Higher-Education-or-Carpentry

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Word count: 834

Choice count: 34

Section count: 23

Image count: 23

Error count: 8

Field Related Analysis

Education : 73 matches

(cegep, choice, class, course, don, education, elementary school, failed, grades, high school, learned, level, options, research, school, semester, student, students, teach, teacher, technology, test, trainee, training, university)

Food and catering : 22 matches

(dad, eat, eating, fast, food, options)

Construction and Civil Engineering : 18 matches

(carpenter, carpentry, civil engineering, dead end, engineering, gap, level)

Target Structure: (17 matches)

drawback (1 match)

flirtation (1 match)

foot in the door (1 match)

internship (2 matches)

invaluable (1 match)

learned the ropes (1 match)

misconduct (1 match)

overwhelmed (1 match)

perpetrator (1 match)

pull off (1 match)

purpose (1 match)

sexual harassment (1 match)

straight a's (1 match)

test drive (1 match)

though (1 match)

trainee (1 match)

wage (1 match)

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Higher-Education-or-Carpentry

End of Cegep.

It was the end of the Cegep and I could not decide what to do.I was a straight A's student, and I had many options to explore.

Choice 1 : Continue my secondary education

Choice 2 : Go to work

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My education.

Instead of going at University I decided to take the civil engineering technology course. But I am getting a bit bored, should I continue?

Choice 1 : Continue the course

Choice 2 : Drop out the course

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Work with my dad.

I started working in carpentry with my dad as a trainee and at the minimum wage. My dad gave me an ultimatum either take the carpentry course or he will fire me.

Choice 1 : Go to the Centre 24 Juin

Choice 2 : Continue to work

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The new semester.

I continued the civil engineering technology course and though I am good at school I did not manage to pull off good grades and failed.

Choice 1 : Dead end, start over

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The gap year.

I dropped out, and took a gap year to think about what I wanted to do. The drawback of thinking for so long started to hit. I had to choose a path in the society.

Choice 1 : Go to University

Choice 2 : Find a job

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Centre 24 Juin.

I choose to test drive if the Centre 24 Juin was for me. It is really hard on the body, but I like it. I don't know if I can last much longer physically.

Choice 1 : Continue the course

Choice 2 : Specialize in something

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The consequences.

Because I did not take my dad seriously, he fired me. I already had a foot in the door, and I liked what I was doing, but now I am running low financially.

Choice 1 : Find a new company to work for

Choice 2 : Beg my dad to let me come back

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University.

I went to university in physical education. This was always something I wanted to do however I don't know at witch level of education I want to teach.

Choice 1 : Teach at elementary school

Choice 2 : Teach at High School

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My new workplace.

I found a job at McDonald's, made some money and spent a lot of it on fast food. My heart is hurting when I eat fast food, but I can not stop.

Choice 1 : Keep eating fast food

Choice 2 : Stop eating fast food

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The carpentry course.

I continued the carpentry course and broke my two arms. I can not study or work anymore.

Choice 1 : Start over

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Specialization.

I specialized in cabinetmaking and I because I learned the ropes fast, I started an on the job training in a company. They offered me quite the opportunities, but I don't know what to say.

Choice 1 : Take the opportunity

Choice 2 : Start my own company

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My research.

I did not find a company to work for.

Choice 1 : Dead end, start again

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The begging phase.

I begged my dad, and he was willing to take me back but as a carpenter helper's.

Choice 1 : Start over

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Internship situation.

I started an internship at the Séminaire of Sherbrooke and one of my coworkers did some flirtation with me. It is becoming close to sexual harassment, and I don't know how to react to this misconduct.

Choice 1 : Teach in an other city

Choice 2 : Denounce the perpetrator

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High school teacher.

I was teaching at the secondary school named Triolet, and I was a physical education and health teacher, but something bothered me, and it makes me feel overwhelmed.

Choice 1 : Keep teaching

Choice 2 : Try something new

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Health problem.

I kept eating, and I had a heart attack. I died at the hospital.

Choice 1 : Dead end, start again

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No more fast food.

I stopped eating fast food and entered in a deep depression.

Choice 1 : Dead end, start again

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The opportunities.

I took the opportunities, unfortunately it was not as great as I thought.

Choice 1 : Start over

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My company.

I started my own company, a lot of clients were asking for chairs, tables, and beds. My career was successful because of my analysis capacity, my great communication and my relationships with my clients.

Choice 1 : Ending 1

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Teach somewhere else.

I tried teaching somewhere else, but it did not work.

Choice 1 : Dead end, start again

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Sexual Harrassment.

I denounced my coworker, but the school did nothing. He continued doing it to others.

Choice 1 : Dead end

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The best teacher.

I kept teaching, the feeling was temporary, and I managed to leave invaluable memories to many of my students. In the end isn't the purpose of life to leave a part of you to the world!

Choice 1 : Ending 2

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Try new things.

I tried teaching normal sport class, I did not like it.

Choice 1 : Start over

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