Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Monopoly & Minimum Wage

When we played Monopoly in class yesterday, I was unlucky and was put in the lower-middle class. I know this game is not a perfect representation of society, but if it's anywhere close- being poor sucks! It seemd that roll after roll I was just owing the the richer people money. It was even worse for the lower class person. She ended up over $700 in debt. She didn't buy a lot of property or anything, but she just seemed to lose hundreds of dollars each turn. The worst part of  this was the high class person kept getting richer and richer - it was crazy and totally unfair. It was like the rich have so much control and the poor have none and we just had to sit there helplessly while we lost more money. In addition to this, the 30 days episode on living on minumum wage was also an eye-opener. I can't imagine living on only that money. I make a little over minimum wage as a lifeguard and I certainly could not survive on only that. The part that really stuck out to me was when Morgan said there were so many times he was hungry and he couldn't afford to buy anything. I'm so used to just buying food if I'm hungry- or even if I'm really not. I don't even think about it, it usually costs less than $5 but I guess that adds up. If they can't even afford fast food, what can they afford?
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5 comments:

  1. djs28December 2, 2010 at 11:45 AM

    i think its sad that people come to america and think 'hey i can make money and get rich' when its really just an american dream, unless you know people

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  2. Stephanie K.December 2, 2010 at 1:14 PM

    I also realized being poor sucks because Kamila was in our group and she was the lowest class. She was getting a little mad because she couldnt afford to buy any of the property which made her lose her money that she barely even has.

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  3. Sam WDecember 2, 2010 at 4:23 PM

    I did keep gainging and gaining money and you kept having to pay me. But it really showed how the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

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  4. Joey PDecember 2, 2010 at 5:11 PM

    You forgot that I also got richer as the new money. But you are right that the rick got richer and the poor got poorer. However, eventhough it is difficult to change social classes you and I both know I'm going to be a millionaire despite the low odds.

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  5. ArielDecember 2, 2010 at 5:56 PM

    I agree that the system is flawed, even though there's no good way to fix it :(

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