Assignment #7

Rock, paper, scissors. Most people and kids use this fun entertaining game to decide upon little things. Unlike them, my dad used this game to decide one of the most important decisions in his life. In South Africa, my dad grew up and went to medical school, but realized, that there wasn’t enough keeping him there. Also, he had to pay off his student loan from seven years of university. So, he decided that the best and quickest way to make money, was to either go to New Zealand or Canada. Him and his friend had the same dilemma, about where to. There was one job in New Zealand and one in Canada. They decided that the best way to solve their dilemma, was to play a career deciding game of rock, paper, scissors. Best of three and only three. No more, no less. Who ever won, went to Canada and the loser, went to New Zealand. Rock... paper... scissors! My dad shot out scissors, when his friend played paper. One nothing. Again, my dad played scissors, but this time his friend played rock. One all. Inside, they both wanted to go to Canada so bad. I bet the selling feature for them was the snow : ) One more time, they played their last move. Staring at each other, they counted, 3... 2... 1... My dad won, with his ever so trusty scissors. At that moment, he felt great about going to Canada, but didn’t quite realize how truly life changing the next part of his story would be.