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9 Career and personality type
goal : You will learn to discuss career and personality type.
v Think about what you want to be when you grow up. Which sector fits you, your interests and skills? What would you like to learn and know before you choose a future career?
1 Read the text 1-day Internship at Airbus
a Would you like to try this internship? Why? T 1
b If you could try a 1-day internship at another job, which job would you choose? Why? T 1
c What would you want to learn from the 1-day internship of your choice? T 2
1-day Internship at Airbus
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2 a What personality traits do you think fit a nurse and what traits fit an MMA fighter? Copy the table in your notebook and complete it with at least three traits for each. T 1
Nurse MMA fighter
b Work in pairs. Together, think of two traits that a nurse and an MMA fighter could have in common. T 2
c Read the text below about the woman in the pictures. Which personality traits do you see in Bryony? T 1
d Discuss: would you like to make a career out of your hobby, or would you prefer that your hobby and career be in separate worlds like Bryony’s? T 2
Cage fighter champion is nurse by day and ‘feels bad’ when she hurts people
exclusive — Bryony Tyrell, a nurse and mother of two, goes by the name Killa B as an MMA fighter who has four professional titles under her belt. From preventing pain in her work life to inflicting it in her spare time, the two sides of Bryony’s life could hardly be more stark. But with four professional wins under her belt, the 40-year-old says she knows that when it comes to cage fighting, it’s hit or be hit.
She says: ‘I would never want to hurt anyone intentionally, but when you’re in there you have a fight-or-flight response and if you don’t fight, you’ll get beaten up. I don’t enjoy hurting people but once I step into the ring I lose all sense of pain. I’ve won fights from ground and pound, which is when you sit on their chest and hit them as hard as possible. Afterwards I am flooded with guilt and I think this is even worse as I can see these injuries at work.’ From: mirror.co.uk
3 a What kind of person are you?
Answer the following questions very quickly; give the first answer that comes into your mind. T 1
1 Are you a creative person?
2 Do you like helping out other people?
3 Do you like other people telling you what to do, or do you prefer to decide for yourself?
4 Do you like to work in a team, or do you prefer to work alone?
5 Do deadlines and competition help you to do your (school) work well?
6 Is money important for you?
7 Would you like to travel abroad a lot for your future work?
8 If you have to do group work, is a nice group important to make your work pleasurable?
9 Do you like routine and structure in your work?
10 Do you like surprises and improvising?
Aspect Points money colleagues fun and good atmosphere travel working alone helping other people being creative being your own boss deadlines and competition variety and improvisation certainty and routine / structure
Total
100
b Copy the table above and divide 100 points over the following work aspects. The more important an aspect is to you, the more points it gets. Give points to at least six aspects. T 1
c What kind of work do you think suits your personality? Think of a job sector, for example healthcare, law enforcement, media, art and design, or economy and finance. Look up a list on the internet if needed. T 2
d What subjects in school do you think are important for this kind of work? Write down at least three and explain why they are relevant. T 2
4 Watch the video from this lesson. In this TED Talk, Emma Rosen talks about working life and what she thinks it should look like.
a According to Emma, what two things are important when it comes to making a good career choice? T 1
b Why did the alpaca farmer advise Emma to start work on the farm in January? T 1
c Farming turned out to be much more than just farming. What work aspects are there to farming that Emma didn’t expect? T 2
d What did Emma learn from this experience? T 2
e When Emma Rosen says, ‘I think careers should be like dating’, what does she actually mean? I
In-depth
5 Read the text Pupil interview.
a What job does Henry have, next to his schoolwork? T 1
b What is ‘Not Before Tea’? T 2
c What inspired Henry to start selling sweets when he was nine years old? T 1
d Does Henry think school prepares you well for life? Explain your answer. T 2
e What was the first business Henry ran? What did he do? T 1
f Does Henry think his work is easy? Explain your answer. T 2
g How does Henry combine his business with his schoolwork? T 2
h What is Henry’s best advice for young entrepreneurs? T 1
i ‘The world went mad for this story.’ (line 22) Explain what Henry means by ‘this story’. I
PUPIL INTERVIEW
Entrepreneur Henry Patterson
Henry Patterson set up his first business at just nine years old. He has since launched several more business ventures, written a book and regularly gives talks at major events and conferences. We asked him about his business career and experiences at InterHigh.
You hit the headlines for setting up the children’s brand ‘Not Before Tea’. Can you tell us a bit about that ?
Not Before Tea was launched in 2013 when I was nine years old. Like most children, I was told those ‘when I was young’ or ‘back in the day’ stories by my parents. My mother shared the most magical memories of going on her bike to sweets and toy shops when she was younger. It just seemed like the best thing ever! I went up to my bedroom and designed six jars of sweets and started selling them to family and friends. It started to grow and grow until one day, the story got picked up by the Daily Mail. Then it exploded! The world went mad for this story. Eventually, we stopped the sweets and I wrote a storybook called ‘The Adventures Of Sherb and Pip’. We designed products based around it and that was how Not Before Tea was created!
Why did you want to enter the world of business at such a young age ?
Nine years old and running a business isn’t young enough for me. I constantly wonder why I wasn’t doing anything for the first eight! I don’t know why society has this idea that life starts when you’re 18. It simply isn’t true. We spend the first 17 years of our life counting down the days until we finish school, but for what? Nothing changes overnight when you turn 18. You don’t suddenly become capable of doing anything you want. The earlier you start, the earlier you succeed.
Like all entrepreneurs, you have launched several businesses. Can you tell us about some of them ?
No business comes around in an instant and for the people who think it’s a natural born talent, think again. As they say, practice makes perfect and well ... I’m still practising! When I was four,
Henry Patterson preparing himself for a talk
I launched my first business, ‘Henry’s Rotted Myor’. I know what you’re thinking. I’m sorry, but what four-year-old do you know that can correctly spell the word ‘manure’?! To translate that into a more processable brand name, ‘Henry’s Rotten Manure’ came around when I really wanted a new toy. I’d spent my weekly allowance and needed this toy with a great matter of urgency. We have horses and I went into the field and basically spent my evening shovelling poo into a bag. Whatever floats your boat I guess. I made a sign and put the bags outside our front gates. By the morning they’d been sold and £ 1.50 was left in the post box. I was thrilled! My next venture was when I was seven. There were these incredibly popular toys at school, and I noticed some of my friends had varieties that others didn’t. I did what any seven-year-old would do when spotting a gap in the market ... set up trade meetings with my friends! I had some serious clients in the playground.
Have they all been successful ?
Absolutely not! ‘Henry’s Rotten Manure’ came crashing down when I realised that standing in a field when it’s –2 degrees is not fun. My trading empire was shut down when the head teacher of my school called me in and told me how money was banned from school. One of my friends had stolen from their mother’s purses to afford one of the toys. You heard that right; there was a scandal! There have been gazillions of hiccups along the way with Not Before Tea and Young&Mighty too.
What’s been your biggest challenge in business so far?
I couldn’t possibly name just one! Criticism is hard to take, in business or just life in general. And I’m not going to glamorise it, you do have to make sacrifices and go that extra mile sometimes. It pays off though, I promise! (As you can tell, I’m also addicted to exclamation marks — resist Henry, resist.)
Any advice for your fellow pupils? What should they be doing in order to learn more about entrepreneurship?
Research, research, research. Learn from other people’s mistakes and successes. Learning in business isn’t copying, it’s listening, processing and then recycling however you want.
Can you tell us about your education experiences before joining InterHigh: How did your business responsibilities affect your school life and education?
School was never easy for me. I was always asking questions and going in depth with topics from a young age. I was always different, and my mind never turned off. I was constantly told (by the students and the teachers) that I was useless and would never get anywhere in life, which was really hard at such a young age. This led to me developing a stutter. Unfortunately, my school was completely against my business. Obviously, in their eyes, it would have been awful if someone under the age of 587 actually did something with their life instead of standing around playing polo.
You’re also an author and keynote speaker and appear in the media regularly. Fitting in your studies around your schedule must be challenging?
It can be tough, and I can’t say I’ve not handed in the odd late homework from time to time! I always plan my year in August when I get my timetable, to try and make sure the two worlds don’t collide. When a media enquiry gets sent to my agent (who has a copy of my timetable), we try our best to make it work. When I was at a physical school, I was off more than I was there, so we were basically paying for me not to be there !!! That’s why InterHigh’s so great — I can do it anywhere.
6 Link the words below from the text to their description. T 1
1 entrepreneur
2 to launch
3 capable
4 to succeed
5 thrilled
6 hiccups
7 sacrifice
8 to set up
9 client
10 conference
a bumps in the road and unsuccessful times
b to make things work out well
c very happy
d to start a new business
e able to do things skilfully
f customer
g an event at which several people give presentations
h to give a start
i a person who organises and manages a business or enterprise
j something you give up
7 Fill in the gaps with the phrases below from the text. Note: you may need to adapt the phrases to fit the sentence. T 2
hard to take / pay off / spot a gap in the market / practice makes perfect / go that extra mile / run a business
a Henry Patterson ……… in children’s products under the name Not Before Tea.
b An idea for a business usually starts when you : you think you have something to offer that people would want to spend their money on.
c Running a business isn’t easy, you have to work hard and ……… sometimes.
d Negative comments on social media are , but they also motivate Henry to work hard and prove they are wrong.
e Only very few entrepreneurs succeed on the first try. Most entrepreneurs know: .
f Setting up a business is a lot of hard work, but if you do it well it
calm caring confident
creative curious deep thinker
go-getter greedy humorous
introverted mature naive
nervous precise relaxed
selfish tough
8 a Work in pairs. Look at the words in the word pool and discuss what they mean. If you don’t know a word, look it up. T 1
b From the word pool, find at least six traits that apply to Henry. Write down each characteristic and cite a part of the interview that shows this trait. T 2
c Explain in your own words why school was not easy for Henry. I
9 Henry shows that you don’t have to wait until you’re mature to start your career. He tries many different things, just like Emma Rosen advises us to do.
Work in pairs. Have a conversation and brainstorm together about the following points. Take notes while you talk. T 2
v Would you like to be a young entrepreneur? Why (not)?
v Suppose you would, what kind of business would you like to set up?
v In what ways are you like Henry Patterson and in what ways are you not?
v How does Henry react when he fails at something? What do you think about this?
v What traits of your personality will make you a good or a bad entrepreneur?
10 Below, you see all the questions Henry was asked in the text Pupil interview.
a What is the difference between an open and a closed question? R
b Copy the grid with only the numbers and write down for each question if it is an open or a closed question. T 1
c Look at the questions you marked as ‘open’. What type of words do they start with? T 1
d Look at Question 6. One or more verbs are omitted in this sentence. Rewrite the question with the verb(s) included. T 2
e Write down two open and two closed questions that you could use in an interview about work. T 2
1 Can you tell us a bit about that?
2 Why did you want to enter the world of business at such a young age?
3 Can you tell us about some of them?
4 Have they all been successful?
5 What’s been your biggest challenge in business so far?
6 Any advice for your fellow pupils?
For more help with making questions, see Paragraph X. Reflect & create
7 What should they be doing in order to learn more about entrepreneurship?
8 How did your business responsibilities affect your school life and education?
9 Fitting in your studies around your schedule must be challenging?
11 Design a job quiz. Follow the steps below.
a Choose two job sectors from the list below and write them down. R
b For each of the two sectors, write down eight character traits and /or skills you think you need to work in it. You can use the word pool in Exercise 8 for help, or do some research on the internet. T 2
c For each character trait and / or skill, write a closed question for the quiz. For example : Character trait: ‘you like to work alone’ — Question: ‘Do you like to work alone?’ T 2
d Work in pairs. Ask each other your sixteen questions. Write down the answers your classmate gives. T 2
e Analyse the answers you got from your classmate. Which job sector fits him or her best? T 2
Job sectors
v travel
v healthcare
v law enforcement
v sports and entertainment
v farming
v business / trade
v social media / communication
v education
v product development
v arts and design
v economy and finance
v Grammar tip
12 Write out your job advice report to your classmate.
a Write the conclusive report. Explain which sector fits your classmate best and why. Include the following :
v Information from the quiz about your classmate’s personality and skills; v A description of the kind of work you think your classmate will do in the future; v A conclusion with a few specific job suggestions for your classmate. I
b Read each other’s job advice reports. Check if the reports are complete and if all three elements from 12 a are included. I
13 Study the words from this lesson: English–Dutch and Dutch–English. Any other words in this lesson that you find important and don’t know well? Look them up and write them down in your own word file.
v Have you reached your goal?
R I know words and phrases about career and personality type.
T 1 I can understand specific information about career and personality type.
T 2 I can ask and answer questions about career and personality type.
I I can explain why a certain career would or would not suit someone’s personality.
YOU CAN CHASE YOUR ACCOUNTING DREAM LATER, SON. YOUR MOTHER AND I JUST WANT YOU TO FINISH FILM SCHOOL.
LEO CULLUM / CARTOONSTOCK
Words
to grow up volwassen worden sector branche, sector skill vaardigheid internship stage to omit weglaten job advice baanadvies element deel career carrière separate gescheiden cage fighter kooivechter to prevent voorkomen to inflict toebrengen stark extreem to hit slaan intentionally met opzet sense gevoel chest borst flooded overspoeld guilt schuldgevoel knowledge kennis assumption aanname expectation verwachting to make a living je brood verdienen
Common phrases
to shear scheren wear kleding to manage beheren to negotiate onderhandelen pupil leerling major belangrijk, groot to design ontwerpen mad for gek op to enter toetreden tot scandal schandaal criticism kritiek useless waardeloos to stutter stotteren to fit in inpassen enquiry vraag caring zorgzaam confident zelfverzekerd curious nieuwsgierig greedy hebzuchtig mature volwassen nervous nerveus relaxed ontspannen selfish egoïstisch
There are a few traits a nurse and an MMA fighter can have in common.
If you don’t fight, you will get beaten up. He hit the headlines for setting up a children’s brand at a very young age. It is possible to run a business when you’re only nine years old.
When you spot a gap in the market, you can set up a business.
You really have to work hard and go that extra mile sometimes. Criticism is hard to take, in business or just life in general.
They say practice makes perfect, and I’m still practising.
Hard work pays off in the end.
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