Reflection – Storytelling 

 Challenge & Selection 

 Storytelling is a great tool that I started using it lately . I am a history teacher in a   poor country . There are n’t many kids who attend school and those who do do n’t   score good grades . Unfortunately the books that we teach are n’t very good . They   are focused on memorizing so the students do n’t like them . It was very difficult to   me to teach and make the students interested in history . The students are n’t   motivated because the subject seems “ boring ” . I tried to do the best I can to   change their view of the subject , but I could n’t . I discovered storytelling and it   made a huge difference . The classes now are n’t that boring and unappealing . The   students also started to share their perspectives and thoughts more then ever . I   use their thoughts to develop different strategies to try and find a way that works   for them . 

 Application 

 The fist time I used storytelling in class the students were amazed and surprised .   In that day I told them not to bring their books . I taught the lesson using day to   day language and I drew the characters on the board . We performed a play in the   next lesson . After that I was the one who is surprised . A group from the class   taught the lesson . It was a very successful method and the scored the highest   grades in the state ! But there was a student who always sat in the back and never   participated . I knew that he needed attention . I asked him to come to my office   and got him a drink . It appears that he is a shy person and that he is afraid from   interacting with people because he was bullied in his previous class . 

 Insight & Approach 

 I was shocked and devastated a bit because I should ’ve known earlier but I did n’t .   Clearly it was time for me to open up with my story . I told him that I knew how he   felt because I was bullied as well when I was at school and how painful it was   because I was suffering alone . I told him how I was too scared to tell anyone . I   also shared with him how I got through it with the help of m teacher . I also tried   to explain to him that not all people are bullies , he was a bit comfortable after 

 that and motivated as well . So in the next lesson , and for the first time he   engaged with the rest of the class and gradually he made some friends as well .   Sometimes a little story can do a lot of good . This course made me see storytelling   in a new way . When I 've done it before it was n’t   really that interesting , but now I   can prepare ahead and think of stories and methods that will assist me in   presenting my ideas and receive m students thoughts too . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Reflection – Storytelling 

 Challenge & Selection 

 Storytelling is a great tool that I started using it lately . I am a history teacher in a   poor country . There are n’t many kids who attend school and those who do do n’t   score good grades . Unfortunately the books that we teach are n’t very good . They   are focused on memorizing so the students do n’t like them . It was very difficult to   me to teach and make the students interested in history . The students are n’t   motivated because the subject seems “ boring ” . I tried to do the best I can to   change their view of the subject , but I could n’t . I discovered storytelling and it   made a huge difference . The classes now are n’t that boring and unappealing . The   students also started to share their perspectives and thoughts more then ever . I   use their thoughts to develop different strategies to try and find a way that works   for them . 

 Application 

 The fist time I used storytelling in class the students were amazed and surprised .   In that day I told them not to bring their books . I taught the lesson using day to   day language and I drew the characters on the board . We performed a play in the   next lesson . After that I was the one who is surprised . A group from the class   taught the lesson . It was a very successful method and the scored the highest   grades in the state ! But there was a student who always sat in the back and never   participated . I knew that he needed attention . I asked him to come to my office   and got him a drink . It appears that he is a shy person and that he is afraid from   interacting with people because he was bullied in his previous class . 

 Insight & Approach 

 I was shocked and devastated a bit because I should ’ve known earlier but I did n’t .   Clearly it was time for me to open up with my story . I told him that I knew how he   felt because I was bullied as well when I was at school and how painful it was   because I was suffering alone . I told him how I was too scared to tell anyone . I   also shared with him how I got through it with the help of m teacher . I also tried   to explain to him that not all people are bullies , he was a bit comfortable after 

 that and motivated as well . So in the next lesson , and for the first time he   engaged with the rest of the class and gradually he made some friends as well .   Sometimes a little story can do a lot of good . This course made me see storytelling   in a new way . When I 've done it before it was n’t   really that interesting , but now I   can prepare ahead and think of stories and methods that will assist me in   presenting my ideas and receive m students thoughts too .
### Output: 