I wish I would be a teacher!

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Alexie Maheu

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Word count: 1145

Choice count: 31

Section count: 21

Image count: 21

Error count: 10

Field Related Analysis

Education : 100 matches

(cegep, choice, degree, diploma, don, exam, failed, first, grade, high school, learn, management, mark, school, student, teacher, teachers, test, training, university)

Archaeology : 30 matches

(her, history, horse, keep, mark, power, re, study, thing)

Sociology : 16 matches

(act, power, school, sexual)

Target Structure: (24 matches)

come in handy (1 match)

dread (1 match)

flirtation (1 match)

hr (5 matches)

intern (1 match)

internship (5 matches)

learn the ropes (1 match)

leave of absence (1 match)

misconduct (1 match)

more often (1 match)

office politics (1 match)

on-the-job-training (1 match)

perpetrator (1 match)

premium wage (1 match)

retirement (2 matches)

sexual harassment (1 match)

straight a's (2 matches)

test drive (1 match)

more often than not (1 match)

the drive of work (1 match)

time management (1 match)

wage (1 match)

volunteering (1 match)

abroad (1 match)

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I wish I would be a teacher!

Your final exam.

Tomorrow is your last exam in cegep! This grade will determine if you have your diploma. This year you got straight A's and showed quantum leap. Your friend Veronica calls you to know if you wanted to go to a party.

Choice 1 : Don't go to the party.

Choice 2 : You went to the party.

Calender with exam date surrounded

Don't go to the party.

The day of the exam you took your time to answer the questions, and you passed your exam. You wanted to go to the University of Montreal, but you're hesitating between History teacher program or French teacher program.

Choice 1 : French teacher's program.

Choice 2 : History teacher's program.

student graduating

You went to the party.

You woke up late because you missed you alarm. You can't go to university, so you need to try again next year or get a job.

Choice 1 : You try to repass the exam.

Choice 2 : Find a job at McDonald's.

party

You try to repass the exam.

You prepare yourself for the exam in advance, you did good time management. During the exam you were great. The last question is: "What is the colour of the white horse of Napoleon?"

Choice 1 : White

Choice 2 : Brown

napoleon

Find a job at Mcdonald's.

You're now a supervisor in a popular fast food. After you failed your exam, you never went back to school. No diploma doesn't give opportunities, but your lunches are free at your job.

Choice 1 : Start again!

mcdonalds

The Horse is white.

You have your diploma, and you can go to the university. You applied to University of Montreal and got accepted in two programs.

Choice 1 : French teacher's program

Choice 2 : Became a History teacher.

napoleon and his horse

The horse is not brown.

You failed again. You're tired of school, and you think that travelling will help you find what you want to do in your life, but you have to find a job.

Choice 1 : You work at Mcdonald's.

napoleon on his horse

Became a History teacher.

During your schooling a an futur History teacher, you went volunteering abroad in the country of your choice. You chose Germany, and your internship you earn a premium wage because you're a student. You realized you love travelling, and you have to choose between travelling and school.

Choice 1 : You decide to travel.

Choice 2 : You begin your internship.

history teacher

Became a French teacher.

You work very hard to have straight A's. You can't wait to start your internship to learn the ropes! You made a demand in a school to be an intern, and you got accepted!

Choice 1 : You begin your internship.

french teacher

You begin your internship.

You're exciting to start your on-the-job-training and learn to become a teacher. This first experience is like a test drive, and people think you are a too exciting, and you always want to come in handy but you just love the experience. When you finished your degree, two schools proposed to you a job.

Choice 1 : Be a teacher at the High School of Boucherville.

Choice 2 : Be a teacher at the High School of Sainte-Julie.

intership

You travel.

You visit Costa Rica, Rome, and Brazil. It's a great experience, but you realized that you missed university and your study.

Choice 1 : You come back to school.

plane

Be a teacher at the High School of Boucherville.

You start working at this school, and everybody is kind. You find the job of your dream. After 3 years, an unexpected thing happen! You just learn that you are pregnant, will you keep it?

Choice 1 : You keep the baby.

Choice 2 : You don't keep the baby.

teacher

Be a teacher at the High School of Sainte-Julie.

Mark is one of the science teachers, and he really appreciate you. At first, you thought it was just flirtation, but you started to dread when it was time to see him. You talk about it to your husband, and you realized it was sexual harassment. You decided to talk to Mark, and you asked him to stop. He laughed at your face and says that nobody would believe you. What should you do?

Choice 1 : Have a conversation with the HR.

Choice 2 : Don't say anything.

teacher

Have a conversation with the HR.

You are in the office of the HR and you talk about Mark misconduct. Employees weren't surprised because in the past there were a lot of stories about him. She thanks me to came see her and told me that our office politics doesn't tolerate this kind of act.

Choice 1 : You can breathe again

HR

The power of silence.

More often than not you cry before coming to school. Your perpetrator knew he had power on you, and you're starting to think about either go see the HR or to leave.

Choice 1 : Talk to the HR.

Choice 2 : Quit your job.

silent

You quit.

At first, it's exciting you have all your day off you can go shopping. As the time passes you realized that not working made you feel anxious, but you cannot go back to teaching. You applied as an assistant at a dentist, and got employed.

Choice 1 : You work at the dentist clinic.

quit

Now it's going well.

Since Mark left the school, you can finally enjoy your job. About a year later, you got pregnant, and it was good news. You took a leave of absence for the maternity. After one year you started to miss you job, so you decided that it's time for you to come back. Next steps: (in a lot of years): retirement!

Choice 1 : You retire.

happy women

The life of an assistant.

You hate your job, and your sad thinking about all you study to finish as an assistant. Your life is sad, and you only work for money. After 40 years at the same job, you finally retired. You don't have a really good amount of money on your bank account but enough to live.

Choice 1 : Start again!

assistant

You're pregnant.

You wanted to be a mom, and it's finally the time. You went on maternity break for one year, but you started to felf that you missed your job. You are back on track.

Choice 1 : After all your effort: retirement.

pregnant

You retire.

It's time for you to retire after more than 35 years of teaching you never lost the drive of work. You always knew that teaching was your dream job. You put enough money in your personal bank account, so you could take time to travel and discover all the country you want.

Choice 1 : Start again!

retirement

You don't keep the baby.

You husband, and you weren't ready for this commitment, you don't keep it.

Choice 1 : Start again!

sad pregnant woman