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Who am I?

I am me. No, well, yeah, but there’s more. I go by the name of Gregory Romano, however, I feel this is the most offensive title someone can refer to me as. It conveys no personal relationship, interaction, or friendship.

I prefer nicknames. They give a greater definition of my character because they convey my relationships with others.  My friends call me Greg, G-money, Regs. My family….. well if I were to give them all it would be less of a monologue and more of a list filled with ridiculous variations of a name, the three most common might be GEE, G-man, and Gete.

Gete is often delivered as Beep, Bleep, Bleeper, Jeter, and more, but again, if we were to focus on names I respond to, we would not cover much of anything else.

Back to defining me.  At this instant in time I can define who I am, unfortunately come tomorrow this question would have been answered differently. I am constantly changing as I am influenced by my friends, family, and society. The most constant definition I can put together for myself are the roles I hold in others lives.

I am a son, a brother, a cousin, a boyfriend, a student, a teacher, a co-worker, unfortunately I can go on all day long, as could anyone else. I am a person.

These are the titles of the different relationships I hold with people, however, there is one in particular I see to be most important. One that is not listed because it is present in all other relationships. A friend.

A friend is someone you can trust, rely on, go to for advice, approach for help, enjoy your time with. One who can put a smile on your face. More often than not a Friend is the most confused form of a relationship. A friend will not betray you or act with the intent to hurt you. This doesn’t mean you cannot disagree with a friend or get into small feuds with friend. A friend is one who acts with compassion, one who seeks to keep the well-being of the other friend.

I spend so much time defining friend because it is one of the things I am most proud of in my life. Oh, yeah. And that I am a hard worker. I would have been sleeping about an hour ago instead of writing this monologue if I wasn’t. To all those who say “well really you aren’t. You shouldn’t have saved the work for last minute anyways.” I just found out this was due tomorrow a few hours ago so BACK OFF. By the way if I cracked a smile on any of your faces it was probably part of my nature. Trying to make everyone around me laugh and eventually befriending them.

Back to the point I know I’m not perfect, I’m no angel, however I feel I try to approach every person I meet, with good intentions. I try my best to make friends.

A. Tell us who you think you are?
I as an identity am Gregory Romano, but this question poses so much more than that. At this instant in time I can define who I am, unfortunately come tomorrow this question would have been answered differently. I am constantly changing as I am influenced by my friends, family, and even society. The most constant definition I can put together for myself are the roles I hold in others lives. I am a son, a brother, a cousin, a friend, a boyfriend, a student, a teacher, a worker, unfortunately I can go on all day long as could anyone else. I am a person.

B. Share your top three concerns about your freshman year at Baruch college and explain why?

1. Keeping up with the work load: Although in high school I took college and A.P. courses the environment was much different. I hope that I can adapt to the new atmosphere and keep up with the heavy readings we’re assigned.

2. Maintaining a high GPA: I know its not everything, but your GPA plays a major role over the jobs you’re able to earn. Again I hope I can keep up with my work to maintain a good GPA.

3. Enjoying my time at Baruch: I travel an hour and 20 minutes to and from school everyday, the earliest I get home is 6:15 where I come home to either work or homework. I hope i can find the time to enjoy myself during my Baruch career.

C. So far, what do you think will make your Baruch College experience different from your high school experience?

Coming from a catholic all boy high school, the Baruch College is much different for me. You’re allowed much more freedom and determine your own fate.

D. How do you think your first year at college will change you?

I think through my first your of college most obviously my realm of knowledge will expand. Furthermore, I think I will become more disciplined and better accustomed to the college environment for learning, but more so to life.