OUR SIMULATIONS
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As a teller, and later a customer service representative at a bank, students are exposed to the world of banking and topics such as check negotiability, fraud, bribery, and credit. They engage in such activities as counting and tallying cash, critically reading workplace documents, evaluating credit card applications, and explaining in writing their business decisions.
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As a physician’s assistant trainee at a clinic, students collect data, analyze information about patients’ ailments and recommend treatment. They engage in such activities as using a microscope, reviewing x-rays, graphing and evaluating test data, conducting patient interviews, and writing patient discharge plans.
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As editor-in-chief of a magazine, students are introduced to the world of publishing. They engage in activities such as researching story topics, editing stories, choosing photographs and graphics, reviewing budgets and advertising goals, hiring personnel, and manage web tie-ins for the print version.
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As plant manager of a paper company, students learn about four broad environmental topics: land use and conservation, water use and pollution, air quality, and recycling. They engage in such activities as measuring plots of land, conducting soil experiments, writing reports and memos, interpreting graphs and charts, and balancing budgets.
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As a financial counselor trainee at a local community center, students advise local clients on topics such as budgeting, money management, saving, investing, spending and credit. They engage in such activities as reviewing clients’ income and expenses, reviewing loan applications, analyzing credit card options, and making written recommendations.
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As managing director of a sports network, students explore the world of sports entertainment and the cable industry. They engage in activities such as creating algebraic formulas to determine program lineups; reading memos, contracts, and other business documents for main ideas and details; plotting points on graphs to analyze trends in viewing; and writing supported recommendations.
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As executive director of a small community foundation, students are introduced to issues in citizenship, community responsibility, neighborhood safety, town politics and the criminal justice system. They engage in such activities as evaluating proposals, meeting with community leaders, attending town meetings, plotting and interpreting survey data, creating budgets, and designing a town park using scale drawings.
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As a lawyer in a small, general practice law firm, students learn about civil and criminal situations and explore American democracy and legal principles. They engage in such activities as examining written evidence, reviewing contracts, evaluating case files, selecting juries, calculating firm expenses and fees, and making written recommendations using supporting facts and details.
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As the general manager of a performing arts center, students learn aspects of management and event production, as well as about sets, costumes, stage direction, lighting design, script development, marketing, and advertising. They engage in such activities as comparing various performance genres, developing a fundraising plan, scheduling shows, writing memos about their decisions, and selecting art for exhibits.
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As vice president of a commercial bank, students explore issues of lending (mortgages, credit), savings and savings instruments (CDs, mutual funds, IRAs), and the role of a bank in a community. They engage in such activities as analyzing interest rates, projecting potential profits, writing an op ed newspaper piece, and calculating loan payments.
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