Senior Year August 30, 2009
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Wow, I’m finally a senior. These past three years have gone entirely too fast and I’m not prepared to give up the late night hanging out, partying, and mid-afternoon naps for the 8-to-5 lifestyle of adulthood. In many ways, I still feel like a kid; I still play Madden Football all day and lay out and enjoy the sunshine while laying down enjoying jello or a slurpee.
I look at the freshman and I can’t help but laugh, because they have no idea what they got into when they got into Cornell. Walking around North campus, hearing all the freshman take about their AP credits and all the activities they were involved in high school while still maintaining a 4.0GPA and being top of their class. It’s so cute because I remember when I was like thinking I could do everything at once like I did in high school, but Cornell is a harsh mistress that slaps with a cold slap of reality. You are facing the top of the class of high schools around the world here at Cornell, so the level of intensity is a clear notch above high school. Freshman year, I quickly realized I can’t do everything at once, which helped me realize what I really wanted to do with my life and set my priorities.
This is what senior citizens must feel like when they see their grandchildren running around carefree, because while you are a little bit older you know most likely their experience is going to be similar to yours and with a smile, you know they are going to enjoy their freshman year at Cornell just like you did. I still try to impart my advice to any freshman I meet, but you know they won’t listen; young people just don’t have any sense nowadays as my grandmother used to tell me.
As I go into my senior year, I am nostalgic about my previous three years at Cornell and very grateful for seeing all the faces of the underclassmen I have impacted as they get older and figure out their life plans. I can’t help but smile when I think about my soon to be alma mater of Cornell, it is literally been my wife for the past three it’s seen my ups and my downs, made me cry and laugh, and even given me bad gas at times (thanks chili at RPCC), but I still will stick with it anytime.
Abraham Lincoln Had Swag August 15, 2009
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The most important lessons in life aren’t always taught in the classroom, and today proved to be an example of learning outside the classroom during this weekend attending the Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) conference. This is our last meeting of the year-long program where MLT develops minority students to adjust to everyday rigor of working in corporate America. One of the workshops was the idea of SWAG and how the greatest leaders/innovaters were ones with swag; be it the self-appointed king of rap Jay-Z and his proclaimed heir Lil’ Wayne, Warren Buffet, Abraham Lincoln, and of the course the presidential couple of Mr./Mrs. Obama. The point of the workshop was bringing out the self-confidence reservoir that so many influential people continue to have with their career aspirations. With the case of Abraham Lincoln, he stands as the leader of swag, because not only he was the youngest president, but he was elected despite his lack of experience in political office with his only leadership experience was running a two-man legal office. Now that is swag to be able to convince others of your potential and success.The same needs to apply for my professional career, I need the professional swag were everyone in the office considers me a leader and there go-to-person. As quoted from our presentation and Jay Z, “Go Further, Go Harder, If Not Why Bother.” I have to continue my push to have show my professional swagger.
Obama turned his swag on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
