Cracking the Shell

During our 25minutes of planning we were throwing out ideas of how should the egg protector look like. Everyone contibuted and we arrived to the idea of braiding the straws and putting them around the egg. We all defenitely knew what our goal was and the deadlines. We came to the conclusion of what we have to do before the time ran out. We did not pick a leader, but I don't think that was our weakness since at such a short period of time we pretty much agrred on many ideas and the general communcation between us was very good.
We were discussing possible outcomes of our plan and we tried to make our project better. For example we thought of what if the egg falls and then bounces to one side and breaks itself. That is why we had to change its position a bit and use the tape wisely. We decided who is going to braid the straws, who is going to sketch the egg, who is going to let it go from the top of the table etc.
The 10 minutes of creating the project was very tense, especially the last couple of minutes. Everything had to be done fast and somehow we managed to get it done by the last second. Unfortunately, our egg did not succeed. However, I think that as a group, we were very successful and that if we had more time or a little more practice we would make it.

Tolerance

When I came here about five years ago I was not very shocked to see many different things and different ways of living that exist in NY. We all know that what you see in American movies is not a real image of America and especially NY, since most of the movies are made in NY, but one gets accustomed to seeing all those tall buildings, big lights and different people. I guess I saw so many movies that when I came here almost nothing was very surprising to me.
 Some things did make me feel a bit annoyed. For example many people in NY are loud, wear pants much lower than they should, chew loudly...But also what i noticed is that there are no street dogs or cats which was weird to me because where I come from one can see a cat or a dog anywhere, and can even play with them sometimes. What surprised me the most was that almost no one has his/her own washing machine in the apartment. Everyone from the building use the same machines and if you live in a private house you have to use the laundromat outside. That was very strange to me because in my country everyone has a washing machine in the house or apartment and the process of washing is longer and better. Therefore clothes over there lasts much longer and one does not have so many t shirts, pants or pairs of shoes.
NY is very unique because you get to meet people from any corner of the world. I have friend from many different places and I had a chance to learn about their cultures and points of view. Out of all the people i met I got a chance to meet very few "real" Americans who were born and raised here. But somehow all people are acting American in the way that everyone is watching his/her own business, time is very organized and precious and getting to know a person or becoming close friends is extremely hard.

Introduction

Hi! My name is Boško Radaković. It is probably easier if you read it as Boshko. I come from Serbia (former Yugoslavia). I'm junior at Baruch and I'm majoring in accountancy. I like sports, especially soccer. I also like to try different things and experience new stuff. This class is also one of the new things that I'll try out and i hope it will be interesting.