Choice of life.

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Word count: 3530

Choice count: 37

Section count: 23

Image count: 21

Error count: 26

Field Related Analysis:

Tourism : 34 matches (Beach, Boat, Client, Connection, Control, Customer, Employee, Food, Hunting, Natural, Opportunity, Poster, Program, Restaurant, US, accompanying, apartment, beach, boat, cage, camp, door, ex, forward, leg, operator, p.m, pass, program, residence, stop, to visit, trip, weather)

Law/Paralegal-Technology : 31 matches (accident, account, animals, answer, blood, children, client, close, contact, death, departure, discovery, euthanasia, evidence, family, four, guilty, harassment, Independent, minutes, misconduct, notice, order, remedy, rescue, residence, Sexual, surprise, trust, truth, victim)

Psychology : 27 matches (attention, biology, blood, CAGE, class, client, cohort, family, FAST, harassment, herpes, hit, knowing that, love, nose, operation, operator, order, prey, rumour, sexual harassment, skin, speed, thinking, touch, toxic, trip)

Target Structure:

flirtation (1 match)

HR (2 matches)

internship (9 matches)

lack of (1 match)

learn the ropes (1 match)

misconduct (1 match)

put aside (1 match)

sexual harassment (1 match)

though (2 matches)

worthwhile (1 match)

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Choice of life.

It all started like this...

I am studying in natural sciences at Ahuntsic College. I am on my last year and since my youth I am passionate about animals and I would really like to become a Veterinarian. After my college's program, I have the opportunity to do an internship in Costa Rica or go to university. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Do an internship in Costa Rica.

Choice 2 : Go to university.

Costa Rica

Do an internship in Costa Rica.

The sky is blue, the birds sing, and the animals to heal look at me. I have just arrived and would like to go to the beach to enjoy the good weather and rest. The thing is that a Toucan has just hurt a wing and it seems to be hurting. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Go to the beach.

Choice 2 : Rescue the Toucan.

Go to university.

I have to choose which university to go to and I have no idea. I am sharing between the University of Montreal in St-Hyacinthe or University of Calgary where my boyfriend is. What should I do?

Choice 1 : University of Montreal.

Choice 2 : University of Calgary.

Costa Rica

Go to the beach.

The sand is hot, the sun tans my white skin in short, I spend a great moment. Suddenly a group of dolphin passes right in front of me, but something catches my attention. A dolphin having difficulty swimming appears to be injured but there is a shark close to him. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Save the dolphin.

Choice 2 : Ask for help.

Toucan

Rescue the Toucan.

When I arrive, I realize that the wing of the Toucan is completely broken, shattered. The operator would surely do more harm than good. There is more chance that he will never fly again and that he will sulfur all his life than to live happily. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Do the Operation.

Choice 2 : Euthanize.

University

University of Montreal.

I lived in Montreal, and I had to move to the student residence for my studies at University, and I was stressed. Like every teenager, it is not easy to leave the family home where we have always lived. The day of my departure, saying goodbye to my parents was the hardest thing to do, but at that moment, I could not tell what was waiting for me. The first day of school was difficult because I did not know anyone, and I was always thinking about my boyfriend, who was in Calgary. One week after the start of classes, a boy came to talk to me. two weeks later, we were studying every day together for our biology class. The week that followed, this boy started to flirt with me, but the kind of flirtation that can not be prevented. And the worst part of it, was that I liked it. Even if, I knew this was bad. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Keep flirting with him.

Choice 2 : Stop flirting.

University

University of Calgary.

Arriving in Calgary I did not feel at home, but really not. A week after I arrived in Calgary, I felt alone more than ever. Even though my boyfriend was with me every day, I did not have anyone else to talk to. All he was doing irritated me. One night, we had a big fight and he even dared to call me a big cow. We didn't talk for three weeks because I'm a girl who does not let anyone treat me like that. The week that followed, he came to talk to me, but nothing was like before, the links that united us had broken. Every little thing that I was doing annoyed him, everything beautiful in me turned into something he hates and blames me for. I was completely removed from the events and I did not know what to do to fix things. I was so confused, that the only two solutions for me was stay or go to the University of Montreal.

Choice 1 : Stay.

Choice 2 : University of Montreal

hurt

Save the dolphin.

When I made the decision to go to rescue the dolphin I had no idea what was waiting for me. I took a dolphin net and a small boat that I had, then went to get the dolphin hurt. The shark was getting closer and closer to the dolphin, and I was getting more and more stressed because I did not want the dolphin to be attacked and especially I did not want to die of a shark attack, but I continued moving forward. Arrived near the dolphin I realized that he was losing a lot of blood. I put the net under water but I could not pass it under the dolphin, so I had no choice to jump to the water even if I knew the danger. Especially, because the shark was in full hunting time. As soon as my body touched the water, I knew that I had made the worst mistake of my life. I saw the shark approaching at high speed no longer towards the dolphin but towards me. I totally understand it, I was stealing its noodle, its prey. And because of that, I had become his prey. As soon as I realized that I was his new prey, I was trying to swim as fast as possible to reach my boat. When I have got to the boat, the shark grabbed my leg and tried to pull it off the rest of my body. As I had seen in a documentary I was trying to keep my calm and I hit the shark on the tip off the nose, the weakest part of the shark. He let me go, but I knew he was coming back. When I managed to get on the boat the shark savagely attacked the dolphin and I could not do anything. I was hurt and I lost a lot of blood. When I came to the edge of the shore the people who were doing the same internship as me came to help me. Three days later, the entire team accompanying me told me that I would never have had to go there alone and that they considered this as a misconduct. They decided to send me home as soon as my leg was healed. Seen that I had put my life and the one of the others in danger. And that's how my volunteering ended.

Choice 1 : Restart.

running

Ask for help.

I ran quickly to get help and took it away so that they could see by themselves the seriousness of the situation. After seeing, they told me that they can not do anything, and unfortunately everything was over. I could not believe we could not do anything. I do not know what to do to remedy the situation. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Stay and do nothing.

Choice 2 : Save the dolphin.

Toucan

Do the Operation.

A few moments later, I prepare the tools for the upcoming operation knowing that there is much more chance that he will leave his life or have a bad life for the rest of his life. The operation lasts for 3 hours, and I am far from having finished. 2 hours later, the operation is finished.To my surprise, I notice that the Toucan does not seem to suffer and he is alive. The Toucan can finally live the life he was leading before this accident, and I followed him to see if everything was under control and I realized that this was a Toucan's mother who had wanted to join her children for a long time. It really worthwhile to fight for animals life!

Choice 1 : Restart

baby toucan

Euthanize.

A few hours after the operation I am still crying all the tears of my body because I feel guilty of his death. All of a sudden, I hear chirps of baby birds as if they were hungry. In addition, his little cries of bird fly close so I leave my hammock and I look at the trees near me. 10 min later I realize that the baby birds are only 3 trees further from my hammock. A few moments later I raised my head and saw 4 baby birds. So, I decided to get in the tree to see more closely and I realized that it was a baby toucan. As I know, that we must not touch the baby birds I decided to do nothing. The next morning, the toucan babies in their nests were still chirping so I decided to go see a second time. I felt like they were hungry even more than the day before so being careful not to touch them I took the nest and took it to my hammock. A few minutes later I made the link. The baby birds were the baby of the Toucan euthanasia rather in the day. So, I decided to go to get some baby food near the veterinary camp, and when I came back he was missing a baby. I left only a few moments and I already lost a baby. What should I do? Go get him or stay and wait.

Choice 1 : Go get the baby bird.

Choice 2 : Stay and wait.

research

Go get the baby bird.

By making sure to hide the nest of potential predators like snakes, I went in search of the little bird gone. In addition, I made sure to put aside my sentiments to be concentrated on a hundred percent in my research. The day was moving on, but I still could not find it. After four hours of research, I decided to give up because three others were waiting for me and needed my care. Three days later, I was still thinking of the little bird that had not had the chance to grow up near his sisters and brother. Deep down I knew he was dead. I guest this is how we learn the ropes. More days went by more baby birds was asking for attention and having no other animals to take care I was with them 24/7. Five weeks after their discovery they had learned to fly by themselves and had become independent. And that's how my volunteering ended with these little baby birds.

Choice 1 : Restart.

found him

Stay and wait.

I could not leave the three babies alone knowing that 15 min before, I had lost one. So, I decided to stay close to the nest to see if the baby came backed. After seven hours of waiting, I began to despair seeing that the baby did not come back even if I knew that a small bird could not return by himself. So, I decided to take the nest to put them near my hammock where I slept. To my surprise, when I took the nest the baby bird was under it. Being careful not to break anything I took it and put it in the nest with its sisters and brothers. Five weeks after their discovery they had learned to fly by themselves and had become independent. And that's how my volunteering ended with these little baby birds.

Choice 1 : Restart.

looking

Stay and do nothing.

I stayed, and I watched until the end because I did not want to leave him alone. I could not believe that I was going to Costa Rica to save animals and that I did not do anything for him, but at the same time I knew deep down that I could not do anything. Also we knew that I could catch up for life that I could not save. After the massacre I returned to the camp and I saw that they had taken the toucan all the time and would put in a cage to take care of it as soon as possible. It was the chance to catch up with the lost life of the dolphin, but at the same time I did not really feel good to perform a big operation. Also, the operator would surely do more harm than good. There is more chance that he will never fly again and that he will sulfur all his life than to live happily. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Do the Operation.

Choice 2 : Euthanize.

pet shop

Stop flirting.

The weeks went on and my grades started to drop. This boy, whose I felt in love had begun to put me in trouble. Plus, my boyfriend in Calgary would disassociate this relationship. So, I had only a choice. I had to break up with this boy. A few days later, I had no connection with him. But very quickly, I realized that people were running away, as if I was contagious. One day in a chemistry class, I asked a girl why people were running away from me. That day I did not suspect that the answer would change my life at the University. She told me that the guy I was dating told the whole cohort that I had genital herpes. The more the day progressed the more I felt bad about myself even though I knew it was not true, that it was only false rumours that aimed to hurt me. One day, I decided to take my resume to a small petshop to be the less at school and to change my mind. So, I met a HR who told me we would call me back, in the shortest time. After a long week of waiting, the HR contact me to tell me that I had the job. After three weeks of working at the pet shop, I realized that I was in a dead-end-job, which I did not like at all. In addition, a customer who came every day was not stopping to make sexual advance, even if I told the man to stop he did not stopped. So, I called the police to tell them I was victim of sexual harassment, but they did not do anything, lack of evidence. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Stay to work.

Choice 2 : Quit the job.

flirt

Keep flirting with him.

Two weeks after our meeting we saw each other every day of the week. We went out together in the most chic restaurant. Slowly, I fell more and more in love with him. The problem was that I had a wonderful boyfriend who was at the University of Calgary. But for the moment, I did not care. One night, I invited this boy to spend the night in my apartment. It was almost ten p.m. and we were having a good time in my bed. At eleven o'clock someone knocked on my door. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Open the door.

Choice 2 : Stay in the bed.

work

Stay to work.

Three weeks later, the man always came to the pet shop and kept banging me. So, I decided to talk to my boss who told me that every time he will come into the store to warn an employee to take care of him so, that I stay the furthest from this client. It was two months that I worked in the shop and just like that, the customer is no longer returned. I managed to reconcile work and school and I felt good in my skin again. In addition, the rumours had completely stopped, so the school had become pleasant. I have not seen the boy who started the rumour and I was very happy. The school was over and I was enjoying it. In addition, I had a job that I loved and I felt very happy. What is sure is that I would go to school to get my veterinary degree and do what I really love to cure animals. Most importantly, I was never going to let myself be in a toxic relationship again.

Choice 1 : Restar.

unhappy

Quit the job.

Seeing that nothing was working out, I decided to leave my job. I was completely destroyed. The school made me unhappy, because everyone was putting me down. So, I started thinking about going to Calgary to join my boyfriend where I would feel less alone or go to Costa Rica to do an internship where I saw posters at my school.

Choice 1 : University of Calgary.

Choice 2 : Do an internship in Costa Rica.

Talking

Open the door.

Before I opened the door, I told the guy to hide under my bed, then I opened the door. It was my boyfriend who was visiting me and who had left Calgary and made the trip to Montreal to visit me. I was in a big trouble. Two minutes ago I was cheating with another and in addition he was under my bed. What should I do?

Choice 1 : Say the truth.

Choice 2 : Lie.

bed

Stay in the bed.

We sat so well in bed, that no one got up and we waited for the person to leave. Afterwards, the person left, and I was happy. The session was coming to an end, and I had not said anything to my boyfriend in Calgary. At the end of the session, he call me to take my news, but I ignored them. Deep inside me, I did not want to face the situation. After three weeks, he didn't called back.In the depths of me, I did not care, because I wanted to live a new history of love. I know I should have told him that everything was finished but I could not. The session was over, I felt good with the situation and the decision I had taken. A new story was waiting for me.

Choice 1 : Restart.

bed

Say the truth.

It was barely five minutes since my boyfriend was in the room, and I could not lie to him, because after all I had been with him for five years. I tell him everything, and I asked the guy under my bed to go out. Not surprisingly, my boyfriend was really angry, but he understood why I was going to see him elsewhere. He had not been present enough in my life. Despite this, he told me that it would not be possible for him to stay with a girl who he can not trust. Obviously, I was sad, but after all it was my fault. I decided to stay with the guy I met this year. Maybe, he will be my new Prince Charming. The school was over and I was enjoying it even if everything did not go as I would have liked.

Choice 1 : Restart.

love

Lie.

The guy was under my bed and my boyfriend in the room. Deep down, I knew it was going badly. I lied to him from the beginning and somehow, I was good. After half an hour, he did not account for anything. Afterwards, he left, and I was happy, even if I knew that what I was doing was bad. The session was coming to an end, and I had not said anything to my boyfriend in Calgary. At the end of the session, he call me to take my news, but I ignored them. Deep inside me, I did not want to face the situation. After three weeks, he didn't called back.In the depths of me, I did not care, because I wanted to live a new history of love. I know I should have told him that everything was finished but I could not. The session was over, I felt good with the situation and the decision I had taken. A new story was waiting for me.

Choice 1 : Restart.

happy

Stay.

When I decided to stay, I did not know that I was going to make myself more and more unhappy. The days passed and he treated me more and more badly. I was going to his University, and he made me regret this choice, never again I would do this for a boy. One day, I was walking in school because I had a break, and I saw a poster talking about doing an internship in Costa Rica. This poster made me think a lot. If I stopped the session I would always have the chance to do it after this internship, and that could be great for me, I would come back more mature. So, I decided to go to Costa Rica. Before I left, I had to have a conversation with my boyfriends in order to break up with him. He was very understanding and let me go. He also knew that it was the right thing to do. Arrived in Costa Rica, I felt in my place, and I knew that I had made the right decision. After the internship, I returned to Calgary to continue my studies, but unfortunately, my ex boyfriend had a girlfriend, and I was happy for him even if I wanted to go back with him.

Choice 1 : Restart.

The End.