The experience I had in X class reminds me of when I hear people say that most of the information taught in college is available on the Internet. That might be the case, although the structure of college is what finally got me focused to learn grammar.
I’ve been saying to myself for years that I want to improve my grammar. I was confused about what videos to watch on YouTube because I wasn’t sure if the grammar is different from country to country. Also, I wasn’t sure which sources that I found on the web were credible.
Without the motivation that college provides, I kept putting off learning grammar for years. Thanks to X class, I’m finally on the path to elevating my writing skills. I learned a major amount about grammar this semester. Additionally, I now know where to find quality study materials to continue learning grammar.
I just signed up to take Elementary Spanish 1 next semester (Spring 2022). I’m going to start to study Spanish now in my spare time.
CUNY First doesn’t say who my professor will be. I saw your name on the website so therefore I decided to contact you regarding how I can prepare for Elementary Spanish 1.
If I’m correct we have about a month or so of free time between Fall 2021 and Spring 2022. I’m going to study 5 to 10 hours per day every day during that month for all my Spring 2022 classes before they start so I’m familiar with the material when classes begin.
Is there any specific type of Spanish that I should be studying?
Is this the textbook?
Please advise with any information if possible. If not it’s no big deal, I’ll do the best I can with the information listed publically on the web (Google, YouTube, etc.).
I just signed up for a Math class of yours next semester.
The last time I took Math was approximately 25 years ago. I passed the Accuplacer to get into CUNY and that was about it.
I don’t know anything about Math. I’m a journalism major. The reason I’m contacting you is to see if there is anything I can do now to start getting ready for class?
I don’t know what the rules are about asking a professor if there is anything I can do to start preparing early. I contacted a professor that teaches Spanish and the professor told me what the textbook is going to be early so I guess it’s allowed and up to the professor’s discretion.
In addition to not having taken any math for 25 years, I also know we have about a month off between this semester and when we start next semester. I am trying to figure out ways to use that month productively. If there is anything I can do to brush up on my math or start studying please let me know. I contacted the math department to ask them too. I’ll also search Google and YouTube.
If you can provide any guidance or feedback that would be excellent. If not it’s no big deal. I look forward to taking your class.
First and foremost, thank you for the outstanding support you have provided me from the day I started at Baruch College.
The support staff at Baruch College could not possibly be doing anything more to aid the Baruch College students in their pursuit for success at school. That’s why I’m succeeding at school 🙂
The team at LaGuardia Community College is amazing too.
I have one quick question about my student loans for Spring 2022.
I just received an email from the Baruch College financial aid office about a revised student loan for Spring 2022. The only difference is that TAP is removed. I received TAP for Fall 2021.
As far as I know, nothing has changed on my side.
Usually when I contact the Baruch College student loan office, if they don’t have the answer to my question they direct me to the Bursar which is why I’m asking you. Also, if I remember correctly I believe that when I ask the Baruch College financial aid office about TAP they either direct me to the Bursar or TAP directly.
I know this has nothing to do with CUNY. I’ll probably send TAP an email after I hear back from either you or the financial aid office.
Thank you again for the stellar services you provide for the Baruch College students and have a great day.
I wanted to share this email with the blog as an example of how I treat people.
I just received an email saying that about $2,000 has been removed from my financial aid for Spring 2022 by New York State (TAP) if I’m correct.
This is the email I just sent to the Baruch College financial aid office on October 26, 2021.
Greetings Baruch College Financial Aid Office,
First of all, I wanted to say thank you for the amazing help with my financial aid since I started at Baruch College. You have helped me make the process of transferring from LaGuardia Community College to Baruch College as seamless as possible.
I have a feeling that it has absolutely nothing to do with anyone at CUNY but I wanted to mention the email I just received from you before I contact TAP.
I just received a revised financial aid offer for Spring 2022. At a quick glance, the only difference is that the TAP was removed from my Spring 2022 financial aid.
I received TAP for Fall 2021. Is there any information you might be able to provide why TAP was removed from my financial aid? Or, should I just contact TAP directly?
I know that this has nothing to do with anyone at CUNY. I know that CUNY goes above and beyond to support the CUNY students.
If it wasn’t for CUNY I wouldn’t know about any of this.
Please advise.
Thank you again for the stellar financial aid support and have a great day.
One of my professors gave an assignment to go outside of the school with another student for 20 minutes and take pictures of each other without our masks.
I respectfully and politely said I don’t feel comfortable with the assignment.
The professor said I’m going to be reported so I’m letting you know my side of the story.
I respectfully said I don’t feel comfortable with the assignment and that was it.
I didn’t get into any of the reasons why, I just politely said I don’t feel comfortable with the project. I’m sitting quietly at my desk.
Thank you for the amazing opportunity when I was at LaGuardia Community College. It was a lot of fun working for the Research Foundation of CUNY.
Currently, I’m a student at Baruch College. I was curious if RF CUNY is going to be back next semester.
I was told by the CUNY Edge office that RF CUNY is canceled for all full-time CUNY students this semester.
I used to work for RF CUNY in the library of LaGuardia Community College. The extra money was amazing that’s why I’m hoping the program is back next semester.
I emailed this email once before. Someone responded and said the email went to the wrong department.
I know we have about three months before next semester so it might be too soon to know if the RF CUNY program will be reinstated. I hope it is.
If possible, please let me know if you have any information. If not I’ll sit tight and keep my fingers crossed for next semester.
Now NYC law enforcement is making up lies to try and have me kicked out.
Disclaimers: If you have an emergency, call 911. I’m not an attorney. If you need legal advice, talk with a lawyer. This is my opinion. Verify everything yourself.
People I know pay NYC law enforcement to harass and sabotage me. They don’t care who I tell. They won’t stop.
Baruch College probably saved me from going to jail.
If NYC law enforcement got me in a cage, they would do horrible things to me, the food I eat, etc. If anyone in social media land doesn’t believe me, I’ll swing by the office of any major social media platform, and I’ll show you what NYC law enforcement has done to me.
NYC law enforcement wrote me thousands of dollars in tickets that I was able to pay thanks to my student loans and money I earned delivering food. That is before NYC law enforcement wrote me thousands of dollars in tickets for riding a regular bicycle while delivering food.
NYC law enforcement wrote me approximately 11 tickets on subways and busses. Do you know anyone that received that many tickets? I paid all but two. I just paid about $500 to the MTA.
I have no criminal record. I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I don’t party. I don’t do anything illegal.
Another way Baruch College saved me from almost having to go to jail was by affording me the ability to be able to pay for a legal website. I was able to ask attornies questions.
What happened was the Nassau County Police Department took audio of me that NYC law enforcement is in possession of. The audio is of me complaining about NYC law enforcement on the phone while they are attacking and teasing me.
Thanks to Baruch College I was able to pay my phone bill in advance for more than a year. If it wasn’t for Baruch College, I wouldn’t even have a phone. I’d be in jail.
Nassau County law enforcement bought a phone and said it was mine. Nassau County law enforcement edited the audio that NYC law enforcement has of me and created new conversations with people who work for Nassau County Police Headquarters.
The people at Nassau County Police Headquarters signed sworn statements that the calls were real.
The scam that Nassau County law enforcement ran on me is similar to the movie from 1989 called “Tango and Cash.”
Thanks to Baruch College I was able to pay for the website that allowed me to ask lawyers questions.
My public defender was trying to sabotage my case because he was hand-selected by NYC law enforcement.
The Nassau County District Attorney knew I was innocent and pretended they didn’t know.
I’ve been calling the NYC District Attorney and left messages asking for help.
Once NYC law enforcement saw that I figured out how to decently represent myself and that I wasn’t going to use their public defender, they let me go with a violation.
I’m going on the record and saying the judge was very fair. Everyone else involved was breaking the law in my nonattorney, civilian, opinion.
One of the reasons NYC law enforcement let me go is because they are going to try and use a similar scam to get me kicked out of Baruch College. They didn’t want me exposing them in the court record, and then they were going to turn around and use the same exact scam.
NYC law enforcement also is trying to get rid of my actual phone. Thanks to Baruch College, I was able to pay for 14 months in advance. My phone bill is paid over a year in advance.
I have called various law enforcement and government agencies thousands of times. If I didn’t, NYC law enforcement could have just had a few people shove their phones in my face, crash into me, etc., and make up lies and say he started with them.
I’m always respectful to the NYPD in person and everyone else who works for the government including everyone at Baruch College and CUNY.
My issue is not with any of you. It’s with the high-ranking members of NYC law enforcement that took money to ruin my life. I am trying to expose them legally. They aren’t happy about that.
New York City law enforcement is going to try and lie and say I was rude to several people at Baruch College. Of course, they will have several eye witnesses. It’s the same scam they use over and over. I’m not giving up.
I’m never sending another student grievance under any circumstances.
First and foremost, I treat everyone at CUNY with the utmost respect at all times.
That includes staff, professors, security guards, and students.
Treating people respectfully is more important than anything. I never participate in controversial conversations at Baruch College out of respect for people’s feelings.
I love Baruch College and The City University of New York. It’s the best opportunity ever.
My goal is to attend Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY or another CUNY graduate school after graduating from Baruch College.
I would like to appeal the probation because I believe all the student grievances I submitted were valid. Even if there was one or two that wasn’t valid, they weren’t inappropriate or disrespectful.
I give the staff at CUNY permission to view any email I’ve ever sent at CUNY. I treat all staff and professors with the utmost respect at all times. If anyone looks at the emails I’ve sent at school, they will see how much I appreciate the opportunity to be here.
I have the utmost respect for everyone at Baruch College/CUNY.
I treat all professors with the utmost respect at all times. I have good student strategies, so I’ll always be OK in classes. For example, I’ve already started to turn in assignments this semester in September that aren’t due until October and November. I’ve already started studying and reading material that isn’t being covered until October, November, and December. I rarely have to think about a due date. The second I see an assignment, I start working on it.
If someone poured a can of paint on my head and snapped my laptop in half at CUNY, I would say thank you and wipe it off. At this point, I wouldn’t even report it.
There is no opportunity for me right now that even comes close to CUNY. I’m making the best of all situations at CUNY.
If I’m correct, I’ve been on the Dean’s List for four semesters at Baruch College and LaGuardia Community College.
I’m respectfully asking for one more chance to keep a clean slate. I promise I will make the most of the opportunity.
If anyone wants copies of the actual student grievances I submitted, I would be happy to provide them.
I would like to quickly review each student grievance.
1. One student grievance was just to notify that a previous student grievance was sent to the wrong email address.
2. I sent a brief and respectful student grievance to say that I believe that it might be a good idea for students to be able to access their attendance records in real-time in CUNY First. I also quickly mentioned that it might be a good idea to have more security cameras inside Baruch College for all student’s protection.
3. I sent a student grievance saying that a student tried to purposely crash into me on a day that there were no classes, the school was empty, and it happened in clear view of a security camera.
4. I sent a student grievance asking why some students are allowed to pick their classes three days before other students.
5. I sent a student grievance that I don’t believe it’s fair for students to be required to have to get into small groups and pairs with other students in classes. I think students should have the option to be their own group in classes. This request was inspired by the large number of complaints from students against students in all New York colleges, not just Baruch College and CUNY.
6. Another student grievance was that I would skip a class because the day’s lesson was to talk about the police torturing people. I was told not to discuss my police issues with anyone at school. I didn’t want to even be in the room when the topic was being discussed.
7. I sent a student grievance that rich people I know are paying a small group of NYC law enforcement to sabotage me. They harass me in close proximity to Baruch College. I get along great with 99.9% of the police. I interact with the police all the time.
I think that was it.
Please give me another chance if possible. I promise no one will never hear another word from me again that isn’t something good. If not, I respect the decision.
As I emailed yesterday, it’s very generous of Baruch College CUNY to allow students to appeal the probation process.
I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I don’t party. I don’t do anything illegal. I don’t have a criminal record.
I respect any decision that is given to me. Either way, I am walking on eggshells and following all the rules.
I’m never submitting another student grievance. I’m going to continue to take the high road in all situations and be a positive member of CUNY.
Mark Pine 