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<p> A project dedicated to showing the struggle an African American woman may have while trying to climb the corporate ranks in comparison to a White American male.</p>
<center><p>Choose your character.<p></center>
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<br>[[Whitney Jones|Whitney]]<br>
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<br><div id="mlink">[[Michael Stone|Michael]]</div></br>
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Whitney Jones is an 18-year-old African American woman. She attends an inner-city school in Manhattan, and is in her senior year. She has always dreamed of going to college at an Ivy League school. She wants to become either a doctor or a lawyer someday. Her parents can't afford to lose the income that her part time job provides. She is faced with the decision to either make her dreams become a reality or help her parents.
[[Next|School Random]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #8BCCFF))
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Michael Stone is an 18 year-old caucasian male. He attends a Prestigious private school in Manhattan, and is a high school senior. He is faced with an important decision.
[[Next|School Choice]]
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Michael has two options for college.
Option 1: Michael’s father owns a law firm and expects him to take over the family business when he retires. Mr. Stone, has offered to pay for Michael's schooling if he attends Dartmouth.
Option 2: In his free time Michael enjoys watching Tarantino and Scorsese films. He would really like to attend school at the Rhode Island School of Design in the fall to pursue a degree in film production. After an argument with his father Michael comes to the understanding that his father will not pay for art school.
Will Michael attend RISD or Dartmouth?
[[Michael decides to attend Dartmouth|Major Choice]]
[[Michael decides to attend the Rhode Island School of Design|Finances]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #8BCCFF))
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Michael acquiesces to his fathers wishes and decides to attend Dartmouth. Now he has to pick a major. His father wants him to choose pre-law, but Michael has found that he enjoys his biology class.
What major will Michael choose?
[[Michael decides to be a biology major.|Biology]]
[[Michael decides to be a pre-law major.|Pre-law]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #8BCCFF))
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Michael's father will not pay for him to go to art school. His parents make too much money for him to get financial aid in the form of scholarships or grants. His only option is to take out loans, but he has reservations about this.
Will Michael take out the loans or save up money first?
[[Michael decides to take out loans.|Loan]]
[[Michael chooses to save up money first.|Saves]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #8BCCFF))
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Michaels dad threatens to cut him off financially. He decides to change majors to pre-law.
[[Next|Pre-law]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #8BCCFF))
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Michael graduates from Dartmouth with a degree in pre-law. He didn't apply himself to his studies. He's unhappy and spends most of his time partying and he barely graduates.
[[Next|Job]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #8BCCFF))
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Post-graduation Michael decides to apply for a para-legal position at his father's law firm. The same firm that Whitney will apply for. They are now both up for promotion. Will Michael apply himself to earning this promotion or try to skate by? Who will get the promotion?
[[Michael works hard to try and earn that promotion| Promo]]
[[Michael hates his job; he is constantly late, he never meets deadlines, and he creates more work for his co-worker Whitney| Promo]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #8BCCFF))
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Plot twist, it doesn't matter if Michael works hard or not. He gets promoted either way. After 4 years he is promoted to partner and eventually takes over his fathers company. Nepotism rules the world.
[[<center>The End</center>|Start]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #8BCCFF))
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Michael decides to take out loans. But does he keep his grades up?
[[Next|Grades]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #8BCCFF))
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Michael decides to work full time until he can save up enough money to go back to school, without taking out loans.
[[Next|Savings]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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(either:
"Whitney decides that she has to attend college. She has a few options though.
[[Next|School Choice W1]]
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"Whitney feels she owes it to her parents to stay and help them out.
[[Next|School Choice W2]]
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Whitney decides to go to college, she's always wanted to go to college at an Ivy League school. However, she knows her parents need her help financially so she could also get a full-time job and attend a local community college.
What will she pick?
[[Whitney decides to follow her dreams and attend NYU.|NYU-W]]
[[Whitney wants to help out her parents so she opts for community college.|CC-W]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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Whitney decided to stay home to help out her parents. She could either go to a local community college and work part time, or she could just get a full-time job.
What will she do?
[[Whitney attends community college.|CC-W]]
[[Whitney decides to get a fulltime job|FTJ-W]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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Whitney decided to attend a local community college, while working full-time to help her parents.
[[Next|E2-W]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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Whitney decides to forgo college altogether to help her family financially. She gets a fulltime job.
[[<center>The End</center>|Start]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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Whitney finds that she has a hard time balancing school and work. Her grades start to slip and she drops out.
[[<center>The End</center>|Start]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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Whitney decided to go to NYU, she was awarded a full ride scholarship for her academic excellence. Now that she has finally made it she has to pick a major. She likes to help people so she's considering pre-law or pre-med.
What major does Whitney decide on?
[[Pre-med]]
[[Pre-law|Pre-law-W]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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Whitney decided on pre-med. However, she did not get offered enough financial aid to be able to finance medical school after graduation.
[[<center>The End</center>|Start]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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Whitney decides to be pre-law, she graduates with honors and is awarded enough financial aid to get through law school. She decided to apply for a job at a law firm owned by Michael's father.
[[Next|The Firm]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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Whitney finds that she has to work twice as hard to keep up with work because Michael doesn't do any of his own.
Should she report it to Human Resources?
[[Report it|Report]]
[[Keep quiet|DR-W]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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Whitney is tired of doing all of her work in addition to Michael’s and decides she should say something to Human Resources.
[[Next|LS-W]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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Whitney decides to keep her head down and keep working.
[[Next|Leaves-W]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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Whitney continues to work hard and eventually decides that Michael’s fathers law firm is not the right one for her. She applies for a position at a new firm that takes her contribution seriously.
[[<center>The End</center>|Start]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #8BCCFF))
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(either:
"Michael loves his classes and works really hard to keep his financial aid eligibility.
[[Next|Success]]",
"Michael doesn't like his classes very much and struggles to keep up with his course load.
[[Next|Failure]]
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(either:
"He never manages to save up enough money to go back to school.
[[Next|FailureSave]]",
"Michael works hard and manages to save up enough money to go back to school.
[[Next|SuccessSave]]
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Michael works hard and graduates with honors. He is now living in L.A. as a successful film producer.
[[<center>The End</center>|Start]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #8BCCFF))
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Michael doesn't make the grade; his financial aid is pulled. He is forced to drop out. He has alienated his parents. He is now faced with the problem of paying back his student loans on a minimum wage job.
[[<center>The End</center>|Start]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #8BCCFF))
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Michael never manages to save up enough money for school, his options fall through. He is now broke and without a college education.
[[<center>The End</center>|Start]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #8BCCFF))
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Michael saves up enough money to go back to school. He graduates with honors. He is now living in L.A. as a successful film producer.
[[<center>The End</center>|Start]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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As a result of her complaint to Human Resources, Whitney is wrongfully terminated. She is considering filing a lawsuit against the firm. However, she may not be able to afford a lawyer. Instead of filing suit she could spend the time and energy looking for a new job.
Will she:
[[File a lawsuit against the firm.|LS2]]
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[[Focus on looking for a new job|NJ-W]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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Whitney decides to go through with her lawsuit. If she can find a lawyer willing to work for free, she will proceed with the lawsuit. If she can't find a lawyer that will work for free she will be unable to afford her legal fees if she loses.
Does Whitney Win?
[[Next|WL-W]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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Whitney does not file the lawsuit, instead she focuses on her job hunt and lands a great new job at a firm where her work is valued.
[[<center>The End</center>|Start]](enchant: ?page, (text-colour: black) + (background: #FF99AC))
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(either:"Whitney wins her case, the settlement is substantial and they offer Whitney her old job back. She refuses, having lined up a job at firm where she is valued."
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"Whitney loses the case. She is now without a job and has to find a way to pay her legal fees. ")
[[<center>The End</center>|Start]]