City College of New York

160 Convent Avenue

February 12 , 2023

 

Ms. Julianne Davidow

Adjunct Lecturer, English Department

City College of New York

160 Convent Avenue

 

Dear Ms. Davidow

I’m writing to introduce myself to you. This is my first year at City College and I’m looking forward to learning how to be able to express myself in a more professional way.

While I was raised in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, my parents immigrated here from Mexico. I speak both English and Spanish but I always struggled with English. Although I struggled with it I have done great with all my English classes. My favorite subject in school was history. I loved learning about the past. I believe in this saying that if you never learn about the history of the world the world will keep repeating itself and I am very big with this saying. I have always loved playing video games, something I truly enjoy doing. It fascinates me how surreal it can feel playing them and how u can feel like you’re in the game.

The reason I chose engineering is my dad would’ve loved to study engineering and it was his dream to become one but that it’s too late for him. I ended up liking engineering because of how passionate he was about it and the way he spoke about it made it sound pretty hands on, I always wanted to have hands- on experience with work. Although I may like engineering, I’m struggling to decide whether or not I like it enough to make it into my field of interest. I would’ve loved to major in marine biology, but i wasn’t able to find a school near me to my liking.

Switching from middle school to high school to college, with this experience my interest changed as I grew up. Now that I saw all those changes I was to understand why change is something u shouldn’t be afraid of and I think a lot of us fear a change with someone ,thing, place or anything. We live off a cycle and hate to break those cycles. My high school cycle was the one that hurt the most due to barely having to experience it. It feels like it’s a gate I haven’t been able to close since it feels unfinished. Which was at fault because of the quarantine. It opened gates to things I love but it took memories away from me. I grew to love computers due to it and learned how to build them and more about how they work but it also took time from living off my high school years before I had to face who I wanna be when I grow up. My interests have developed and accumulated over time, I hope to use these next four years to further my knowledge of various things.

What I would love to learn this semester is to learn how to express myself more professionally and speak more. My concern is I’m not sure how to. I feel like sometimes my writing might get too personal and make it sound like I’m talking more to a friend than professionally.

 

Sincerely,

Marlen