Tell us how much money you had to begin with ($200, $1000, or $2500) How did it feel to have more or less money than other people in the class? What did you spend the most money on and why? What did you spend the least amount of money one and why?
1.I had $200. I feel bad because the 200 dollars is so much less than another people's. Even the middle class (1000 dollars) is 5 times more than what I had .I spent money on the food , beans veggies and meat. Because the food is a more important item even though we are not rich, but we must have some enjoyment in life and the enjoyment is in eating better. I spent the least amount of money on a radio (50 dollars). Because the radio is the only way that one can know the difference between me and the cave man. I must know something about the world.
How many of you could not afford education? What would your lives be like if you could not go to school?
2.I can’t. If I can’t go to school maybe I would be a farmer or do some jobs that are in the mountains. I am not adding pollution to the world. Maybe I would like to go live the life of self-sufficiency.
What were some of the trade-offs in your decisions and choices? In other words did you have to make certain sacrifices in order to buy other things you needed or wanted? (For example: buying purified water in order to afford to send your children to a better school)How would it feel to have to choose between food and health care?
3.No , because I really don’t have choices. I don’t have the freedom to choose between them because I can’t really pay. For example I cannot afford education the cost is too cost enormous for me.
How many of you have ever been very sick or gone to a hospital or had friends and family who have? What would your life be like now if you had been unable to get medical care?
- Yes I have . If I was really this poor ,I will drink much water and rest if I unable to get medical care.
When you were choosing what to buy, did you think about the environmental impact? For those of you in the lowest income range, did you have a choice about the environmental impact you produced? If not, how did it feel to not have a choice??
No.I feel bad, but I don’t have any choice because I am really poor.
