Chapter 1: What's in the name?

The spelling of my name is a bit complicated I never anyone in school to have it correct for the 1st time. To know that someone is willing to try and try to know the right spelling of it is really amusing. But what's more to that is to know the effort of knowing you more than just the spelling of the name.

If a professor knows your name.

1. BLESSED! Professors remember faces not names. One thing is to get recognized by the face another is calling your name out in public whenever they see you. 
2. You get first dibs on their phone numbers. With that said, you're the first to know about any updates.
3. In some cases, the professor would introduce you to other sections. Taking the stakes at high.
4. You get to be the priority. 

If friends of your friends know your name.

1. Your circle gets wider. 
2. Someone would say "Hi", "Good Morning", "Let's Eat", etc., while you pass by.
3. You get to borrow stuff from them (a ruler, pencil, yellow paper, calculator, powder, etc.) without hesitation.
4. You have new company.

I'm not the social type of person that comes to people to know names, ask about their life, and eventually to become their friend. People come to me or in other circumstances, friends of friends. Last semester I never knew any names except my classmates, professors, and our chairperson. (Yes, I didn't know what the our dean's name is.) I was a complete NOBODY then. But this semester I was openly acknowledge to people. The other section knew what my name is, professors ask what my name is, I now know what's the name of our dean, and I met the kindest of people. I'm not gonna say,that I'm popular in the sense that I receive texts from unknowns. Instead they're the kind of people you would want to wish to ask your number. I'm a complete stranger then, I go to school, go home alone, eat alone. Now, I never go home straight because I eat with company. School would dismiss at 4pm instead of 6pm then I'll go home at 8pm. It's not a bad thing or me considering I have 2-hours allotted for travel. Low-budgeted food felt luxurious if there's great company to share it with. 

Be careful, people might know your name but not all people want to keep your name clean, some choose to destroy it. You can never choose the people who wants to know you but you can always choose what to share to people. 

Whenever you have a relationship with anyone know the label in that way you'll know the limits. -CrischelleA.