Reflection – Storytelling 

 Challenge 

 As a student mentor working in one of rural areas of India , I converse with a lot of students   for whom the world out there is as alien as it gets . Even though I come from a similar place ,   my recent stint in management consulting has made my style more suitable to talking to c- suite employees . When I go back to talk to these students , the same fact and data based   approach fails to motivate them and the resultant impact remains close to nothing . The   primary flaw in this approach , while talking to students in villages , is that it does not allow   them to relate to me – even though once I was where they are now . 

 Selection 

 Israel Donaldson mentioned in the storytelling session in week 2 that a story connects to   emotions , characters and values of people . This seemed to be the best tool that I could pick   and use to fulfil the missing criteria . 

 Application 

 When I went to meet the students in village , I ensured that I leverage the three key   components or essentials of storytelling , that are , logic , emotional connection and a larger   purpose . I started with my own journey from village to the city so as to establish a vision that   what I will talk going forward is all possible . I implemented a bit of visualization to show key   decision points and focus areas to discuss with students . I asked them what alternate choices   could have been made and worked with them to create a story of how each choice could have   changed my life . The idea was to show how every little choice matters and how these small   things can shape their life . 

 Insight 

 I witnessed a different level of excitement among the children as the whole session was now   pictorially gamified . No one , including myself , knew how permutation & combination of   different choices will shape the journey . It gave the students something to think about how   life choices are made on a practical basis . Although it started with me talking about myself , I   was surprised by seeing how my life could have changed if I had taken a decision a little   differently . It was a lesson for me as well . 

 I asked the students to plot a similar story for themselves , keeping them as the lead character   and coming up with key decision points that they have faced in their lives . This will enable   them to “ have moments of reflection ” , know themselves better and help notice such   important points in future . 

 Approach 

 In my next session I am planning to do this as a group activity . I will ask them to study lives of   different famous personalities who have come from a humble beginning and plot key decision   points in their lives . This way we will be able to explore a number of scenarios and stories that   the students can relate to . 


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 

 As a student mentor working in one of rural areas of India , I converse with a lot of students   for whom the world out there is as alien as it gets . Even though I come from a similar place ,   my recent stint in management consulting has made my style more suitable to talking to c- suite employees . When I go back to talk to these students , the same fact and data based   approach fails to motivate them and the resultant impact remains close to nothing . The   primary flaw in this approach , while talking to students in villages , is that it does not allow   them to relate to me – even though once I was where they are now . 

 Selection 

 Israel Donaldson mentioned in the storytelling session in week 2 that a story connects to   emotions , characters and values of people . This seemed to be the best tool that I could pick   and use to fulfil the missing criteria . 

 Application 

 When I went to meet the students in village , I ensured that I leverage the three key   components or essentials of storytelling , that are , logic , emotional connection and a larger   purpose . I started with my own journey from village to the city so as to establish a vision that   what I will talk going forward is all possible . I implemented a bit of visualization to show key   decision points and focus areas to discuss with students . I asked them what alternate choices   could have been made and worked with them to create a story of how each choice could have   changed my life . The idea was to show how every little choice matters and how these small   things can shape their life . 

 Insight 

 I witnessed a different level of excitement among the children as the whole session was now   pictorially gamified . No one , including myself , knew how permutation & combination of   different choices will shape the journey . It gave the students something to think about how   life choices are made on a practical basis . Although it started with me talking about myself , I   was surprised by seeing how my life could have changed if I had taken a decision a little   differently . It was a lesson for me as well . 

 I asked the students to plot a similar story for themselves , keeping them as the lead character   and coming up with key decision points that they have faced in their lives . This will enable   them to “ have moments of reflection ” , know themselves better and help notice such   important points in future . 

 Approach 

 In my next session I am planning to do this as a group activity . I will ask them to study lives of   different famous personalities who have come from a humble beginning and plot key decision   points in their lives . This way we will be able to explore a number of scenarios and stories that   the students can relate to .
### Output: 