to travel, when I can, and I’ve had some nice experiences: Five weeks in Costa Rica with a family that did not know English; Poland-where my grandparents came from-to Ellis Island, Uk, Holland, Germany, Czech Republic, PR, Canada, plenty of islands. My favorite places to return to are St. John’s, in the Caribbean, and Paris. Put them on your ‘Bucket List.”

I hate to exercise, but force myself to bike ride and walk. In Costa Rica I hiked and then jumped off a cliff into a waterfall-NEAT! I felt excited and scared at the same time. When I was younger I water skied, water rafted, canoed, went tubing, camping, zip lining….I’m usually willing to do most things, since I am extroverted.  I’m also Type A personality….meaning I’m organized, dependable, have a good work ethic, need things in order, etc.

I view my social work identity seriously. I try to live what I teach students and clients alike. I feel lucky to be in a profession that asks/requires me to work on myself in terms of always trying to take the ‘high-road.’  For this type of self-awareness opportunity I am blessed.

All the best to you and yours,

Dr. Justine Pawlukewicz (Pav-lou-kev-itch)

 

 

Mirna Ayala

photoHi everyone, my name is Mirna. I’m 18 and will be turning 19 on January 28. I was born and raised in the Bronx and still currently live there. My family is from the Dominican Republic and Puertorico. I have 3 older siblings which are two brothers and a sister. I enjoy reading because to me it’s like an escape, losing yourself in a good book can do wonders for stress. I also enjoy watching movies, shopping, being with family and sleeping.

It didn’t really feel like my first day of college because I took a remedial summer course so I already had a feel of what college was like. Although I hated the thought of going to school during the summer, I’m glad I did now because it didn’t make it so nerve wrecking to start today. I’m shy so it took some getting used to but it’s easier now that I know what it feels like and know what is expected of me. I know it won’t be a easy semester but i’m hoping to stay on track and make the most of this experience.

My career goal is to become a psychiatrist. I’ve always been a confidant for most of my family and friends and I enjoy listening to people, everyone deserves to have an ear to hear them out. I would like to help others in the way I have helped my loved ones simply by listening to their troubles and possibly giving them helpful feedback. I know the job itself wouldn’t be simple but knowing the difference it could make in an individuals life, is worth it.

My weakness in writing is not knowing how to introduce my topic. I stress out about how to engage my readers into my writing without giving away to much information too early. I hope that with time I can learn how to master this weakness and make it something simple. My strength is supporting my topic. Usually the more my writing unravels it’s easier for me to really go into depth with what ever my topic may be but I try not to ramble. What I enjoy about writing is being able to let your ideas out and onto paper where you can share with everyone else and can always keep so you won’t forget (when it comes to free-writing). What I dislike about writing is when you have to provide a lot of thoughts or information about one topic because eventually you begin to ramble and repeat yourself making it boring for you and your readers.

I believe happiness depends on the person therefore it can have a different meaning for different people. In my opinion happiness involves things that make you feel good and forget about the troubles you may be facing at the moment. My happiness is my family and friends. In this course I hope to learn what is the true meaning of happiness and if one definition can really apply to a variety of different peoples outlook on happiness.

Lilisbeth Castillo

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This was my last day in the Dominican Republic this summer.

Hello my name is Lilisbeth Castillo I prefer if people call me Lili because it’s just easier and they won’t mess up my actual name. I’m 17 soon to be 18 in October I have a younger brother and older sister I will soon be an auntie. I have two dogs and three cats. So much going on in the family. Besides that while I was in high school my interests were in playing sports such as softball and volleyball which I enjoyed very much and became good at. I like to go to the beach, spending time with the family, going to adventure parks and going on trips to the Dominican Republic. During my summer I went to the Dominican Republic where I went to parties and spent time with the family. Than the rest of my summer was spent here working at my parents store on sundays and going to the beach and hanging out.

Being in City Tech for my first year experience I want it to go smoothly. I want to have many opportunities to really go deep into Human Services to become a social worker for kids who need the opportunity to get out of there homes if there not treated well. To help those kids who are in need. Because listening to how some kids get treated in there homes breaks my heart to think how bad they have life and how I could possibly help them. That’s what I want to start getting out of being in City Tech.

My weakness in writing sometimes is not having as much things to write about if I feel I already said everything I could,or my verbal tenses which I miss out on sometimes. My strengths in writing is breaking down a theme to different topics to write about I can do that a little bit better. I enjoy that I can write about things that pop in my head. I dislike the fact that writing sometimes has to be really long and I don’t find much to keep talking about and I feel that I repeat on and on. My sense of Happiness is to always feel good about yourself and to have a good self-esteem. Also to have people that care about you like a boyfriend or family makes you happy and to feel loved. For this course I hope to get a better understanding of how people feel and to dig deep into different words.