During the end of my junior year, the fiscal year of my virtual enterprise firm was coming to an end. This is when the stress was accumulating. I had to finish financial documents with a deadline around the corner. That is when the coordinator of the firm offered me to go to a job interview with the director of virtual enterprise. I saw this as a great opportunity to not only grow as a person but to complete my 60 hours of work based learning. I needed these hours in order to receive my endorsed high school diploma. So I took the opportunity.

I am the type of person that freaks out before anything even happens. I was completely nervous weeks before the interview. I was being interviewed by the director and I needed to do better then good. When the day came, I tried to show confidence. Therefore, I said that I had an interest for accounting. Not knowing that I was speaking to an accounting professor. He started offering me his accounting courses and I tried to tell him that I didn’t really want to pursue a career in accounting. I had already taken the first accounting course and I completely disliked it. I didn’t want to get a poor grade on this second level course. This miscommunication led to almost taking a course that would have finished into a disaster.

A few weeks later, I spoke to him directly and said I was not interested. He took it better then expected. I was already wasting his time so his reaction worried me. I learned that speaking directly and honestly is a communication skill that is essential.

By: Lisbeth Mejia

Juicy is the oldest of three siblings. She has long, brown hair but always wears her hair in a low ponytail. She wears geeky glasses and has beautiful brown eyes. She is a major makeup fan. She always has a red lipstick on or a violet one. She is as a white as a snowflake. Juicy has an ability of speed. She can be at a destination in less then a minute. Her two other sisters have the ability to read minds and strenght.  All the abilities are kept on the low and are only used when necessary. Juicy is a very shy, quiet girl. She tries not to draw as much attention to herself. Therefore, her communication skills were very weak. However, while she was in high school, she was in a business major, where she had to present a variety of presentations. Byher junior year, she was entered into a business plan. Where she had to speak in front of an audience and judges. She was always nervous a few days before. However, once she was there speaking, she just went with the flow of it. But Juicy tends to touch her hair and shake her leg alot. Juicy has noticed that she speaks more fluently when she gets comfortable but tends to stutter in professional situations. She is at her best when the topic is of her interest. Its easier for her to come across her points. She is at her worst when she is being timed. She gets extremely nervous and loses her concentration. She now thinks of a presentation as an obligation. She has to do it and she’ll keep doing it throughout college, so she might as well start improving her skills. Sometimes she wishes she had a public speaking ability rather then speed. Life would be so much easier.