If You Were Me.

A hypertext narrative by

Mery Matossian

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Word count: 2174

Choice count: 46

Section count: 32

Image count: 32

Error count: 25

Field Related Analysis:

Law/Paralegal-Technology : 28 matches (absence, access, attempt, case, client, code, compensation, consideration, documents, excepted, fact, family, Financial, government, interest, living, majority, market, minutes, option, order, premium, rent, schedule, section, silence, volunteer, waste)

Education : 24 matches (School, adult, behaviour, bilingual, choice, college, compensation, diploma, don, field, field of study, first, goal, grades, graduate, intelligence, learn, learning, level, market, reading, school, social, university)

Tourism : 22 matches (Client, Control, Customer, Extra, Goal, Human, PROFiT, Package, Program, Resources, Visa, average, bit, checked, compensation, field, language, leg, option, package, program, sitting)

Target Structure:

background check (3 matches)

come in handy (3 matches)

compensation package (1 match)

dead-end job (1 match)

learn the ropes (1 match)

leg work (5 matches)

OJT (1 match)

premium wage (1 match)

wage (1 match)

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If You Were Me.

From the beginning.

You're living In Beirut, and you receive a call from the Canadian government where they mention that you were excepted to get a visa to Canada, Montreal. Now, you have to choose between staying in Beirut or leave you current life and start a new life with more opportunities in Canada.

Choice 1 : Stay in Beirut.

Choice 2 : Move to Canada.

Beirut, Lebanon

Stay in Beirut.

You decided to not change your life radically, you graduate from Sahagian Levon Megurditchian College in Social Science program, you're the first in your section of study, but these grades aren't enough to enter to the field of study that you've always dreamed for.You start to get discouraged and started thinking about what if you go and work instead of studying and wasting your money on Universities in-order to graduate.

Choice 1 : Try to study harder to get accepted to the University.

Choice 2 : Start a new job and come in handy to your parents with the rent.

Beirut in nights

Move to Canada.

You decide to have a better future and you move to Canada, once moved in you hear things saying that if you want to be more successful in this country you have to be bilingual (French+English). Although your English is perfect and knowing French might have extra advantages as easy access to a job,...

Choice 1 : Study French to achieve more.

Choice 2 : Continue with the english that you know.

Canada

Study French to achieve more.

You're 18 and you apply to an adult school to learn French faster. In few months you're already able to write and communicate properly, so you're bilingual, you have to choose between going back to study or continue as a volunteer worker to have some experience in Canada to make things work easily.

Choice 1 : Back to study.

Choice 2 : Find a job where you can volunteer.

Adult school in Canada

Try to study harder to get accepted to the University.

Your hard work have given you better choices, now that you're accepted to the University you have two choices to make. Either study hard and get done with your studies early or study less, and get a job and graduate.

Choice 1 : Study hard and graduate.

Choice 2 : Find a job and study at the same time.

American University in Beirut

Study hard and graduate.

You've done your studies in 4 years and now you're ready to have a perfect job with your diploma. You apply to one of the largest companies in Beirut to be their advice worker, you got a chance and now you have to attend you interview for that job.

Choice 1 : Be early and show your interest into the job.

Choice 2 : Be 5 minutes late and show your talent.

Cedar trading company

Be early and show your interest into the job.

They appreciate the fact that you were early but there's a problem, you don't have a good background check for the position that you've asked.Instead, they propose you a second option, where you have to do the leg work, but they will increase your position in case you show them that you can work under pressure and you have good sens of control.

Choice 1 : Accept the second option.

Choice 2 : Refuse by mentioning that you didn't study to do a leg work.

Accept the second option.

You made the right choice for your future, after a year and a half, with your hard efforts, you were able to have your dreamed job with an average salary around $55,000 American dollars.

Choice 1 : From the beginning.

The job that you've accepted

Start a new job and come in handy to your parents with the rent.

You chose to start a new job without any studies, you cot a call from one of the companies that you've recently applied.It might not have the premium wage but the goal is to make the largest amount of money as possible.

Choice 1 : Get the job and show your talents.

Choice 2 : Try to have another job with better salary.

Get the job and show your talents.

You got the job, OJT you suddenly realize that your teammate doesn't actually helping you to learn the ropes, instead, he's wasting your time.As the majority of our behaviours complaining this situation to the boss might had some bad or good consequences.

Choice 1 : You tell your boss about the situation.

Choice 2 : Stay calme in-order to avoid bad consequences.

Stay calme in-order to avoid bad consequences.

While you were thinking about making a move, he made his before and told your boss that you had been flirting with one of the costumers which was inappropriate for this job.They decided to take the job from you because of a behaviour that you didn't even attempted.Here you realize that a life without a diploma is harder and less fun.

Choice 1 : Back to study.

You tell your boss about the situation.

After complaining about your co-worker, they checked the cameras and found out that you had reason, the gave you a compensation package for your behaviour and a better position.

Choice 1 : End of story.

Start a new job and come in handy to your parents with the rent.

While you try to have a better job, you decide to have a drink after you enter the market you realize that one of the customers was trying to sexually harasst the cashier, another hard choice to be made again, but the intelligence plays a big role in this case because the customer have a gun ready to be pulled.

Choice 1 : Make a move and save the girl.

Choice 2 : Pretend as you didn't see anything.

Supermarket

Make a move and save the girl.

You made your choice but in-order to save the girl's life you put your life in danger, he pulls the gun on you, by a consequence you lose your life but after shooting he got caught by the Police.

Choice 1 : From the beginning.

Keep your silence sometimes.

Pretend as you didn't see anything.

You see everything and because you're afraid you chose to keep your silence, while you start thinking about your life and about what you saw, it's then when you realize that in-order to avoid those events it's necessary to have a proper and safe job.You decide to get back to study to have happy and good life.

Choice 1 : Move to Canada.

Continue with the english that you know.

You try to continue in English, your hard studying and your English level weren't enough to achieve. The idea of learning new language finally did attract you, so your french carrer starts here.

Choice 1 : Study French to achieve more.

French

Back to study.

You didn't graduate yet because you left Beirut early, after two years of studies you got a Canadian diploma, now the two-year effort shouldn't get wasted, you have two choices, go to college to not waste time or finding a way to enter directly the University.

Choice 1 : Go to college.

Choice 2 : Find another way to enter University.

Go to college.

The passion of being radiologist grows inside you each and every day, you graduate after a year and a half because of your impatience but you get a high Code-R.The time arrived.

Choice 1 : Apply to be a Radiologist.

Montmorency College

Apply to be a Radiologist.

Once applied to University, you start to run out of money, but you have your parents to support you financially, although you were never the type of person to ask for money, you should ask their help or solve your financial problems alone.

Choice 1 : Ask for financial help.

Choice 2 : Solve your problem alone.

Radiologist

Ask for financial help.

After 5 years of University you have your diploma in Radiology, you apply for a job in the nearest Hospital.You got the call that you've been waiting for a while, the human resources is waiting for you, they asked many personal and professional questions, soon you realize that you're not it their interest section because of your background check.You should make a move or lose the job that you've been fighting for.

Choice 1 : Make a move.

Choice 2 : Lose the job.

Make a move.

It's time to show your secret talent, you suddenly take one of the documents that were on the table, they ask you what you were doing, you don't pay attention to them and you continue to analyse what'S in your hand. You're able to read books/documents really fast, once you've done reading it's time to show off your talent.You ask them to ask you any question related to the document that you've read , and with your right answers you were able to impress and have the job.They mention that you should start tomorrow .

Choice 1 : Take their suggestion.

make a move

Take their suggestion.

You start your day with an urgent client that has been suddenly transferred to you because of the absence of one of your colleagues. Taking in consideration her past treatments and current symptoms you ask to have an X-Ray of the body in-order to understand perfectly the problem. In no time, you solve the problem, your hard work came to you as money(your salary).

Choice 1 : From the beginning.

McGill Health Center.

Solve your problem alone.

You try to find a dead-end job, after having some volunteering experience you have enough experience to start a proper job.

Choice 1 : Apply to Tim Hortons.

Choice 2 : Apply for baby sitting job.

find a job

Apply to Tim Hortons.

You got accepted to Tim's, but your salary isn't enough to have a good life, you decide to work harder to ask your boss for more hourly payment or a better position.Your boss does see your hard work and gives you what you deserve, now you're paid $15/hour.

Choice 1 : From the beginning.

Tim Hortons

Apply for baby sitting job.

You fill the application for the desired job, some questions are asked about experience with kids,.. There're some parents who contacted you and they demanded to replace them while they were working.You will get paid $20/hour or maybe more.

Choice 1 : From the beginning.

Baby sitting

Find another way to enter University.

You ask some friend, family members and advisors for some help to get into University without getting graduated from college no one seems to know a way to help you. One day, you receive a call from friend telling you that there might be a way, but you have to be 21+. Now you're 18, it's better to graduate from college than wasting your time by working or playing.

Choice 1 : Back to study.

Find a job where you can volunteer.

Since you didn't choose to study, it's necessary to have a job. But, the problem that if you don't have a good background check no one will give you a job. So, gain a little bit of experience and start working.After doing a volunteering abroad attempt and you've had your adrenaline limit on its highest level you get a proper job where you start working full-time in two jobs together.You make good profit and you start achieving the majority of your dreams as getting a car,... Your life is in a routine, trying to achieve something new every day.

Choice 1 : From the beginning.

Find a job and study at the same time.

School is great but money is necessary too! A bit of working wouldn't hurt but in your case it's not working, but at least you've tried to make money to live and study at the same time.Sometimes it's not possible to have both things together, if you want to not lose both of them you have to make a choice and lose one.So you applly for a financial help from your parents.

Choice 1 : Ask for financial help.

Be 5 minutes late and show your talent.

Never try to be late to any meeting, even with your friends. It wouldn't be a good choice.

Choice 1 : Be early and show your interest into the job.

Refuse by mentioning that you didn't study to do a leg work.

Doing a leg work it may seem a little bit hard for a graduated person, but sometimes it's the best option to schedule your life. Getting the leg work it's better than staying unemployed.

Choice 1 : Accept the second option.

Try to have another job with better salary.

Another job with a better salary?! Where are you living? Taking risks might be a good option sometimes but it's not your case now! You just got graduated from University, finding a job it's already hard enough. Try accepting the job otherwise you will be unemployed for a while.

Choice 1 : Get the job and show your talents.

Lose the job.

You did a good job. You lost the perfect job! I hope you enjoy the real struggles of life.

Choice 1 : From the beginning.