Laura's Peer Profile of Jarin

Peer Profile Assignment: Jarin Tasnem

            Jarin Tasnem was born in Bangladesh. She came to the United States of America when she was just 11 months old, leaving behind her beloved grandmother, but she does visit for vacation. Jarin lives in New York City where she was raised speaking Bengali, and learned English at school. Based on how she speaks now, I can honestly say she speaks English better than Americans do. Jarin attended Hillcrest High School, which she says is a horrible high school. The girls’ bathroom had a foul smell of marijuana on a daily basis. As you can tell the ideal high school experience is to make school feel like a home. Unfortunately, for some, that experience isn’t given to their students. Jarin was one of those deprived students who had to make the best of what they had, and she defeated all odds. 

            Jarin had a positive attitude towards her education and was an ideal student. She worked hard toward her dream, at that time, of being a scientist. She wanted to challenge herself throughout high school. She took the hardest classes possible such as: AP Biology, AP Chemistry, and AP U.S. History. Jarin mentioned that her high school goal was only to get their students to pass the regents. She decided to take her education more seriously than what her school could provide her with. Jarin expressed in a rough voice, “ The teachers would only come to work [school] for the money. They do not care about their students education enough to help them succeed.” For a student to express this about a teacher can help see into the mentality of a young woman who takes their education seriously. As she got older, she decided to examine her goal of being a scientist. She realized that being a scientist was not a promising career path. As time went on she understood that being a scientist didn’t provide her with a path that could lead to a life of having a stable income that she could build a family on. 

                                

            Jarin had a rough path when her grandmother was diagnosed with neck cancer. She reevaluated her life values and realized people don’t live forever. Horrible things do happen. Her grandmother developed neck cancer from chewing betel nuts. Betel nuts where used in the old days by women to give them a reddish veneer on their lips. Jarin had also chewed one once when she was a young girl. “The betel nut had a sort of… bitter and disgusting taste.”. Jarin explains that this experience made her change her interest from being a scientist to being a Biology major. Jarin considered a scientist to have more of a study in what makes up an item, such as a new element in the periodic table of elements. She considered Biology as the study of  what effects medicine has on the human body. She wanted to change her course of study to see if she was up for the challenge of having a medical career, so she decided to take Advanced Placement Biology.           

          Jarin is a very dedicated young woman who I believe will pursue and accomplish her dreams. Besides her interest in the sciences, Jarin does have an interest in fiction books. She reads fiction throughout her free time. When asked if she had any favorite book, Jarin couldn’t decide on a favorite, but she does have books that she likes including her most recent one Hamlet by William Shakespeare. “Hamlet was an interesting book because it had a lot of trials before it gets to the final point.” Besides literary books, she likes to read the newspaper on her free time, including The Huffington Post and The New York Times.  At the City College of New York she will try to continue her interest in Pre-Medical studies. In four years she sees herself in medical school. Ten years from now she sees herself having a stable job as Doctor Tasnem and, hopefully, starting a family with a husband and kids.

            Jarin Tansem has a bright future ahead of herself. She is very hardworking and dedicated to everything she puts her mind to. She is very motivated to continue her passion for the medical studies. She has managed to keep her grades up while she tries to cope with the emotional toll of having an ill grandmother.  Jarin mentioned, “ My parents raised me to be honest, kind, and respectful to others.” I believe that she is making her parents very proud because that is exactly what comes across when you first meet her. Besides being intelligent and respectful she is a young woman that will do many marvelous things. Jarin I believe will have an amazing college experience based on how her high school experience was. She was a deprived student who has already started making a good impression in the beginning of her college life. Choosing to take a writing class during her summer really shows how dedicated and hard working Jarin was during high school and continues to be.