Hello, my name is Edward Barr-Forget. I am a first-year college student at SUNY Geneseo. I come from a large peninsula off the coast of New York called Long Island. On this island, there is a town called Quiogue right between Westhampton Beach and Quogue. I am an undecided major with no idea what I want to do with my life. Interesting facts about me are that I am a cheerful person who enjoys spending time with friends and playing games. Some games that I play are Valorant, Counter Strike Global Offensive, Overwatch 2, Minecraft, and Nintendo games such as Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros. I am also immensely interested in sound electronic technology like microphones, sound engineering, and music.
During my first few weeks at Geneseo, I had quite a bit of fun. The first week of orientation was filled with activities and ways to get involved with clubs and other students. I was able to join clubs that had piqued my interest in them. Through the activities that were organized for orientation, I was able to meet new people and make friends. I am normally not a social person, so these activities allowed me to socialize with smaller groups of people and gave me the confidence to talk to people. Another way I partake in socializing is by being a work-study. Work-study gave me a place to make new friends and a place to go after classes so that I was not in my room alone doing nothing.
I am an undecided major taking multiple different courses of what I am interested in to help find a decision for my major. In my courses, I am having fun learning about each topic. My calculus class is by far my favorite because I am a huge math fan and my professor makes it a fun experience with his jokes. Some other courses I am having fun in but they take up long hours of my attention. I am not the best at paying attention for a long period of time so this affects how I remember what happens in class as well as my will to stay focused. The first week of classes was difficult for me to stay on top of my homework because of the new system of Brightspace. I had never used Brightspace and was not sure where or how to see when assignments were due or if I had any assignments. Other than that, the workload so far has not been too hard. It has allowed me to pay a good amount of attention to all my classes and get work done.
Some things I am looking forward to in the course INTD 105 Theatre- A Therapy for Veterans are to improve all areas of my writing. I feel as if my ability to write a research paper (with quotes and citations in the correct format) has never been the best it could be. My grammar has never been my strongest subject when it comes to writing any sort of paper and this class will help me improve even by the smallest bit. In the book, They Say, I Say, there were some connections between the book and my writing. In my writing, I am repetitive, which does not keep an audience with what I am trying to say. When writing, I summarize what I have read. I rarely used a counterargument the correct way or ever used it in my writing before, so when reading up on it, I could relate to all of the mistakes that could have been avoided. My arguments usually do not have full facts backing them up, causing me to panic and write my opinion more than the facts in my papers. Causing the paper to not have credible evidence throughout.
I hope to have a great time for the rest of my semester. To be better about having good time management, since this is my first year and first time living alone away from my family. To make a good group of friends that I can hang out with or ask for help with work. I also play games too much maybe and need to work on that as well.
