Last week

This week has been so stressful. I can not wait until summer to be here!!! It is so crazy how freshman year is already over. I am so stressed out for finals, I really need to do well on them this semester so I can keep my GPA up. I had such a tough semester, but my friends and family really helped me. I am so happy that I made such good friends here at Hofstra! I really feel like I am going to be friends with the girls I met for the rest of my life. I just love them to death and they are always there for me and we get along so well. I learned a lot this semester, and I learned a lot about myself. I am so glad i decided to stay here and come here for school.

Week 14

This week has been interesting. It started out going really well, I was not stressed out and I actually was getting caught up on school work until this morning. I got a very upsetting phone call about my grandmother, and I had to go home to be with her this morning. By this happening I realize that to me, family means everything. It was amazing how close together my family came when this happened. I just really hope that everything works out because my family will go through a lot if anything does happen. As of right now things are looking up, but its too soon to tell. Hopefully everything gets better, it makes it easier to know how close my family is and when ever anything happens they are right there to help.

What I would not change

I would not change who I have met this semester. I love the people I lived with this semester. It was a huge learning experience, and I have became best friends with the girls I lived with this year. They have become a huge part of my life, and in the beginning of this year I did not get along with them too much, but this semester everything changed. I also learned to expand my outlook on the people I hangout with and want to be friends with. I just had a great time meeting new people and meeting new friends!!

week 12

This week has been good so far. I have had a lot going on for the past two days. I was thinking a lot about transferring to California, and I really might just do that. I applied to Santa Monica with my suitemate and hopefully I get in because I want a new start where I never was before. I would also like to get the experience to live somewhere where I have always dreamed of living. I think it would also be a good experience because no one in my family has ever lived in California. I also really had a rough semester and it would be nice to go somewhere new to get my mind off of things and really start fresh!!

week after break

Well, I am actually happy to be back at school. Spring break was horrible. It was so boring, and none of my friends were home. I went shopping with my mom and literally spent the whole week with her. That was not horrible, but I was always in bed so early and had nothing to do. I hate just sitting around all the time with nothing to do. I got my laptop fixed because I broke it before break, so that was good. This week was very hectic because I forgot about all the things that were due this week, and I did not work on anything over break. I spent every night in Hammer Lab. Hopefully this week is better and I can actually relax a little bit.

A sense i would give up and why

I would be prepared to give up the sense of smell because I think that I would be able to live without smell. I dont really notice smells now, and all of the other senses are very important and I would not be able to live without them. I also think that smelling is really not necessary to live. It would have some benefits as well because you would not have to smell the bad smells that many times people to not want to associate themselves with. I also think that tasting, hearing, touching, and seeing are far more important and will over weigh the fact that I wont be able to smell anything.

Most important thing I have learned in life so far

The most important thing I have learned throughout my life so far has been not to trust everyone. I have learned that people in this world are not trustworthy and a lot of epople are fake. I have learned that i need to be myself and allow people to like me for who I am. I leaned that it isnt worth making myself upset over because i will find true friends that like me for who I am and that I dont have to change or explain myself to anyone. I have also leanred to keep myself away form drama because it just causes so much more stress in my life than I actually need. If I am just myself than i will be fine throughout life.

One superpower

If I had one super power I would want it to be the ability to read peoples' minds. I would like this power because I would be able to tell if people were being fake and I would be able to tell if people were thinking bad things about me. I dont like when people dont like me for no reason and being able to have this power would allow me to know why people dont like me and maybe I could change what they dont like. I would also like to be able to know what everyone is thinkning because I think it would be fun to know. I just like to be aware of my surroundings and I would know when someone was thinking they were going to do harm to other people and I would be able to maybe prevent it.

How I've Changed Since I Started College

Since I came to college I have changed because I have been getting very mature and independent. I do not really petty little things like I used to, or get upset over things that would usually get me upset. I have also been very stressed out since I got to school, and have learned how to budget my money. I feel like I have become a lot more responsible since I have gotten to school and moved away from home. I have become more social because I really have no choice now because that is the only way to make friends. It is just a lot better being at school becuase if I didnt move away from home I would not have become this independent and I probabally would not have been ready to move on in my life.

Why I have chosen my research topic

I chose my research topic to be Teen Pregnancy. I chose this topic because I feel like it is a growing problem in the U.S. I also feel as though a lot of girls i graduated with have children now or are expecting them, and it makes me feel bad for them because they have not yet started their own lives. I just feel that there is enough education out there to prevent a lot of the teen pregnancy in the world. I also feel that America should do more to prevent this issue. They could put more education about this issue in schools all over the country. I just feel that this is a topic that interests me.

My ideal day

My ideal day consists of spending the day with my roommates in Miami. I have so much fun with them and we love to just do things together. I also relax on the beach and I really don't think about anything when I am on a beach. I just like to relax and be around people I care about. I like to get away from the stress of the real world and I also would want my friends from home to be there with me. I would have people serving us on the beach and just talking about everything. It would be nice to have my best friends from home and my best friends from school together with me. I would also like my family there and my grandparents. Everyone together and being in a relaxing place being served would be the perfect day for me.

Happiness

To me being happy is just waking up everyday and having no worries. I feel that no one is really happy unless they have a clear and optimistic mind. To me it is good just to feel comfortable everyday, and even doing well in school. If i feel good about myself then I feel happy. Even looking nice one day and getting a compliment makes me feel happy, or getting a good grade on a test. I am also happy when the people around me are happy as well. If I am in an environment where people are being negative, or someone is upset, then that makes me unhappy and I do not have a good time. I also feel happy and good about myself when I help someone else in a good way. That is what happiness means to me.

Blog #2

This week was very hectic. We haven't really had writing at all, so there is nothing really to write about class. I went home for the weekend and planned to come back sometime Monday afternoon, but in Philadelphia, which is where I live, there was almost three feet of snow. I got stuck there until Tuesday morning, and when I went to go get my bus back to school it was pulling away at 9am. My father and I had to sit in the car for an hour and a half because the next bus did not come until 10:30am. It was a nightmare. When I got to the city I missed my train, so I had to wait for the next one, and then I had to wait again for a ride because all of the time changes affected my ride back to school because my roommate had class at the time. I was waiting in the freezing cold for about twenty minutes and then I finally got back to school and made it to my last class. It was a very stressful weekend!!

blog 1

Hey everyone,

my name is Gabby i go to Hofstra and I am 18 yeas old. I just turned 18 in September, and I decided that I would manage the women's lacrosse team here so i could get to know people and make new friends. I used to play lacrosse when I was younger, but then I decided to be a cheerleader. When i got to college I decided not to cheer, but I wanted to come to Hofstra because it isn't too far away from home and I always wanted to go to school in New York. I hope to get to know all of you better as the semester goes on!