[game Round 3 Life Events [game
(19-yr olds)



page 19-1:

1. killed in gang-related shooting . . . . . . . . . . 0
2. convicted of murder (M) / commit suicide (F) . . . . . . . . . . 0
3. contract HIV/AIDS . . . . . . . . . . 0
4. kicked out of house, live on street . . . . . . . . . . 1
5. incarcerated and stabbed in prison (M) / raped (F) . . . . . . . . . . 1
6. caught dealing drugs (M) / engage in prostitution to survive (F) . . . . . . . . . . 2
7. expelled from high school for assaulting teacher . . . . . . . . . . 2
8. addicted to crack cocaine . . . . . . . . . . 2
9. become a pothead, live in squat house . . . . . . . . . . 3
10. arrested for breaking and entering (M) // beat up by boyfriend sent to emergency room for cracked skull (F) . . . . . . . . . . 3
11. shot in leg in gang-related shooting . . . . . . . . . . 3
12. drop out of high school . . . . . . . . . . 3
13. hospitalized for psychiatric treatment . . . . . . . . . . 4
14. alcoholic/wino, lose job . . . . . . . . . . 4
15. on welfare, have a baby . . . . . . . . . . 4
16. join a gang (M) / become pregnant (F) . . . . . . . . . . 6
17. get out of abusive relationship . . . . . . . . . . 13
18. go through treatment . . . . . . . . . . 14
19. become a Born Again Christian . . . . . . . . . . 15
20. get GED . . . . . . . . . . 17

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page 19-2:

1. convicted of dealing drugs (M) / attempt suicide (F) . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. incarcerated and stabbed in prison (M) / raped (F) . . . . . . . . . . 1
3. convicted as accomplice in gang-related shooting . . . . . . . . . . 2
4. runaway, live on the street . . . . . . . . . . 3
5. addicted to heroin . . . . . . . . . . 3
6. get caught with drugs in your locker (MF // M) . . . . . . . . . . 3
7. sent to juvenile court for battery (hit teacher with chair) (M) . . . . . . . . . . 3
8. arrested for armed robbery, acquitted, but actually guilty (M) . . . . . . . . . . 4
9. contract herpes . . . . . . . . . . 4
10. involved in an abusive relationship (F) / arrested for battery (M) . . . . . . . . . . 6
11. join a gang (M) / become pregnant (F) . . . . . . . . . . 6
12. regularly use hard alcohol . . . . . . . . . . 6
13. regularly use marijuana . . . . . . . . . . 6
14. brother gets shot . . . . . . . . . . 7
15. put into remedial math/reading . . . . . . . . . . 7
16. enter a residential substance abuse program . . . . . . . . . . 14
17. develop a positive relationship with influential adult (coach/therapist) . . . . . . . . . . 16
18. involved in vocational-technical education (VOTECH, BOCES) . . . . . . . . . . 17
19. get GED / graduate from high school w/ help from older friend . . . . . . . . . . 18
20. join marines . . . . . . . . . . 19

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page 19-3:

1. attempt suicide . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. raped (F) / get caught with drugs in your locker (M) . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. sent to juvenile court for battery (hit teacher with a chair) (M) // sexually assaulted (attempted rape) (F) . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. join a gang (M) / become pregnant (unplanned, unmarried) (F) . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. caught drinking and driving . . . . . . . . . . 5
6. diagnosed manic-depressive // parents divorce (D) . . . . . . . . . . 5
7. contract genital warts . . . . . . . . . . 4
8. sexually promiscuous . . . . . . . . . . 5
9. realize/conclude you are gay/lesbian . . . . . . . . . . 5
10. recruited by gang (M) / Diagnosed with bulimia (F) . . . . . . . . . . 6
11. best friend dies . . . . . . . . . . 6
12. lose part-time job . . . . . . . . . . 7
13. break up with boyfriend/girlfriend . . . . . . . . . . 8
14. get involved in theatre club at school . . . . . . . . . . 12
15. get part-time job working at Wendy's . . . . . . . . . . 13
16. serve on a panel for race relations in your high school . . . . . . . . . . 14
17. parents participate in marital therapy // alcoholic parent goes to AA . . . . . . . . . . 15
18. sports team goes to national championship . . . . . . . . . . 17
19. involved in vocational-technical education (VOTECH, BOCES) . . . . . . . . . . 17
20. parent remarries positive person (D) // develop caring relationship with teacher . . . . . . . . . . 18

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page 19-4:

1. parent dies . . . . . . . . . . 2
2. sexually assaulted (attempted rape) (F) // charged with attempted rape (M) . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. held back a year in school (MF // M) . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. parents divorce (D) // wage earner loses job . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. parents divorce (D) // wage earner loses job . . . . . . . . . . 5
6. become somewhat promiscuous . . . . . . . . . . 5
7. realize/conclude you are gay/lesbian / rumored to be gay/lesbian . . . . . . . . . . 6
8. diagnosed with a learning disability . . . . . . . . . . 6
9. caught smoking marijuana by father . . . . . . . . . . 7
10. make friends with peers who are into drugs . . . . . . . . . . 8
11. mom finds out you've been sneaking out in middle of night w/ friends . . . . . . . . . . 8
12. have gotten into several arguments with teachers . . . . . . . . . . 8
13. spend too much time on the internet, grades drop . . . . . . . . . . 8
14. best friend moves out of state . . . . . . . . . . 9
15. participate in sports team . . . . . . . . . . 13
16. get part-time job working at MacDonald's . . . . . . . . . . 13
17. win school/county wide academic contest . . . . . . . . . . 14
18. participate in sunday school & church youth group . . . . . . . . . . 16
19. get a full-time job . . . . . . . . . . 18
20. get into state college . . . . . . . . . . 19

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page 19-5:

1. attempt suicide . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. starting to use speed // start dealing marijuana (M) . . . . . . . . . . 2
3. sexually assaulted (attempted rape) (F) . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. parents divorce // parent becomes alcoholic . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. parents divorce // parent becomes alcoholic . . . . . . . . . . 5
6. become somewhat promiscuous . . . . . . . . . . 5
7. fighting in school repeatedly (M) // sexually harassed in school (F) . . . . . . . . . . 5
8. committed vandalism but not caught (M) . . . . . . . . . . 6
9. role in school play . . . . . . . . . . 12
10. member of a sports team (M) / music club (F) . . . . . . . . . . 13
11. take music (guitar/drums) lessons . . . . . . . . . . 13
12. voted student council representative . . . . . . . . . . 13
13. win school/county wide academic contest . . . . . . . . . . 14
14. become good friends with a really nice boy/girl (opposite sex) . . . . . . . . . . 14
15. elected leader of KEY club . . . . . . . . . . 14
16. volunteer at crisis center . . . . . . . . . . 15
17. volunteer at church food pantry . . . . . . . . . . 16
18. earn a letter in sports/academics . . . . . . . . . . 17
19. accepted to good state college (MI, VA, MD, PA, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . 18
20. parent remarries loving partner (D) // join air force . . . . . . . . . . 18

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page 19-6:

1. become alcoholic (M) / have child without father (F) . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. become somewhat promiscuous . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. experiment with marijuana // alcohol . . . . . . . . . . 5
4. parents divorce (D) // realize/conclude you are gay/lesbian . . . . . . . . . . 5
5. parents divorce (D) // rumored to be gay/lesbian over extended period . . . . . . . . . . 6
6. caught shoplifting in 7-11, handled poorly . . . . . . . . . . 7
7. spend too much time on internet, start flunking . . . . . . . . . . 8
8. suffer bouts of depression . . . . . . . . . . 8
9. going to too many parties, getting low grades . . . . . . . . . . 8
10. get elected to serve on the junior bank board . . . . . . . . . . 13
11. volunteer at nursing home . . . . . . . . . . 14
12. win school/county wide academic contest (creative writing, speech, art math, science, band . . . . . . . . . . 15
13. make the B honor roll . . . . . . . . . . 15
14. participate in sunday school & church youth group . . . . . . . . . . 16
15. serve on a panel for race relations in your high school . . . . . . . . . . 16
16. sing in church choir . . . . . . . . . . 16
17. voted to all-state sports team . . . . . . . . . . 17
18. accepted to good state college (MI, VA, MD, PA, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . 17
19. parent remarries a loving partner (D) // develop on-going relationship with a caring, supportive school counselor . . . . . . . . . . 18
20. win scholarship to local state college . . . . . . . . . . 19

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page 19-7:

1. become somewhat promiscuous . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. experiment with marijuana // alcohol . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. parents divorce (D) // make older friend who used cocaine (M)/ diagnosed with anorexia nervosa . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. spend too much time on internet, start flunking . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. go to church trip during the summer . . . . . . . . . . 12
6. host a foreign exchange student . . . . . . . . . . 13
7. participate in political campaign . . . . . . . . . . 13
8. selected for main/major role in school play // . . . . . . . . . . 13
9. taking music lessons (piano, violin, clarinet, flute) . . . . . . . . . . 13
10. score 1200 on SAT . . . . . . . . . . 14
11. score 1200 on SAT . . . . . . . . . . 14
12. volunteer at nursing home . . . . . . . . . . 14
13. elected student council officer . . . . . . . . . . 14
14. accepted to National Honor Society . . . . . . . . . . 15
15. high school GPA of 3.7 . . . . . . . . . . 16
16. become junior assistant scout master (M) // teach sunday school (F) . . . . . . . . . . 16
17. elected to church youth board . . . . . . . . . . 17
18. accepted to local state college . . . . . . . . . . 17
19. win scholarship to state college . . . . . . . . . . 28
20. accepted to Cornell but too far away, decide on Maryland: College Park Scholars . . . . . . . . . . 19

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page 19-8:

1. become somewhat promiscuous . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. experiment with marijuana // alcohol . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. contract diabetes from eating junk food (M) . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. spend too much time on internet, start flunking . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. go to church trip during the summer // take up individual sport (tennis, skiing) . . . . . . . . . . 12
6. editor of school newspaper . . . . . . . . . . 13
7. voted student council representative . . . . . . . . . . 13
8. high school valedictorian . . . . . . . . . . 17
9. volunteer at homeless shelter . . . . . . . . . . 13
10. elected to church youth board . . . . . . . . . . 14
11. GPA = 4.0, SAT 1600 . . . . . . . . . . 18
12. GPA = 4.0, SAT 1600 . . . . . . . . . . 18
13. GPA = 4.0, SAT 1600 . . . . . . . . . . 18
14. National Merit Scholar . . . . . . . . . . 18
15. accepted to MD w/ President's scholarship, but turn it down to go to Wesleyan . . . . . . . . . . 19
16. accepted to Princeton . . . . . . . . . . 19
17. accepted to Stanford . . . . . . . . . . 19
18. accepted to Yale . . . . . . . . . . 19
19. accepted to Harvard . . . . . . . . . . 19
20. full scholarship to University of Chicago . . . . . . . . . . 20

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