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Business Is Global
Summer Language Program for High School Students
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WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.785 --> 00:00:01.925 People always say, you know, 2 00:00:01.925 --> 00:00:03.125 enjoy your year while you're young. 3 00:00:03.265 --> 00:00:04.645 But boys been ready to move on. 4 00:00:04.645 --> 00:00:06.605 But now that it's finally here, it's kind of like, whoa. 5 00:00:06.875 --> 00:00:08.685 Life is like very hectic right now. 6 00:00:08.795 --> 00:00:12.045 It's a lot of studying, preparing for like AP classes 7 00:00:12.075 --> 00:00:13.325 that I'm gonna be taking this year. 8 00:00:13.785 --> 00:00:16.605 The decisions that I'll be making the, the next year 9 00:00:16.605 --> 00:00:18.645 or two, they're really, you know, 10 00:00:18.645 --> 00:00:19.925 really starting to get to me now. 11 00:00:20.115 --> 00:00:22.725 Well, in Boy Scouts at least, uh, there's a saying 12 00:00:22.725 --> 00:00:25.485 where it's, uh, uh, luck favors the prepared. 13 00:00:25.655 --> 00:00:27.405 These are the years that are gonna make a mark 14 00:00:27.585 --> 00:00:28.725 and kind of shape my future. 15 00:00:28.945 --> 00:00:30.965 So that's what I'm gonna be doing. 16 00:00:36.005 --> 00:00:37.625 My sister did this program five years ago. 17 00:00:37.825 --> 00:00:40.545 I had a certain vision. I kind of knew what to expect. 18 00:00:40.765 --> 00:00:42.025 At the same time. You're not, 19 00:00:42.045 --> 00:00:43.665 you don't know it until you're there. 20 00:00:44.375 --> 00:00:45.705 Over the past 10 days, 21 00:00:45.835 --> 00:00:48.905 we've had classes in learning about your personality type 22 00:00:49.125 --> 00:00:51.545 Skills to get admitted into other colleges, 23 00:00:51.615 --> 00:00:54.025 like resume skills, how to build a resume. Also, 24 00:00:54.025 --> 00:00:55.865 I have many cultural classes that I enjoyed. 25 00:00:56.305 --> 00:00:58.425 I would've never known that I would like Dutch. 26 00:00:58.605 --> 00:01:00.425 That's something I've never considered. 27 00:01:01.205 --> 00:01:02.865 We did a lot of dancing. We did the Russian 28 00:01:02.865 --> 00:01:04.665 dancing, Dutch dancing. 29 00:01:04.965 --> 00:01:07.025 We had presentation classes, how to network, 30 00:01:07.035 --> 00:01:08.945 which was a big one because as I said 31 00:01:08.945 --> 00:01:09.945 before, I'm introverted, so 32 00:01:09.945 --> 00:01:11.065 like I didn't really know how to talk to people. 33 00:01:11.685 --> 00:01:13.025 All the teachers were wonderful. 34 00:01:13.325 --> 00:01:16.225 The language teachers, uh, professors for, 35 00:01:16.255 --> 00:01:18.305 from the university, all of them were great. 36 00:01:18.605 --> 00:01:20.185 Arabic really stood out to me. 37 00:01:20.345 --> 00:01:22.305 I really gravitate towards that one. 38 00:01:22.505 --> 00:01:23.505 I really liked the culture. 39 00:01:23.745 --> 00:01:25.585 I liked the writing and everything. Asking 40 00:01:25.645 --> 00:01:27.625 For business card, maintaining eye contact, 41 00:01:28.005 --> 00:01:29.025 the perfect handshake 42 00:01:29.775 --> 00:01:30.775 Outside of classes. 43 00:01:31.165 --> 00:01:33.545 Uh, we had an opportunity to paint the bridge. 44 00:01:33.765 --> 00:01:36.985 So there's a bridge here at IU that organizations can paint 45 00:01:36.985 --> 00:01:38.425 and leave their mark for a little bit. 46 00:01:38.425 --> 00:01:40.225 And so that was really fun to get to be creative. 47 00:01:40.565 --> 00:01:42.945 If I wasn't curious, I would've never known about this 48 00:01:42.945 --> 00:01:44.465 program if I wasn't curious, 49 00:01:44.485 --> 00:01:46.945 and I would've never gone outta my comfort zone in general. 50 00:01:47.045 --> 00:01:49.145 And I think that's very important that a person does step 51 00:01:49.145 --> 00:01:52.465 outside their comfort zone in order for them to grow. 52 00:02:03.275 --> 00:02:05.485 This program has allowed me to step outta my shell. 53 00:02:05.805 --> 00:02:08.245 I feel like this has been like the next step. 54 00:02:08.635 --> 00:02:10.325 It's like a doorway to your future. 55 00:02:10.995 --> 00:02:13.165 This program really has opened my eyes 56 00:02:13.185 --> 00:02:15.885 and helped me narrow it down to certain options 57 00:02:15.945 --> 00:02:17.965 so I can have like a broader like vision. 58 00:02:18.065 --> 00:02:19.885 So what I want to actually do in life, 59 00:02:20.945 --> 00:02:23.925 In a way, it's also just kind of shaken my future a little 60 00:02:23.925 --> 00:02:25.845 because I thought I was gonna go down one track, 61 00:02:25.905 --> 00:02:28.485 but my mind has really been open to business this week 62 00:02:29.945 --> 00:02:33.285 Has helped me realize exactly what I need to do 63 00:02:33.305 --> 00:02:35.285 and what I have to do to get where I want to be. 64 00:02:35.895 --> 00:02:38.285 You'd be hard pressed for me to, to find a person 65 00:02:38.345 --> 00:02:39.805 who I wouldn't recommend the program to. 66 00:02:39.955 --> 00:02:41.645 Anybody can benefit from this. 67 00:02:41.785 --> 00:02:43.085 And it's really a matter of 68 00:02:43.085 --> 00:02:44.485 how much you're willing to apply yourself. 69 00:02:44.585 --> 00:02:45.605 Get outta your comfort zone. 70 00:02:45.945 --> 00:02:47.085 If you want to better yourself 71 00:02:47.465 --> 00:02:49.485 and you want to actually go into business 72 00:02:50.185 --> 00:02:52.645 and learn all these different cultures in life, 73 00:02:52.645 --> 00:02:54.445 in the world, this would be the program for you.

“You get introduced to three different cultures. You get to learn the basics in business. You get to meet all these amazing professors. And you get to experience IU.”
Ashton, High School Student

