Final Post

The Heaven Shop:

I think that this book was perfect for a Global Issues class. It focused on the right points, and told the story of a girl, who even though was doomed, changed her fate.

Paper Bag Game:

I think our strategy will be good. We will each do one thing, and pass it down the line.

About this course:

After working so hard to get this amazing course in the wheel, Mrs P has accomplished changing the way lots of kids live. The next wheel won't be the same.

Think About It...

Global Issues Portfolio Reflection

3rd World Farmer Reflection

Third World Farmer is a game that puts you in the place of a family in Africa, in the downwards cycle of poverty that may or may not, by what you chose, lead to total bankcrupcy. To turn the poverty cycle upwards for you, being the player, you would have had to take one of the possible routes for your family out, such as training in agriculture (farming) or sending one of your kids off to school, although it would cost lots and take a long time.

At first, while playing the game, my strategy was simply luck. After a few minutes of starting the game, I realized maybe that wasn’t such a great idea... So I changed my strategy. I decided to plant crops. Though, maybe I shouldn’t have planted all the same crop. So third time I hoped lucky, (even though I decided against depending on luck,) I planted different types of crops. Some peanuts, wheat, some of everything! Although adopting this new strategy, I still didn’t do well in the game so I will have to try a fourth one next time I play the game.

An immediate decision, like whether or not they have enough food to eat or water to drink. When this happens, they are thinking more about how to survive and not about the development of their country and not about the Millennium Development Goals at all, so nothing we are trying to do for them is moving forward.

As I mentioned before, short term decisions are negative because the country around them cannot develop and move forward to living better. This is another way you can get caught in the poverty cycle and are trapped until they receive well needed help or go bankcrupt

If all you did was take short term decisions then everyday when you woke up, and you had just had enough to eat the day before, then all you think about that day is having enough to eat again, and the next day, and so on...

Although almost impossible to get out of, there are a few ways to remove yourself from the cycle of using short term decisions. One of the major ways is to education. If you send one of your children off to school, if you can manage the money, then if they finish school they will go to get a well-paid job and make enough money so your family doesn’t have to work as hard.

A long term decision is a decision that you make when you are doing fine,when you have food to eat, water to drink and a roof over your head, and they usually aid your development. Because they help you to develop, and once you develop you are in a better state of living, long term decisions benefit anyone well.This type of decision also increases your standard of living because after a while it supplies you with the amount of money needed to live.
From playing Third World Farmer, I learned that we live a very privileged life compared to many others and while they struggle to live everyday we don’t at all.

Third World Farmer helped me:
Live ethically
Socially and ethically responsible citizens actively care for and respect themselves, others, and the environment.
I think this SLR applies the most because when we learn about this we then need to care for others and understand what kind of situation they are in and how we can help.

As well as connecting to a SLR, it also stands out as connecting to one of the MDG’s:
To get rid of extreme hunger and poverty.
I think this applied because of the situations we faced in the game- the same kind you would face if you were dying of poverty.

“35 million people in the U.S. are hungry or don't know where their next meal is coming from, and 13 million of them are children. If another country were doing this to our children, we'd be at war.”
-- Jeff Bridges

http://givehope2children.org/
http://www.betterworld.net/quotes/children-quotes.htm