The Flunker ’s Story 

 Challenge and Selection 

 I love to tell stories to drive my point . I am an accountant and when I am talking about numbers 

 – profit , assets , liabilities – I see people in front of me starting to yawn and feel sleepy . But when I give   stories as an example , my audience or people attending meetings I am facilitating come alive . 

 Many effective and efficient managers I know are able to convert into stories their plans for the 

 future or solutions for problems   that even the simplest employee belonging to the rank and file can   understand what they want to convey . 

 Application 

 In our college where I work as instructor , during a meeting , we were discussing what we should 

 do to our graduates who are failing in their licensure examinations , some not just once . In the meeting , I   shared my personal story where I failed the licensure examinations twice . I told them that the first time   around , I felt like it was the end of the world for me ; that I was not able to meet the expectations of my   family , friends , teachers and everyone I knew . I told the group that I decided to look for a job instead ,   and thankfully , I got hired immediately . However , I experienced being discriminated but I decided to   endure it . Six years passed and I found the guts to try again . Due to the many updates in accounting   standards which came about during the six years that I was out of circulation , I missed so much that   when I again took the examinations , I flunked . But this time , I was determined to review and take the   examinations again . Thanks God , I made it ! 

 Insights and Approach 

 My colleagues were able to realize from my story that giving up on our graduates is not an 

 option . Instead , as a group , we were able to come up with a policy we named “ call - back ” . From that   time on , we did our best to follow up on our flunkers and gave each of them the support we can give :   free reviews sessions , free review materials , moral support , brotherly advices , among others . Plus , if I   get the chance to tell each one of the flunkers , my story of how I struggled and succeeded , I always   make sure I will not miss doing so . And , this solution works each time . 

 Simple as it may seem , I consider storytelling as a small stone thrown into the lake and creates a 

 ripple .   When used to help solve a problem , lives are changed for the better : both that of the storyteller   and the one who heard the story and caught the values that go with it . 


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: The Flunker ’s Story 

 Challenge and Selection 

 I love to tell stories to drive my point . I am an accountant and when I am talking about numbers 

 – profit , assets , liabilities – I see people in front of me starting to yawn and feel sleepy . But when I give   stories as an example , my audience or people attending meetings I am facilitating come alive . 

 Many effective and efficient managers I know are able to convert into stories their plans for the 

 future or solutions for problems   that even the simplest employee belonging to the rank and file can   understand what they want to convey . 

 Application 

 In our college where I work as instructor , during a meeting , we were discussing what we should 

 do to our graduates who are failing in their licensure examinations , some not just once . In the meeting , I   shared my personal story where I failed the licensure examinations twice . I told them that the first time   around , I felt like it was the end of the world for me ; that I was not able to meet the expectations of my   family , friends , teachers and everyone I knew . I told the group that I decided to look for a job instead ,   and thankfully , I got hired immediately . However , I experienced being discriminated but I decided to   endure it . Six years passed and I found the guts to try again . Due to the many updates in accounting   standards which came about during the six years that I was out of circulation , I missed so much that   when I again took the examinations , I flunked . But this time , I was determined to review and take the   examinations again . Thanks God , I made it ! 

 Insights and Approach 

 My colleagues were able to realize from my story that giving up on our graduates is not an 

 option . Instead , as a group , we were able to come up with a policy we named “ call - back ” . From that   time on , we did our best to follow up on our flunkers and gave each of them the support we can give :   free reviews sessions , free review materials , moral support , brotherly advices , among others . Plus , if I   get the chance to tell each one of the flunkers , my story of how I struggled and succeeded , I always   make sure I will not miss doing so . And , this solution works each time . 

 Simple as it may seem , I consider storytelling as a small stone thrown into the lake and creates a 

 ripple .   When used to help solve a problem , lives are changed for the better : both that of the storyteller   and the one who heard the story and caught the values that go with it .
### Output: 