My Road To Becoming A Paralegal

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Jameelah Joseph

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Word count: 1243

Choice count: 44

Section count: 30

Image count: 30

Error count: 10

Field Related Analysis

Education : 122 matches

(choice, class, classes, college, courses, don, education, failed, first, further, grade, head, high school, homework, jerome, knowledge, learn, options, private, public school, reader, school, teacher, technology, university)

Sociology : 42 matches

(class, depression, education, fact, homework, interests, private, school, technology)

Law : 32 matches

(cabinet, drugs, fact, family, interest, law, lawyer, living, paralegal, parties, price, private)

Target Structure: (3 matches)

internship (3 matches)

overwhelmed (2 matches)

purpose (1 match)

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My Road To Becoming A Paralegal

The start of my dream.

At the time, I was in 5th grade, my teacher made us watch a movie called « Legally Blonde ». I found a big interest in it.

Choice 1 : Follow my hearth and start to learn about careers related to law.

Choice 2 : Listen to others and abandon any hopes of having a law career.

Legally Blonde

Follow my hearth and start to learn about careers related to law.

My mom knew what my dream was and proposed that I follow higher education. It's time to choose witch high school we will attend and all of my friends chose Curé-Labelle, but it's not that good of a school. Should I follow them?

Choice 1 : Go to a private school.

Choice 2 : Go to a public school.

Private school

Listen to others and abandon any hopes of having a law career.

People are right, I'm not even that good at school to even dream about having a career related to law. I should come back to earth.

Choice 1 : Getting depressed.

Choice 2 : Start to look for a new path.

Go to a private school.

I decide to follow my mom's advice and seek higher education. I start high school without any of my friends, but I will definitely achieve my dream.

Choice 1 : Do my homework and listen in class.

Choice 2 : Start to hang with the popular crew at school.

Perfect student

Go to a public school.

I was scared of going on a new adventure by myself, so I decided to stick with my friend for high school.

Choice 1 : Have fun with my friends.

Choice 2 : Start to do drugs.

Bad drugs

Getting depressed.

My life has no purpose. I lost all the drive that I had.

Choice 1 : Die of an intense depression.

Choice 2 : Realizing that the only thing that interests me is a career law.

It's time to open your eyes

Start to look for a new path.

I must find something that will still interest me.

Choice 1 : I could become a paralegal.

Choice 2 : Stop school and start working.

New path

Do my homework and listen in class.

I'm focused in school, and I'm not letting anything distracts me from my dream.

Choice 1 : Being top of my class.

Choice 2 : Starting to feel overwhelmed.

Top student

Start to hang with the popular crew at school.

I finally made some fun friends. The first 2 years of high school were so lonely.

Choice 1 : Go to a lot of parties.

Choice 2 : Have my first ever boyfriend.

Couple goals

Realizing that the only thing that interests me is a career law.

Write this part of the story here and present your reader with choices.

Choice 1 : Change school and seek higher education

Have fun with my friends.

Write this part of the story here and present your reader with choices.

Choice 1 : I repeated the same year because I failed to many classes

Start to do drugs.

My friends knew shady people that sell drugs for a cheap price.

Choice 1 : Die of an overdose

Death

I could become a paralegal.

To see if a career related to law is really something that interests me, I should take some courses that will help me discover my passion and what really calls me from these types of jobs.

Choice 1 : Go to Ahuntsic College.

Choice 2 : Go to St-Jerome College.

Ahuntsic College

Stop school and start working.

Instead of wasting my time at school, I should gain experience in the real world, and then I'll experience new things and expend my knowledge.

Choice 1 : Work as a secretary in a lawyer cabinet.

Choice 2 : Work as a cashier.

Being a cashier

Being top of my class.

I work really hard to achieve my dream and I want to take it further and go to university right now.

Choice 1 : Go to the University of Ottawa.

Choice 2 : Go to the University of Vancouver.

University of Ottawa

Starting to feel overwhelmed.

The pressure is getting really high. My whole family roots for me, but I'm starting to feel stressed and my anxiety is getting worse.

Choice 1 : Seek help from a psychologist.

Choice 2 : Let the anxiety take control of me

Anxiety

Go to a lot of parties.

I'm having a blast with my friends and I let school on the side to live my life to the fullest.

Choice 1 : I lost myself and failed too many classes. I had to repeat my year.

Have my first ever boyfriend.

I'm growing up, and I want to experience real life. This guy is so adorable, and I like him a lot. It's time to try new things.

Choice 1 : I got pregnant and had to drop out of school.

Baby

Go to Ahuntsic College.

The Paralegal Technology program was the best there and my best friend and I enrolled in school together.

Choice 1 : I love it there.

Choice 2 : I hate it there.

Hate being here

Go to St-Jerome College.

It's obviously my second choice because the program is not as good as the one from Ahuntsic College.

Choice 1 : I didn't go there because I got accepted at Ahuntsic College.

Work as a secretary in a lawyer cabinet.

I work hard, and I prove myself to people around me. As a secretary, I do a lot of work, but it's worth it because I'm gaining experience.

Choice 1 : I didn't get a promotion because my capacities were limited due to the fact that I never finished school. I died being a secretary for the rest of my life.

Being a secratary

Work as a cashier.

I took this job to make money because I have to make a living to pay my things, but since I didn't finish school, my options are limited.

Choice 1 : I worked as a cashier for the rest of my life.

Go to the University of Ottawa.

It's my dream University and I really hope that I'm going to get accepted.

Choice 1 : I succeeded and I became a lawyer in family affairs.

Justice

Go to the University of Vancouver.

Once again this university is my second choice, and I wish I won't have to go there.

Choice 1 : I got accepted to the University of Ottawa and therefore, I didn't go here.

University of Vancouver

Seek help from a psychologist.

I sought help to get better, and I got back on track.

Choice 1 : Go to the University of Ottawa.

Let the anxiety take the control of me.

It's hard to keep going when the world won't stop moving. It's too much for me.

Choice 1 : Depression hits me.

Death

I love it there.

The program is fantastic. It is hard, but I keep my head out of the water. I must achieve my dream. My next step is complete my internship.

Choice 1 : Get an internship in a good cabinet.

I hate it there.

It is really hard for me and I have no friends. I'm starting to suffer from depression.

Choice 1 : Depression hits me.

Depression hits me.

I don't have any strength to keep going forward.

Choice 1 : Tired of this world.

Get an internship in a good cabinet.

Still working as a paralegal, but I'll soon make it to university. I'm just gaining experience for the time being.

Choice 1 : Go to the University of Ottawa.