REFLECTION - STORYTELLING 

 Challenge and Selection 

 I use Storytelling on my daily tasks as Admissions Office at a University . The people I work are young , and   unexperienced , so I must elaborate a quick overview of the career path they have chosen . Most of them   go to our meetings in company of their parents . I must have in mind that is not only a career that the   potential student is choosing , but an investment to the parents . Some of these students come from   disadvantaged families , so their admission is to a social scholarship . Often , these parents are most likely   to be open to the big achievements the potential student might achieve in the future . However , the   parents who do n’t apply to any economical benefit are more interested on the costs . 

 And there is the potential student who comes alone . He / she is older than the others , it ’s economically   independent and is looking forward to improving his / her opportunities in the market . I need to say that   these are my favorites , but also , the toughest . I like to think that my work is not to sell people education ,   but to open their eyes to all opportunities they will have once they complete the educational career . So ,   the independent young person , is the toughest not because of the cost ( most of them apply to a   scholarship ) but due their willingness to start such big project in time . 

 So , I started trying to learn about the potential students and their families to know better how the careers   they chosen might have a positive impact in all their lives . I start listening to the way the talk about things ,   where they focus the most ( is it the money ? The time ? Their needs ? ) , and I gather all the information to   try to solve their doubts with a story . 

 Application 

 As I said before , the independent young person who wants to start a University Career is my favorite   person to have an admission meeting with , but also the toughest . I know so because I was that person   once . So , for me , the storytelling comes easy with those persons . 

 Once was this young man , around 22 years old , that his entire life wanted to become an accountant , as   his father was . His family had a truck company which moved goods all around the country and   internationally . He was so proud when he told me about his father truck , the first of the company , the   one in which he learned how to drive trucks . Unfortunately , his dad suffered a severe home accident and   was unable to keep working and died a few months later . This incident really affected the young man . He   was 16 when his dad died and took over some of the chores of the company while some of the uncles and   his mom took over the company . When he became 18 , he was controlling most of the actions on the   company but refused the opportunity to go to school and become an accountant as he always wanted .   Years passed , he was about to get married , and there he was , on my office because his fiancée told him   to pursuit his dreams . 

 I spent almost half of our meeting time just listening to his story , but worth it . He feared losing sight of   what really matters ( his dad company ) if he enrolled in a University Degree . But he knew his fiancée was   right , I mean , he was in an Admissions Office .   I told him my story , how I was scared from moving from   one corner of the country to another just to get my degree . I told him how I got here with little money   and a heart full of fear and hope . I told him of my first years of working , studying and learning to be an   independent adult all at the same time and how I had to make a lot of previous steps to get to my goal :   get a University Degree . 

 Insight and Approach 

 I think he was not prepared to have that kind of talk on an admission meeting . He told me he was certain   that the meeting would proof nothing , and only dusty papers would remain as reminder of the meeting .   He ended up applying later that same day . 

 I shared this story with one of my colleagues and he shared back other stories alike . We talked about how   people are making a big decision coming to us and most of them can open once they have the chance . To   tell them that there are people that wore their shoes is really soothing for them . We ended up asked the   university to have more Story Telling related trainings instead of Sales trainings . The university accepted   this and now trainings like these are mandatory . 


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 and Selection 

 I use Storytelling on my daily tasks as Admissions Office at a University . The people I work are young , and   unexperienced , so I must elaborate a quick overview of the career path they have chosen . Most of them   go to our meetings in company of their parents . I must have in mind that is not only a career that the   potential student is choosing , but an investment to the parents . Some of these students come from   disadvantaged families , so their admission is to a social scholarship . Often , these parents are most likely   to be open to the big achievements the potential student might achieve in the future . However , the   parents who do n’t apply to any economical benefit are more interested on the costs . 

 And there is the potential student who comes alone . He / she is older than the others , it ’s economically   independent and is looking forward to improving his / her opportunities in the market . I need to say that   these are my favorites , but also , the toughest . I like to think that my work is not to sell people education ,   but to open their eyes to all opportunities they will have once they complete the educational career . So ,   the independent young person , is the toughest not because of the cost ( most of them apply to a   scholarship ) but due their willingness to start such big project in time . 

 So , I started trying to learn about the potential students and their families to know better how the careers   they chosen might have a positive impact in all their lives . I start listening to the way the talk about things ,   where they focus the most ( is it the money ? The time ? Their needs ? ) , and I gather all the information to   try to solve their doubts with a story . 

 Application 

 As I said before , the independent young person who wants to start a University Career is my favorite   person to have an admission meeting with , but also the toughest . I know so because I was that person   once . So , for me , the storytelling comes easy with those persons . 

 Once was this young man , around 22 years old , that his entire life wanted to become an accountant , as   his father was . His family had a truck company which moved goods all around the country and   internationally . He was so proud when he told me about his father truck , the first of the company , the   one in which he learned how to drive trucks . Unfortunately , his dad suffered a severe home accident and   was unable to keep working and died a few months later . This incident really affected the young man . He   was 16 when his dad died and took over some of the chores of the company while some of the uncles and   his mom took over the company . When he became 18 , he was controlling most of the actions on the   company but refused the opportunity to go to school and become an accountant as he always wanted .   Years passed , he was about to get married , and there he was , on my office because his fiancée told him   to pursuit his dreams . 

 I spent almost half of our meeting time just listening to his story , but worth it . He feared losing sight of   what really matters ( his dad company ) if he enrolled in a University Degree . But he knew his fiancée was   right , I mean , he was in an Admissions Office .   I told him my story , how I was scared from moving from   one corner of the country to another just to get my degree . I told him how I got here with little money   and a heart full of fear and hope . I told him of my first years of working , studying and learning to be an   independent adult all at the same time and how I had to make a lot of previous steps to get to my goal :   get a University Degree . 

 Insight and Approach 

 I think he was not prepared to have that kind of talk on an admission meeting . He told me he was certain   that the meeting would proof nothing , and only dusty papers would remain as reminder of the meeting .   He ended up applying later that same day . 

 I shared this story with one of my colleagues and he shared back other stories alike . We talked about how   people are making a big decision coming to us and most of them can open once they have the chance . To   tell them that there are people that wore their shoes is really soothing for them . We ended up asked the   university to have more Story Telling related trainings instead of Sales trainings . The university accepted   this and now trainings like these are mandatory .
### Output: 