A farmer adventure

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Roxanne Marineau

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Word count: 1182

Choice count: 22

Section count: 15

Image count: 15

Error count: 0

Field Related Analysis:

Law/Paralegal-Technology : 18 matches (accident, agent, contact, drugs, farming, government, harassment, hire, Information, injury, interrogation, offer, opinion, procedure, security, Sexual, waste, young)

Dance : 14 matches (Back, Behind, Center, Ending, Flat, Follow, Introduction, Out, Run, show, Skip, Step, step, Time)

Education : 12 matches (School, choice, don, first, learn, learned, professor, school, student, students, teacher, training)

Target Structure:

sexual harassment (3 matches)

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A farmer adventure

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Introduction.

You are a farmer and this summer you will need some help in the fields. You have to choose between agricultural students or foreign workers who will work with you all summer. Both know the basics of farming and know how to drive tractors. Now you have to choose.

Choice 1 : Students.

Choice 2 : Foreign workers.

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Students.

You contacted the agricultural training center and they put you in contact with a group of students. They warned you that you might need help getting them started at the beginning since they do not know the tasks. They have informed you that they offer a service where a teacher comes to help you the first weeks but since it's a new program, it's not free.

Choice 1 : Pay for the service.

Choice 2 : You decided to do it yourself.

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Foreign workers.

You chose to hire foreign workers, but you do not know much about it. You start the procedure and the government agent informs you that it is a procedure that takes a lot of time and that your license may not be granted before the summer. Are you ready to take the risk and continue with the idea of foreign workers?

Choice 1 : You decided to continue with the procedures!

Choice 2 : It's too risky.

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Pay for the service.

Good choice, you have a first meeting with the teacher and it goes really well! You are confident for this summer and you do not regret your choice. After your meeting he invites you to have a drink and watch a hockey game.

Choice 1 : You accept the invitation.

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You accept the invitation.

You accept the invitation willingly and the evening goes really well until the teacher begins to talk to you about his students in a way inappropriate. What he tells you sounds like sexual harassment. You do not agree with what he says and you wonder if you should interact.

Choice 1 : Don't say anything.

Choice 2 : You told him that it is unacceptable.

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You told him that it is unacceptable.

You had to tell him your opinion and you did it. He was mad at you and told you it was not your business. He left and called you later to tell you that he was no longer available this summer. You are still happy to have talk to him, because sexual harassment is a very serious subject and you want a nice working atmosphere.

Choice 1 : Student Meeting.

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Student Meeting.

You meet your trainees, and they all look super nice and hardworking. You do not regret your decision to talk to the professor who was making inappropriate comments. One of the girls in the group even came to tell you that she was relieved to know that he was not going to be present this summer. Before the summer arrives, you have to explain to them all they need to do and you feel that you will run out of time without the teacher to help you. You wonder if you should skip the step of all safety regulations that takes a lot of time since they learned it at school.

Choice 1 : You skipped the safety part.

Choice 2 : You take the time to talk about security on the farm.

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You skipped the safety part.

You skipped the safety part and you had the time to prepare them well for the summer You gave them more and more responsibility and in the first week of the summer, one of your trainees had an accident and suffered a serious injury by trying to install a prop for plowing behind a tractor because he had not taken the precautions to do it safely.

Choice 1 : Security is very important, start again from the beginning.

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You decided to do it yourself.

You meet your trainees, and they all look super nice and hardworking. Y One of the girls in the group even came to tell you that she was relieved to know that the teacher was not going to be present this summer. Before the summer arrives, you have to explain to them all they need to do and you feel that you will run out of time without the teacher to help you. You wonder if you should skip the step of all safety regulations that takes a lot of time since they learned it at school.

Choice 1 : Skip the safety part

Choice 2 : You take the time to talk about security on the farm.

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You take the time to talk about security on the farm.

You did not have time to show them everything you wanted, but at least you know there will be no accident if they follow your safety instructions. The season started really well, and they quickly learned what they had to do. You are an excellent team, and you love to work with them. Summer is ending and your farm has never been so productive! You will definitely be hiring students for next summer.

Choice 1 : You finished, starts from the start

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It's too risky.

Now you don't have the choice to go with the students.

Choice 1 : Go with the students.

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You decided to continue with the procedures!

You don't have anytime to waste. You have to fill a ton of paper for the government to be able to welcome on your farm Mexican or Guatemalan. You have the choice between a young group of young Mexicans who have never been to Canada or Guatemalans with more experience in agriculture who have already come to work on farms in Canada several times.

Choice 1 : Mexican.

Choice 2 : Guatemalan.

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Mexican.

You decided to hire Mexicans for this summer. Fortunately for you, the procedure did not take much time, and they will arrive just in time to work in the fields. The day of their arrival, you wait for them at the airport. Just before coming to you, they are stopped by a security officer, and they are flat on the ground. Moments later, police arrive and take your workers to an interrogation room. You panic and you get information, you learn that they were carrying drugs and that they will be imprisoned and send back to Mexico. You did not make a good choice ...

Choice 1 : Start from the beginning

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Guatemalan.

You decided to hire Guatemalan for this summer. Fortunately for you, the procedure did not take much time, and they will arrive just in time to work in the fields. You meet them at the airport and they look really nice and hardworking. Summer is going great and you do not regret your choice. You even propose to re-engage them next summer.

Choice 1 : Start from the beginning

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Don't say anything.

You should have spoken sexual harassment is serious. Several students decided not to come because she did not want to spend the summer with him. Start again from the beginning.

Choice 1 : Start again

The End.