All about me

Hi everybody my name is Karim Azizi and I was born and raised in the Lower East Side.  My mother is Puerto Rican and my father is from Afghanistan.  My mother speaks Spanish and my father speaks two different languages from Afghanistan.  Despite the fact that I am culturally diverse I only speak English fluently.  My parents felt that it would be of most importance for me to learn English as my first language.  Then I learned Spanish but my speaking skills declined dramatically as I  went through grade school.  The biggest problem for me growing up was deciding whether to be a Muslim or a Christian, being that I was torn between a Muslim father and a Christian mother.  My mother told me it was up to me and my father didn't even see it as an issue he just said I was a Muslim.  

As I grew through my teenage years into manhood I thought it was vital that I make definite decisions in my life dealing with life's important questions like the dilemma previously discussed.  So I made a lot of goals for myself one being that I go to BMCC and not only graduate but graduate with a GPA over 3.5.  I would need this GPA to guarantee that I have a selection of colleges to transfer to.  I hope to transfer to Baruch College for my Bachelor's  Degree in Business Administration.  After that life will decide how far my education will go.  For now in this horrible economy I have to make sure I have some financial security most importantly.  Luckily I work for a publicly funded private charter school that, unlike every other organization, is actually expanding so I aim to move up in this job as I get my education at least for now.  From here on I am going to just wing it and go with the flow of life and fight my way through any door I see open.  I am not a complete work-oholic, I enjoy playing basketball, playing my X-Box and enjoying the city life of New York with my friends and fiance.  

I took this class because I wanted to keep my reading and writing level up to par.  I have not taken an English class since the Spring '07.  In addition, I needed a few more elective credits so ENG 392 seemed the most interesting out of the selection that remained.  I do not read for leisure so I don't have a favorite author or genre.  I don't have a favorite book and books have not been influential to me.  Every book that i have read has been forced upon me by school so books have always felt unenjoyable.  Reading books makes me feel as if I am at a stand still in my life and life goes on once I am done reading.