Monologue
Hi everyone, my name is Faizan Sohail. I am a freshman here at Baruch College. I don’t know what I am going to major in yet but I’ll figure it out eventually. The thing I treasure the most in life is my family. I love them all and I would not be the person I am if it were not for them. I identify myself by my family and the traditions I carry from Pakistan. The roles I take in my life include son, uncle, brother and student. My father is the most important person to me in my life. He has sacrificed a lot and done so much just so that I could make it to college and live the comfortable lifestyle that I do.
What I fear is losing friends. Back in my old high school I had made a lot of friendships with many decent people. Friendships take a long time to build and saying good-bye was one of the most painful things I had to do in my life. A lot of my friends went abroad to study and I will miss them deeply. We shared many good times. Spending time with my high school gang was what made me happy.
School is going fine. The biggest transition is time management. Managing a job and school is hard. I have a job to help me pay for tuition and books so it’s not just something I can drop at a moment’s notice. I tend to procrastinate a lot which isn’t good. Many of my professor’s give a lot of assignments and keeping track of each one is a biggest challenge. The thing I like most about Baruch is the freedom. There are lots of good restaurants and shops to browse on my spare time. Baruch is in the heart of Manhattan so there really is no end to the amount of places to visit.
I feel guilty whenever I see food wasted because I know a lot of people who don’t have enough food to feed themselves or their children. My motto is “work hard and you will succeed because nothing worth getting is easy to obtain”. I live by this because I can’t expect to do my parents proud by just being a bum. I have to work hard and only then can I hope to succeed and make them proud.
This is me at my brother's wedding. I see myself as someone who is loyal to his family and his parents over anything else in life. I am proud to be from Pakistan and to have such a great mother and father.
