Manitoba Education and training - Employment Project for Women inc.

*Note: The following excerpt is taken from C.1991, AST Works, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana

YOU DECIDE

Challenge. You are suddenly given the ability to make people's lives turn out as you wish.

Ellen has lived at home for 18 years and is just finishing high school. She has gotten along well with her parents, but she is beginning to feel an urge to go out on her own. She cannot pinpoint her anxiety, but she senses the urge to be independent. Finally, one day she approaches her parents and says:

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Jim decided he needed to be making money by the time he was 18. His family had financial pressures that could only be relieved by Jim's helping out. He decided to look at all the options available to him at local schools. He had to have marketable skills by 18, or he would have to work at common labor jobs for less money. He decided to (you finish the story):


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