When I asked the question about how did they choose their workers, I was really surprised with his answer. He said, “buscamos a gente con actitud no aptitud”. At first I didn’t totally get this concept, but as I kept thinking about it, I started getting it, and now I actually think it’s a very wise belief. Think about it; you can hire people with the best skills and abilities, but if they don’t have the right attitude and values, it is impossible that they will give their 100%. Attitude cannot be changed or modified, instead skills can be taught and learned haven’t you heard the saying practice makes perfect? Nobody is born with the skills, you learn them, but the attitude is a matter of values, and values are harder to change. When the company has this mentality, they have less limitations, because people aren't forced to do what they are "good" at, but instead what they are passionate about, which is what really motivates people to give their best. As students we do this all the time, in school we are confronted with topics we have never seen before, but still if you have the right attitude and are willing to work hard to learn it, you can succeed. After all, it is impossible to succeed in something that you're not passionate about.
This concept also reminded me of mindset; when you have the growth mindset, you can achieve greater things. Peruplast totally proved itself to be growth minded, they believe in improvement, and that with the right attitude you have no limitations.
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This week in the IA we talked about how people can't get work done in the office. It's true! This was no surprise for me, it actually sounded familiar; I've heard several times people saying that they can't get work done at school and that they'd rather work at home, me included. This definitely shouldn't be this way. How can it be possible that we get seven hours a day to work and learn, and we rather, just leave it all for when we get back home. Doesn't that sound irrational? If school has become a place were we can't concentrate nor produce quality, then why go to school, when we can concentrate better at home? This has to change. I remember last year in Ms. Malatesta's class, we had to hand in a one world essay. Ms. Malatesta gave us the whole class to work on the essay, due to that it was a very complicated and long task, and had a short amount of time to do it. Either way, Nerea and I where unable to concentrate in class even if we tried, and just gave up, and made the decision to work at home. It seems illogic to do the work in our free time, and get stressed, instead using the time that the teacher provides us.
This week our IBG project has finally taken shape. We have a consistent and organized plan, we already have a clear view of what we want to achieve, and we are now testing the recipes. On thursday during IBG time, Noa, Frances and I went to Frances's house with the purpose of testing the first recipe from our cook book. It's logic to think that a plan like this will be us fooling around, and not working at all. After all we are three friends leaving school early to go to our houses and cook; how serious could it get? But I was wrong. Actually everything turned out really well, everyone came prepared, we all stuck to our roles, and best of all, there was absolutely NO fooling around. We had our goal in mind and we literally didn't stop working until we finished the recipe. I was amazed with the level of maturity that we showed, in fact, I have to admit it was contaigious. The three of us where absolutely serious about this project, and where determined to work hard to make this cook book a success.
In a typical school project, students work to aim for a top mark, or even to pass the class; but its impossible to produce quality work when your motive is a number on a paper. This is what differs the IBG project from others, its not an obligation, it's a privilege. We work to pursue our passion, to make our project a success. This is when we start taking responsibility and acting with maturity towards our project. WE wanted our recipes to be exquisite, WE wanted to make each step of the process crystal clear, WE wanted this cookbook to be taken seriously, therefor we had to take our job seriously too. I really like how at least for me, the fact that the teacher is trusting me and giving me freedom to take lead, makes me more conscious of my actions, and helps me act with maturity. I believe that a student grows when he/she is just let loose with nothing to hold on to, but his/her own determination, when the teacher leaves it up to him/her to make something out of his/her time. Now that we have a strong start we have to make sure to keep up the hard work, and give our maximum effort. ICC is a week full of energy and spirit with the purpose of uniting each grade level while competing for a common goal... the ICC trophy.This year, us sophomores, desired the ICC trophy more than anything. We where willing to do anything to reach our goal, and set ourselves for success. We felt unstoppable, and where, we actually beat the Juniors and got 2nd place.
While watching the boy's soccer game against the juniors I started thinking about how the juniors had a stronger team than ours, that was said to be "invinsible", but still we where wining 2 - 0. WHY? In difference from the other grade levels, we sophomores wheren't only acting like a team, but like a family. I've seen good sportsmanship, and teamwork before; but I had never seen a team that was so supportive to each other. I watched closely when a player missed a goal, or did a wrong pass, to see the reaction of the rest of the teammates. I was surprised to see that instead of getting mad or frustrated, they where supportive, and helped each other grow. I remember seeing Ernesto surrounded by a lot of people who where masaging his feet so he could keep on playing because he had a cramp. It was amazing how the people who weren't even playing where as involved in the game as the ones who where, just because of the fact that we where all one, we where one team, one grade. I can confidently say that WE GAVE IT ALL. Everyone was trying their best as hard as they could no matter what. In the crouds, people where cheering their lungs out, as if it where the last day of their lives. I recall people getting tiered and saying "I'm going to be sick I can't scream anymore", and Almudena screaming at them saying, "You can be sick on friday when we win this thing, so until then you'll keep screaming as loud as you can!" I think it's fascinating how we where willing to do practically anything for the victory of ICC. The best thing .... we didn't have the need to bring other teams down, or try to manipulate results; we where better than that, we worried about ourselves, and effectively our effort payed off when the results where said. That's spirit. So if you ask me, YES, us sophomores did act like a team, in fact we acted like a family, we where United By One Rhythm! To be able to publish a professional magazine, for our organization unit, it was essential that we first visited an actual magazine company. COSAS magazine was the perfect option. We scheduled an interview with Raul Cachay, editor of COSAS, and planned to ask questions about the layout, the articles, the different roles, etc. Though I was assigned the writing articles questions, I still couldn't help noticing the work environment of the company.
At first I felt a little uncertained and intimidated, I thought that people weren't going to take us seriousely, and that we where just going to waste their time. But as I got to know the place and the people, I saw that actually COSAS wasn't so different to the IA. I took a moment to look at the white board in the room we where at, and I saw how they had brainstormed and discussed themes, ideas, profits, etc. Very similar to how we are organizing ourselves in the organizations project in the IA. What I most liked about the way they worked at COSAS, was that I felt as if everyone was treated with the same respect and value, there was no hierarchy, everyone was given freedom within a frame. COSAS was definetly the type of organization I would like to work in, I feel like i could totally fit in in this type of environment, where people really like what they do.
After this visit, I stayed a while thinking about how incredible it is that in the IA with only 15 years, we are working in a very similar way as the people in COSAS are. We are closer to the real world than we ever thought. |
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