{"id":27404,"date":"2023-10-10T09:59:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T13:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/?p=27404"},"modified":"2023-10-11T00:22:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T04:22:31","slug":"i-like-new-york-better-by-sandra-cambrelen-2023-fall-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterword.com\/index.php\/i-like-new-york-better-by-sandra-cambrelen-2023-fall-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"“I Like New York Better”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Entrance to Hunter West Building. Picture by Sandra Cambrelen<\/p><\/div>\n

The 2023 fall semester began August 25 in the middle of a heatwave in New York City, and Tanha Latif, 23, from Dhaka, the Capitol in Bangladesh, was interviewed for this article about her impressions, feelings, and expectations for the new semester. This article is one in a series of interviews of students about life at Hunter in these pressing times.<\/p>\n

Latif, with short hair, dressed in casual pants and a long sleeve shirt, and responding to this reporter’s\u00a0 question, said she was not much for socializing because she is shy. She spoke softly during the interview as though she was whispering.<\/p>\n

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Picture by Sandra Cambrelen<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI was born in the U.S. and came here because the education is more affordable,\u201d said the environmental science major, who chose this course of study because \u201cI heard it was easy with lots of career opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

She also said, \u201cI chose Hunter, because it\u2019s one of the best in CUNY.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Latif arrived in New York a year and a half ago, she took a job at a Dunkin’ Donuts but quit to devote more time to her studies. She lives on Church Avenue, Brooklyn, where she shares an apartment with a brother and a sister.<\/p>\n

In the North Building classroom where she was interviewed, Latif said she experienced \u201canxiety over doing group projects.\u201d She said she felt \u201cstressed and nervous\u201d and said she was \u201cextremely shy.\u201d Asked what does she do to overcome her shyness, she said, surprisingly, \u201cI try to talk to many people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Latif said its is easier for her to communicate through \u201cemails and texting\u201d and said she is social media literate who prefers to communicate digitally rather than in person.<\/p>\n

Latif said, \u201cI hope to get a well-paying job\u201d after she graduates. Latif also said she hasn\u2019t decided if she will return to Bangladesh or if she plans to remain in New York, but she did say, \u201cI like New York better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her time at Hunter will help her face the kind of challenging decisions that students must face.<\/p>\n

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Another student, J.P., as she prefers to be identified for this article, and who was also interviewed for in the North Building classroom, said she was very private and preferred to be inconspicuous. She has short hair and was casually dressed in jeans, sneakers, a T-shirt and wore a medical face mask. J.P. is 33 and an upper junior in the Department of Film and Media Studies. \u00a0She said she wanted to advance her skills in technical video storytelling.<\/p>\n

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An overview of 68th Street & Lexington Avenue Hunter campus. PIcture by Sandra Cambrelen<\/p><\/div>\n

J.P. said she moved to New York City from the Catskills in 2014 and did not like it initially. She left in 2017 but returned in 2021. She works as a freelance video editor and lives alone in Clinton hills, Brooklyn, and said she had a very supportive boyfriend.<\/p>\n

Talking about enrolling in classes this semester, J.P. said she thought she would experience \u201canxiety and stress\u201d and did say she felt \u201cchaos.\u201d But in the interview she said so far her experience at Hunter was \u201cunderwhelming.\u201d After a few days, she said, she felt \u201cneutral.\u201d J.P. said \u201cthe experience did not live up to my expectations,\u201d because, as she explained, \u201cI felt relaxed, not stressed at all, no anxiety just, neutral.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sandra Cambrelen can be reached at csndcmb@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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