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Your life in a nutshell

A hypertext narrative by

Sarah-Ève Thémens-Boulay

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Word count: 1239

Choice count: 25

Section count: 16

Image count: 28

Error count: 29

Field Related Analysis:

Corrections-Technology : 28 matches (addiction, anger, correctional, criminality, delinquency, detention, drug, empathy, employability, formal interview, homeless, intervention, inmate, inmates, judgment, juvenile delinquency, law, prison, prisoner, probation officer, rehabilitation, rehabilitate, sexual, abuse, stab, technique, therapy, victim)

Nursing : 25 matches (absence, addiction, adult, disease, ALT, pressure, chest, cocaine, death, drug, empathy, EN, gene, heart, heart attack, HR, image, pain, pixel, post-traumatic stress disorder, rehabilitation, SA, sexology, stomach, stress)

Law/Paralegal-Technology : 21 matches (absence, copyright, criminology, death, detention, family, inmate, intervention, judgment, law, offer, probation officer, probation, rape, rehabilitation, Sexual, stock, street, suit, title, victim)

Target Structure:

flirtation (1 match)

HR (1 match)

intern (4 matches)

internship (3 matches)

leave of absence (2 matches)

on-the-job-training (1 match)

straight A's (1 match)

though (2 matches)

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Your life in a nutshell

You just graduated!

Congratulations! You finally pulled it off. You got your Youth and Adult Correctional Intervention diploma. You worked hard to get straight A's and now you have a lot of knowledge about law, criminality, drug addictions, and rehabilitation. You've hesitated long enough between going to work or staying in school. What do you decide to do?

Choice 1 : You've had enough of school, you want to work.

Choice 2 : You love school. You go to university.

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You start working.

You decided to put your school years behind you and get to work. You think you are ready for employability. You thought about your options and are aware of all of their drawbacks. You narrow it down to two places. You're hesitating between Prison and Juvenile Detention. Where do you want to work the most?

Choice 1 : You want to work in a Prison.

Choice 2 : You want to work in juvenile detention.

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You go to university.

You decided to go to university to get a Bachelor degree. You're hesitating between a more conventional degree in Criminology at UDEM, like 90% of your technique mates going off to University or a less conventional degree in Sexology at UQAM. What do you want to study the most?

Choice 1 : You want to study Criminology at UDEM.

Choice 2 : You want to study Sexology at UQAM.

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You work in a Prison.

You work as a Corrections Officer at Bordeaux Detention Center. You've successfully completed the on-the-job-training. You get along with all the employees and inmates. There's little flirtation here and there, and you fall in love with a prisoner who's leaving soon and a co-worker even though both are not allowed. You're torn between these two wonderful men. Who do you choose to build your life with?

Choice 1 : You choose the inmate.

Choice 2 : You choose your co-worker.

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You work in juvenile detention.

You are hired at Cite-des-Prairies Juvenile Detention Center. You meet with the HR, and they tell you there are two vacant positions. They offer you to work either in the girls unite or in the boys unite. Who do you choose to work with?

Choice 1 : You prefer to work with teenage girls.

Choice 2 : You prefer to work with teenage boys.

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You study Criminology at UDEM.

You're studying Criminology at UDEM with a couple of your Youth and Adult Correctional Interventions peers and you're doing great. You're happy because it's your first university internship. You have two choose between being an intern as a probation officer at Riviere-des-Prairies detention center or as an investigator for the Montreal police department. Where are you doing your internship?

Choice 1 : You're a probation officer's intern.

Choice 2 : You're an investigator's intern.

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You study Sexology at UQAM.

You love sexology and you're doing excellent. After three hard-working years, you end up getting your degree. You make a list of your options, but end up hesitating between two totally different customer bases. Do you want to work with victims or perpetrators of sexual assaults?

Choice 1 : You want to work with victims.

Choice 2 : You want to work with perpetrators.

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You're deeply in love.

You two lovebirds are madly in love. You decide to get married, build a family, and have three babies. You lived happily ever after.

Choice 1 : The end.

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You're stressed.

You live with a lot of stress and pressure. You have too many feelings and are unable to either deal with them or hide them. You developed a cocaine addiction. You know you should, but you don't want to go to rehab or to therapy. You're on your way to work when you start feeling an enormous pain in your chest. You don't get to work. You die of a heart attack.

Choice 1 : The end.

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Freaking teenagers.

Juvenile delinquency may not be your domain. You're not very good with teenagers. You make a bad judgment call and two of them get really mad. They stab you 17 times. You bleed to death.

Choice 1 : The end.

You got stabbed.

You work with victims of sexual abuse.

You work with victims of sexual assaults. One day, you meet with Alex for his therapy. In a formal interview, you ask the wrong question and get rape by him out of anger and revenge. You have a Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. You can either continue working or take a leave of absence. What do you think is best for you?

Choice 1 : You continue working.

Choice 2 : You take a leave of absence.

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It's your first day of the internship.

You are excited for your first day as an intern. You arrive there early and prepared. You are wearing your lucky suit. First step in, you get shot in the stomach and die.

Choice 1 : The end.

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You work with sexual abusers.

You work with sexual abusers. You are able to elaborate quality intervention plans and slowly rehabilitate the offenders. You are good at your job. You feel a lot of empathy towards them. Richard and Paul ask you out on a date. Even though it's not allowed, you choose one because you are unable to say no to both of them. Who are you going out with?

Choice 1 : You go out with Richard.

Choice 2 : You go out with Paul.

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You lost your job.

You end up losing your job. You are homeless and live on the street somewhere in Montreal. We lost track of you.

Choice 1 : The end.

that's you

You keep working.

You are good at your job. You're making a big difference in victims lives. You are able to understand them because of your own past. You are a well-known sexologist. You have a successful career, but you chose work over building a family.

Choice 1 : The end.

you

The end.

It's the end of the story. You can start again and make new choices you discover a whole other adventure.

Choice 1 : Start again here.