Jane+Vallejo

Journal 1 When I was working at a High School in my country, most of my colleagues told me about Miryam Peña. People said that Miryam was an angry and mean woman. Sometimes people didn't like to work with her because they had bad experiences; they told me that Myriam was taking the role of a boss to give orders to team mates. And even more, professors believed she told the real boss bad things about their work. I kept in my mind that idea for ten years and I always avoided working with Miryam because I was afraid to have any conflict with her and my boss. But one time she had the chance to choose her camping mate and she chose me. ´My God, bad luck!´ I thought. An extreme activity, for me and even more, with Miryam!. Once we started working together, she seemed to be nice and kind. Besides, I noticed her work; she was responsible, the wisest one, and the most amazing. She told me: "I like you, we could be good friends". I answered "of course.¨ But I could not believe it! Afterwards she explained to me that she had trouble with some people because they didn't like to work or take responsibility. Then I realized that Miryam didn't have any problem, the others did. My paradigm shifted but after ten years. I lost precious time avoiding having good friends! My experience with Miryam made a difference and I learned to know people in order to move closer them. Now I know that my relationship doesn't have to be guided by other's remarks.