What a life.

A hypertext narrative by

Alyssia Cinq-Mars Hussein

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Word count: 1741

Choice count: 37

Section count: 26

Image count: 26

Error count: 5

Field Related Analysis

Education : 97 matches

(choice, college, compensation, degree, diploma, don, graduate, high school, knowledge, law school, learned, management, options, research, school, social, technology, university)

Law : 91 matches

(arrested, bar, cabinet, case, civil cases, client, common law, compensation, complaint, criminal, damages, defendant, divorce, doctrine, documents, draft, drugs, family, harassment, house, judge, law, law firm, lawyer, legal aid, legal research, living, misconduct, mortgage, murder, notary, offer, office, option, paralegal)

Sociology : 39 matches

(care, compensatory, countries, divorce, open, relationship, school, sexual, small, social science, technology)

Target Structure: (29 matches)

come in handy (1 match)

came in handy (1 match)

compensation (1 match)

dead-end jobs (1 match)

drawbacks (1 match)

flirtation (2 matches)

foot in the door (1 match)

hr (1 match)

internship (1 match)

invaluable (1 match)

learned the ropes (1 match)

misconduct (1 match)

mortgage (1 match)

pension (1 match)

pulling off (1 match)

retirement (4 matches)

set aside (1 match)

sexual harassment (1 match)

straight a's (1 match)

though (2 matches)

time management (1 match)

vacant position (1 match)

wage (1 match)

bribe (1 match)

thefts (1 match)

threats (1 match)

volunteer (1 match)

volunteering (3 matches)

abroad (2 matches)

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What a life.

It all started like this.

I just finished high school. I know that I don’t like going to school, but I need a future for myself. I was always into law! After talking with my aunt, she gave me options. I am now stuck thinking of what I should do. Should I do Paralegal Technology, so I can work with this degree after college, do Social Science in college and then study law at university or simply stop school and find a job.

Choice 1 : I decided to go to college.

Choice 2 : I decided to not go to college.

High school graduation

I decided to go to college.

I decided to go to college! I am starting my application, but I am still stuck between two choices. Paralegal Technology or Social Science? I am thinking hard... If I do Social Science, I save one year of my life but, If I don’t go to university my degree is useless. If I do a Paralegal Technology, it will take me three years to get my degree, but I can secure any paralegal job afterwards, and I also have the option to continue at university later.

Choice 1 : I decided to do a Paralegal technology.

Choice 2 : I decided to study Social Science.

College

I decided to not go to college.

School is not for me. I believe that I can become rich without a degree, so I won’t be pursuing my studies. I think my high school diploma is enough to bring me somewhere good in life. My dream is to either create a small business or to volunteer around the world.

Choice 1 : I do different jobs while waiting for a volunteering offer abroad.

Choice 2 : I create a small business.

No school

I decided to do a Paralegal technology.

I just completed my Paralegal Technology. These were the 3 best years of my life! Law gave me a headache, but it was worth it. I graduate in two weeks, and I’m stuck with two choices. Do I start my career as a paralegal, or do I go to university to study law? I did my internship at a law firm, and I already learned the ropes. However, I already have a foot in the door in terms of my law knowledge, so it would be in advantage in university.

Choice 1 : I decided to study law at university.

Choice 2 : I decided to start my career as a paralegal.

Law

I decided to study Social Science.

I finally finished my 2 years of Social Science with straight A's, and I got accepted in law at my dream school! Harvard! I am finally leaving Montreal to pursue my dream. This will be an invaluable experience.

Choice 1 : I decided to not go to Harvard.

Choice 2 : I decided to study law at university.

Books

I do different jobs while waiting for a volunteering offer abroad.

I am not passionate about any jobs I have done. They all are dead-end jobs, so I am stuck living with my mom for the rest of my life. Also, nobody called or emailed me back for volunteering.

Choice 1 : The end.

Volunteer

I create a small business.

I decided to create a business. My business is pulling off and because of time management, I have time to travel the world! I now have no fixed address because I live all around the world depending on your schedule. I do not regret going to school because I still think school is useless. I have learned all the different laws and studied all the case laws in all the countries you visited!

Choice 1 : The end.

Money

I decided to study law at university.

I decided to continue law school at Harvard! It was really hard. I had to work 2 jobs to be able to afford this university. I also had to starve because I didn't have enough money to buy food and some night I would not sleep because I did not have the time to. However, these were the only drawbacks and everything was worth it. I have now graduated, and I have to make a choice. Will I become a lawyer or a notary? Do I want a chaotic life or a peaceful life?

Choice 1 : I want to be a lawyer.

Choice 2 : I want to be a notary.

Law

I decided to start my career as a paralegal.

I have a beautiful career as a paralegal with a great salary at a good workplace! However, all of my colleagues are telling me to go and be a lawyer. When I think about it, even though I have great benefits and a good salary as a paralegal, there is ins-and-out about being a paralegal. There is a vacant position for a lawyer that will come in handy when I finish law school.

Choice 1 : I go back to school to be a lawyer.

Choice 2 : I keep my paralegal job.

Paralegal career

I want to be a lawyer.

I have been practicing for over ten years now. I have been dealing with mostly family, common law, criminal and civil cases. I love my job and I love helping people! Today, I got proposed to be a judge!

Choice 1 : Say yes to being a judge.

Choice 2 : Say no to being a judge.

Lawyer

I want to be a notary.

I become a notary at a calm and peaceful cabinet, and I stay there till my retirement. The day after my retirement, I get sued because I wrote the wrong name on the divorce paper and now the defendant has lost the family house.

Choice 1 : The end.

Notary

The end.

It is what it is.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Exclamation point

The end.

Everything ends somewhere.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Exclamation point

I go back to school to be a lawyer.

I decided to still keep my paralegal job on the side while I study to become a lawyer because I can't afford to not work. I have a friend that told me that she could find a job for me that would take less of my time.

Choice 1 : I keep my job as a paralegal while studying.

Choice 2 : I take the job my friend offered me.

Law

I keep my paralegal job.

I am starting to hate being a paralegal. I am everyone's slave. I need compensatory damages since I am so exhausted. I lost my drive of work. Thank God, I have a relationship with my boss. He divorced his wife to have a relationship with me. Soon, I will be able to quit this job where I feel powerless. I will finally be able to be a housewife! No need to set aside money for pension, mortgage, and retirement. He will take care of me.

Choice 1 : I quit my job to be a housewife.

Choice 2 : I respect myself, decline my boss flirtation, and keep my job.

Job

Say yes to being a judge.

I said yes to being a judge! However, I got fired after one week. They said I wasn’t impartial, and that I was being too nice instead of focusing on only the law and the facts. Now, I am jobless.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Judge

Say no to being a judge.

Instead of being a judge, I decided to open my own law firm. I got denied at the bank for a loan, but it did not stop me from getting the money I needed to open your cabinet. My cabinet has been successful since it opened.

Choice 1 : Try something new.

Cabinet

The end.

I end up broke and homeless. It sucks for me.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Exclamation point

I keep my job as a paralegal while studying.

My life is miserable. All I do all day is staying at my office, do legal research, draft documents, create contracts, read judgments and doctrine and prepare trials. However, the wage is good here.

Choice 1 : I quit.

Choice 2 : I stay.

Job

I take the job my friend offered me.

The job she offered me was at a bar. I had to bribe people, so they would give me money. It is a toxic environment with a lot of thefts, threats and sexual harassment. A client tried to have sex with me, but I declined. He tried killing me but an employee came in handy and saved me. The client was arrested for misconduct and attempted murder. My friend gave me a compensation for this tough moment I went through. Sadly, at the end of the night, I died of a drug overdose.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Bar

I quit my job to be a housewife.

I was so happy to be a housewife watching Netflix all day and taking care of my boss's kids. However, it didn't last long. My ex-boss found another girl to replace me with, and now I am homeless, jobless and broke. I end up moving in a shelter.

Choice 1 : The end.

Housewife

I respect myself, decline my boss flirtation, and keep my job.

I decided to confront my boss and tell him to stop flirting with me and that I wanted nothing to do with him other than professionally. He did not take it well and talked to HR. They fired me, and they filed a complaint about me for harassing my boss.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Complaint

The end.

It is what it is.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Exclamation point

I decided to not go to Harvard.

Even though Harvard was my dream school, I didn't have enough money to pay the tuition. I settled for a university in Montreal, and it is okay. Not as good as Harvard, but it does the job. After my degree, I worked for legal aid. I stayed there till my retirement.

Choice 1 : Try again.

No

I quit.

I am broke, so I dropped out of school and started selling drugs. I got arrested, and they sent me back to Canada. My family did not want me, so they sent me to a rehab center.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Exclamation point

I stay.

I keep being a paralegal, but I lost my chance to become a lawyer before I even finish school because I have been sued for impersonating a lawyer. I end up spending time in jail.

Choice 1 : Try again.

Prison