{"id":332,"date":"2023-10-02T19:56:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T23:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rocktheboat\/part\/no-other-choice\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T19:56:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T23:56:45","slug":"no-other-choice","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rocktheboat\/part\/no-other-choice\/","title":{"raw":"No Other Choice","rendered":"No Other Choice"},"content":{"raw":"\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Scene Summary and Themes<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\nThis scene highlights the challenges of balancing professional and personal responsibilities, and how that can influence wellbeing. It features an interaction between an international graduate student (Ingrid) and her supervisor (Judith) around the student\u2019s request to take leave from her studies to attend to some urgent issues back home. The conversation doesn\u2019t go as smoothly as Ingrid hoped. She feels threatened by Judith\u2019s suggestion that a leave may shut down her lab projects and negatively impact her reference letters.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Note on the different versions: <\/strong>We offer two distinct versions of this scene. One version features a monologue by Ingrid at the end. The second version has exactly the same content, except that the scene concludes before Ingrid\u2019s monologue. Ingrid\u2019s monologue helps to make a number of subtle issues more explicit to the audience. We recommend using the version <em>with <\/em>the monologue in sessions with new or less experienced participants, whereas the version <em>without <\/em>monologue may be used with more senior or experienced participants. Note that the monologue can be very powerful and elicit strong emotional responses in participants, so this should factor into the version choice as well.\n\n<span class=\"pullquote-right\">CW \/\/ reference to critically ill family member; depiction of veiled threat and possible psychological abuse, racism<\/span>\n<h3>Characters:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Ingrid \u2013 graduate student<\/li>\n \t<li>Judith \u2013 Ingrid\u2019s supervisor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Potential themes for discussion:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n \t<li>International graduate student or faculty experience<\/li>\n \t<li>Work\/life balance<\/li>\n \t<li>Isolation<\/li>\n \t<li>Possible staff role<\/li>\n \t<li>Possible recourse to threats or psychological abuse<\/li>\n \t<li>Institutional factors contributing to or alleviating these issues<\/li>\n \t<li>Abuse of letters of recommendation<\/li>\n \t<li>Personal disclosure<\/li>\n \t<li>Cultural conflict<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Scene:<\/h2>\nNo Monologue:\n\n<code>[h5p id=\"6\"]<\/code>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith Monologue:\n\n<code>[h5p id=\"7\"]<\/code>\n<h2>Script:<\/h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rocktheboat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1425\/2021\/07\/RTB-No-Other-Choice_Draft-3.pdf\">No Other Choice Script<\/a>\n","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Scene Summary and Themes<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>This scene highlights the challenges of balancing professional and personal responsibilities, and how that can influence wellbeing. It features an interaction between an international graduate student (Ingrid) and her supervisor (Judith) around the student\u2019s request to take leave from her studies to attend to some urgent issues back home. The conversation doesn\u2019t go as smoothly as Ingrid hoped. She feels threatened by Judith\u2019s suggestion that a leave may shut down her lab projects and negatively impact her reference letters.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note on the different versions: <\/strong>We offer two distinct versions of this scene. One version features a monologue by Ingrid at the end. The second version has exactly the same content, except that the scene concludes before Ingrid\u2019s monologue. Ingrid\u2019s monologue helps to make a number of subtle issues more explicit to the audience. We recommend using the version <em>with <\/em>the monologue in sessions with new or less experienced participants, whereas the version <em>without <\/em>monologue may be used with more senior or experienced participants. Note that the monologue can be very powerful and elicit strong emotional responses in participants, so this should factor into the version choice as well.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"pullquote-right\">CW \/\/ reference to critically ill family member; depiction of veiled threat and possible psychological abuse, racism<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Characters:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ingrid \u2013 graduate student<\/li>\n<li>Judith \u2013 Ingrid\u2019s supervisor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Potential themes for discussion:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>International graduate student or faculty experience<\/li>\n<li>Work\/life balance<\/li>\n<li>Isolation<\/li>\n<li>Possible staff role<\/li>\n<li>Possible recourse to threats or psychological abuse<\/li>\n<li>Institutional factors contributing to or alleviating these issues<\/li>\n<li>Abuse of letters of recommendation<\/li>\n<li>Personal disclosure<\/li>\n<li>Cultural conflict<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Scene:<\/h2>\n<p>No Monologue:<\/p>\n<p><code><\/p>\n<div id=\"h5p-6\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-6\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"6\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"No Other Choice (No Monologue)\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/code><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With Monologue:<\/p>\n<p><code><\/p>\n<div id=\"h5p-7\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-7\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"7\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"No Other Choice (With Monologue)\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/code><\/p>\n<h2>Script:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rocktheboat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1425\/2021\/07\/RTB-No-Other-Choice_Draft-3.pdf\">No Other Choice Script<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-332","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rocktheboat\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rocktheboat\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rocktheboat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rocktheboat\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rocktheboat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rocktheboat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=332"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rocktheboat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}