Did you know ISB had a date auction party? Pretty cosmopolitan eh? I mean, Ive seen movies, Im talking about the US teeny bopper shows like Saved by the Bell or Full house, that have featured date auctions, but never a real lIfe date auction! A part of me really really wanted to do it. And a part of me really didn't. Being auctioned I mean. But seriously hats off to all the girls and boys that actually went ahead and did it. I mean standing up there and being valued, literally valued!! THAT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE!
I remember the first girl attracted something like Rs 4000, whIch is quite a bit if ure on a student budget if you ask me. But the second girl, she got Rs 8,000!! So, I was standing there and I wondered is the first girl was feeling bad that she was essentially valued at half the price of the other girl? One girl was valued at Rs 11,500!!!
So how were these valuations made? To be honest, it had a lot to do with how many friends you had made by then. I believe one guy was forced into bidding for a girl, he was "not even remotely interested in" which was just controversial and weird and not so cool!
But watching the girls that night, I felt nothing but the utmost respect for women who were so confident of their own self worth that any number ANYONE ELSE attached to them would not phase them in the least bit! thats what B school confidence is all about! No matter what other people think, you know ur own worth and r not afraid to stand up be valued by others and then be able to go home with your own self valuation still intact.
Coming from a girl who would never have been able to pull off such a feat: HATS OFF LADIES! :)
I remember the first girl attracted something like Rs 4000, whIch is quite a bit if ure on a student budget if you ask me. But the second girl, she got Rs 8,000!! So, I was standing there and I wondered is the first girl was feeling bad that she was essentially valued at half the price of the other girl? One girl was valued at Rs 11,500!!!
So how were these valuations made? To be honest, it had a lot to do with how many friends you had made by then. I believe one guy was forced into bidding for a girl, he was "not even remotely interested in" which was just controversial and weird and not so cool!
But watching the girls that night, I felt nothing but the utmost respect for women who were so confident of their own self worth that any number ANYONE ELSE attached to them would not phase them in the least bit! thats what B school confidence is all about! No matter what other people think, you know ur own worth and r not afraid to stand up be valued by others and then be able to go home with your own self valuation still intact.
Coming from a girl who would never have been able to pull off such a feat: HATS OFF LADIES! :)
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