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| 1. | killed in gang-related shooting | 0
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| 2. | convicted of murder (M) / commit suicide (F) | 0
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| 3. | contract HIV/AIDS | 0
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| 4. | kicked out of house, live on street | 1
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| 5. | incarcerated and stabbed in prison (M) / raped (F) | 1
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| 6. | caught dealing drugs (M) / engage in prostitution to survive (F) | 2
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| 7. | expelled from high school for assaulting teacher | 2
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| 8. | addicted to crack cocaine | 2
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| 9. | become a pothead, live in squat house | 3
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| 10. | arrested for breaking and entering (M) // beat up by boyfriend sent to emergency room for cracked skull (F) | 3
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| 11. | shot in leg in gang-related shooting | 3
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| 12. | drop out of high school | 3
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| 13. | hospitalized for psychiatric treatment | 4
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| 14. | alcoholic/wino, lose job | 4
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| 15. | on welfare, have a baby | 4
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| 16. | join a gang (M) / become pregnant (F) | 6
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| 17. | get out of abusive relationship | 13
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| 18. | go through treatment | 14
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| 19. | become a Born Again Christian | 15
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| 20. | get GED | 17 |
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| 1. | convicted of dealing drugs (M) / attempt suicide (F) | 1
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| 2. | incarcerated and stabbed in prison (M) / raped (F) | 1
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| 3. | convicted as accomplice in gang-related shooting | 2
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| 4. | runaway, live on the street | 3
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| 5. | addicted to heroin | 3
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| 6. | get caught with drugs in your locker (MF // M) | 3
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| 7. | sent to juvenile court for battery (hit teacher with chair) (M) | 3
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| 8. | arrested for armed robbery, acquitted, but actually guilty (M) | 4
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| 9. | contract herpes | 4
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| 10. | involved in an abusive relationship (F) / arrested for battery (M) | 6
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| 11. | join a gang (M) / become pregnant (F) | 6
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| 12. | regularly use hard alcohol | 6
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| 13. | regularly use marijuana | 6
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| 14. | brother gets shot | 7
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| 15. | put into remedial math/reading | 7
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| 16. | enter a residential substance abuse program | 14
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| 17. | develop a positive relationship with influential adult (coach/therapist) | 16
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| 18. | involved in vocational-technical education (VOTECH, BOCES) | 17
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| 19. | get GED / graduate from high school w/ help from older friend | 18
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| 20. | join marines | 19 |
| page 19-3:
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| 1. | attempt suicide | 1
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| 2. | raped (F) / get caught with drugs in your locker (M) | 2
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| 3. | sent to juvenile court for battery (hit teacher with a chair) (M) // sexually assaulted (attempted rape) (F) | 3
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| 4. | join a gang (M) / become pregnant (unplanned, unmarried) (F) | 4
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| 5. | caught drinking and driving | 5
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| 6. | diagnosed manic-depressive // parents divorce (D) | 5
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| 7. | contract genital warts | 4
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| 8. | sexually promiscuous | 5
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| 9. | realize/conclude you are gay/lesbian | 5
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| 10. | recruited by gang (M) / Diagnosed with bulimia (F) | 6
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| 11. | best friend dies | 6
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| 12. | lose part-time job | 7
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| 13. | break up with boyfriend/girlfriend | 8
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| 14. | get involved in theatre club at school | 12
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| 15. | get part-time job working at Wendy's | 13
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| 16. | serve on a panel for race relations in your high school | 14
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| 17. | parents participate in marital therapy // alcoholic parent goes to AA | 15
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| 18. | sports team goes to national championship | 17
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| 19. | involved in vocational-technical education (VOTECH, BOCES) | 17
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| 20. | parent remarries positive person (D) // develop caring relationship with teacher | 18 |
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| 1. | parent dies | 2
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| 2. | sexually assaulted (attempted rape) (F) // charged with attempted rape (M) | 4
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| 3. | held back a year in school (MF // M) | 3
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| 4. | parents divorce (D) // wage earner loses job | 5
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| 5. | parents divorce (D) // wage earner loses job | 5
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| 6. | become somewhat promiscuous | 5
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| 7. | realize/conclude you are gay/lesbian / rumored to be gay/lesbian | 6
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| 8. | diagnosed with a learning disability | 6
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| 9. | caught smoking marijuana by father | 7
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| 10. | make friends with peers who are into drugs | 8
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| 11. | mom finds out you've been sneaking out in middle of night w/ friends | 8
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| 12. | have gotten into several arguments with teachers | 8
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| 13. | spend too much time on the internet, grades drop | 8
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| 14. | best friend moves out of state | 9
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| 15. | participate in sports team | 13
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| 16. | get part-time job working at MacDonald's | 13
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| 17. | win school/county wide academic contest | 14
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| 18. | participate in sunday school & church youth group | 16
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| 19. | get a full-time job | 18
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| 20. | get into state college | 19 |
| page 19-5:
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| 1. | attempt suicide | 1
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| 2. | starting to use speed // start dealing marijuana (M) | 2
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| 3. | sexually assaulted (attempted rape) (F) | 3
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| 4. | parents divorce // parent becomes alcoholic | 5
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| 5. | parents divorce // parent becomes alcoholic | 5
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| 6. | become somewhat promiscuous | 5
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| 7. | fighting in school repeatedly (M) // sexually harassed in school (F) | 5
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| 8. | committed vandalism but not caught (M) | 6
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| 9. | role in school play | 12
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| 10. | member of a sports team (M) / music club (F) | 13
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| 11. | take music (guitar/drums) lessons | 13
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| 12. | voted student council representative | 13
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| 13. | win school/county wide academic contest | 14
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| 14. | become good friends with a really nice boy/girl (opposite sex) | 14
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| 15. | elected leader of KEY club | 14
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| 16. | volunteer at crisis center | 15
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| 17. | volunteer at church food pantry | 16
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| 18. | earn a letter in sports/academics | 17
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| 19. | accepted to good state college (MI, VA, MD, PA, etc.) | 18
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| 20. | parent remarries loving partner (D) // join air force | 18 |
| page 19-6:
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| 1. | become alcoholic (M) / have child without father (F) | 3
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| 2. | become somewhat promiscuous | 4
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| 3. | experiment with marijuana // alcohol | 5
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| 4. | parents divorce (D) // realize/conclude you are gay/lesbian | 5
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| 5. | parents divorce (D) // rumored to be gay/lesbian over extended period | 6
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| 6. | caught shoplifting in 7-11, handled poorly | 7
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| 7. | spend too much time on internet, start flunking | 8
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| 8. | suffer bouts of depression | 8
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| 9. | going to too many parties, getting low grades | 8
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| 10. | get elected to serve on the junior bank board | 13
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| 11. | volunteer at nursing home | 14
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| 12. | win school/county wide academic contest (creative writing, speech, art math, science, band | 15
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| 13. | make the B honor roll | 15
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| 14. | participate in sunday school & church youth group | 16
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| 15. | serve on a panel for race relations in your high school | 16
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| 16. | sing in church choir | 16
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| 17. | voted to all-state sports team | 17
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| 18. | accepted to good state college (MI, VA, MD, PA, etc.) | 17
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| 19. | parent remarries a loving partner (D) // develop on-going relationship with a caring, supportive school counselor | 18
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| 20. | win scholarship to local state college | 19 |
| page 19-7:
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| 1. | become somewhat promiscuous | 4
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| 2. | experiment with marijuana // alcohol | 5
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| 3. | parents divorce (D) // make older friend who used cocaine (M)/ diagnosed with anorexia nervosa | 6
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| 4. | spend too much time on internet, start flunking | 8
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| 5. | go to church trip during the summer | 12
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| 6. | host a foreign exchange student | 13
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| 7. | participate in political campaign | 13
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| 8. | selected for main/major role in school play // | 13
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| 9. | taking music lessons (piano, violin, clarinet, flute) | 13
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| 10. | score 1200 on SAT | 14
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| 11. | score 1200 on SAT | 14
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| 12. | volunteer at nursing home | 14
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| 13. | elected student council officer | 14
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| 14. | accepted to National Honor Society | 15
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| 15. | high school GPA of 3.7 | 16
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| 16. | become junior assistant scout master (M) // teach sunday school (F) | 16
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| 17. | elected to church youth board | 17
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| 18. | accepted to local state college | 17
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| 19. | win scholarship to state college | 28
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| 20. | accepted to Cornell but too far away, decide on Maryland: College Park Scholars | 19 |
| page 19-8:
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| 1. | become somewhat promiscuous | 4
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| 2. | experiment with marijuana // alcohol | 5
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| 3. | contract diabetes from eating junk food (M) | 6
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| 4. | spend too much time on internet, start flunking | 8
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| 5. | go to church trip during the summer // take up individual sport (tennis, skiing) | 12
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| 6. | editor of school newspaper | 13
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| 7. | voted student council representative | 13
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| 8. | high school valedictorian | 17
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| 9. | volunteer at homeless shelter | 13
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| 10. | elected to church youth board | 14
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| 11. | GPA = 4.0, SAT 1600 | 18
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| 12. | GPA = 4.0, SAT 1600 | 18
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| 13. | GPA = 4.0, SAT 1600 | 18
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| 14. | National Merit Scholar | 18
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| 15. | accepted to MD w/ President's scholarship, but turn it down to go to Wesleyan | 19
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| 16. | accepted to Princeton | 19
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| 17. | accepted to Stanford | 19
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| 18. | accepted to Yale | 19
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| 19. | accepted to Harvard | 19
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| 20. | full scholarship to University of Chicago | 20 |
Round 3 Life Events
