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Macaulay Honors College
at Baruch, Spring 2011Professor Els de Graauw
ITF Emily Sherwood -
Authors
▪ Alyssa Alicino
▪ Brandon Baksh
▪ Ru Xiao Chen
▪ Belinda Chiu
▪ Els de Graauw
▪ Becca Glickman
▪ Elisabeth Greenberg
▪ Doris Hu
▪ Peky Huang
▪ Toby Joseph
▪ Haesol Jun
▪ Nika Kartvelishvili
▪ Farrukh Khan
▪ Holly Kiang
▪ Julian Kipnis
▪ Kar Yi Lim
▪ Yang Lin
▪ Cait McCarthy
▪ Sofya Moshkovich
▪ Mariya Tuchinskaya
▪ Ying Zhang Login
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Hidden Talents
So-yeon immigrated to America from South Korea when she was 12 years old. She talked about how challenging it was for her to adjust to the way classes were taught in America. Her advisor, however, suggested she take an art class, which help boost her confidence in school:
I took the class and that was the best decision I made since I came here, because I found that I have some sort of artistic talents and [laughs] and people really appreciated that I was doing my best to finish my task. And [it] helped me build confidence on me, because I could see my paintings on the walls of the hallways sometimes and I was very passionate about art. And I think that was like a gift that I got, the first gift I got from America. So I still love to paint and I still love to draw.”
Attracted to the Big Apple
So-yeon immigrated to America from South Korea when she was 12 years old. When she first arrived, she lived in Washington state, but was attracted by New York City to leave the West Coast:
The primary reason why I chose New York is actually because I had another relative who was living here, so that was the main reason. But as I look back at my decision now, I see I was drawn to that image of New York City, like that vibrant atmosphere of New York City, and everyone, I mean now it’s slightly changed, but I had that admiration about New York City, the way the media portrays it, the way New York City is the center of the world and has all the energy going on. So that’s what I admired about it I think.”
