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Looking at finances and work, and then personal morals and cultural expectations. Very much a "stuck between Scylla and Charybdis" activity.

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There were no good choices, but made the best I could.  I found choosing job over family agonizing. The stress of these choices over time might cause me to stop caring so much. I see how depression could easily set in.

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I can see that personal standards of punctuality, clean and tidy appearance, and personal organization are luxuries when living on the edge of financial ruin. I grew up thinking my family was poor, but as an adult I have found that my family actually was on firm financial ground. This activity has certainly reinforce this for me.

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This experience made me tense and stressed. I understand why planning for the future is a luxury because getting by hour by hour is all you can do. I believe that people do the best they can. There is no place for judging others.

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This activity gives us the chance to "walk in others' shoes." We can see our own priorities, biases and judgements. We can view our students ( and everyone) with greater empathy as they navigate their lives and school.

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Knowing that this decision would be the one to put me in the red made it more difficult but I considered it a need for kiddo's social growth and did it anyway

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I've been this broke.  Some categories are practical, some are moral, some are both.  Budgeting a grocery list comes down to nutrient value per dollar. Standing up to a crooked landlord can check all the boxes. Doing what is best for your kid can be arguably based solely on ethics/ morality - I'd contend that the benefits for children are actually just deferred practicality by improving your kids' future.

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The game provided a false duopoly in regards to decision making. There is almost always another option which doesn't FORCE one to choose from the binary selection of "good" or "bad"

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To squander in poverty is a choice, sometimes it is the result of myriad other choices.  To temporarily find ones self in a state of poverty happens to almost everyone at some point.  I try to judge people based on their level of effort to effect their own change, rather than based on their current situation.

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Goals/ plans for the future are about the only way to escape poverty and "survival mode" is the purest form in the first world human condition to experience the need for those goals. It isn't easy to envision life a year ahead of being penniless, homeless, and hungry but it's entirely doable. Survival mode is deciding if I'm going to hustle twice as hard today, or live like this for WAY longer than I should.

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This provides a sliver of a glimpse for those fortunate enough to have never experienced seemingly impossible decisions.

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Choosing between my mom's medicine and my child's after school activity. It made me sad and angry that such a small amount of money could make such big differences in the lives of loved ones.

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I chose the waitress job which was a hard decision because they only gave three choices. That is what I did before I went back to school. I lasted 7 days before I went broke. The hardest decision and the one that did me in was when my pet was sick and I used all the money to help them get better. This is actual true to life because I will chose to help my pets rather than let them suffer or put them to sleep if I can help them. I have plenty of beans to eat haha.

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I lost my money in 7 days but still I feel like I made the right choices.

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I have been there before and can relate to experiencing poverty.

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It is hard to plan for the future when you are living paycheck to paycheck. I still have a hard time planning for the future right now. Whenever I get ahead with a little savings something happens. I do have a great stockpile of food though just in case...

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Some people haven't experienced poverty or working a minimum wage job. With rent being so high as well as groceries it is hard to make it. This is a great game that should be shared in the classroom and with children so they can have empathy or maybe to open their eyes to how life actually is.

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Having the pet suffer and missing work to do other things

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I have been this broke before but luckily did not have kids or a pet so they didn't have to suffer with me. I have been incredibly lucky that I lived with friends who could speak to the landlord for me if i was late. These were casual living situations, not really apartments.

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There were no good or bad decisions, just consequences.

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I can see how people can be distracted in situations and make desperate decisions. like when a shift lead was fired at my old job for stealing food on shift. He must have been doing it for a long time for them to fire him. He also definitely had financial issues at home.

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I have definitely been in survival mode and still operate as such. Sometimes my partner has to remind me that we will be okay if we spend a little money now, it'll pay off in the long run.

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Empathy & to understand what our students go through as Adult Education students. They have not had easy lives.

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Putting down the pet. However, they did not give an option to put the pet into a rescue, or ask for help from a family member or friend.

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Putting down the pet. However, they did not give an option to put the pet into a rescue, or ask for help from a family member or friend.

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Decisions were based on finances and morals. I have been this broke before and made it through with the help of friends.

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Decisions were based on finances and morals. I have been this broke before and made it through with the help of friends.

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No 'bad' decisions, just tough ones. Not great to have no health insurance, but with a child to support and working at minimum wage, I would probably qualify for medicaid.  Very hard to put a pet down.  It was the right decision, but having to pay for a fender bender is tough. The solution might be to pay in installments.

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No 'bad' decisions, just tough ones. Not great to have no health insurance, but with a child to support and working at minimum wage, I would probably qualify for medicaid.  Very hard to put a pet down.  It was the right decision, but having to pay for a fender bender is tough. The solution might be to pay in installments.

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I don't find biases in poverty, but due to personal experience with family substance abuse and abuse of the welfare systems I recognize signs of poverty/substance/abuse.  There are many systems that need an overhaul: health and mental healthcare, housing, and minimum wage.

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I don't find biases in poverty, but due to personal experience with family substance abuse and abuse of the welfare systems I recognize signs of poverty/substance/abuse.  There are many systems that need an overhaul: health and mental healthcare, housing, and minimum wage.

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I think many people, even those who are in poverty, live in survival mode but still have hope. When there is an underlying condition, like chronic or progressive illness, then that may change the hope factor. 

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I think many people, even those who are in poverty, live in survival mode but still have hope. When there is an underlying condition, like chronic or progressive illness, then that may change the hope factor. 

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For those of us who have lived through some difficult times, the exercise almost felt patronizing and a bit disconnected from reality.

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I became a single parent in my mid 20's. I didn't find any of the decisions to be particularly hard. I think it is because this was my normal for a few years. You learn and adjust. When it is your "normal" you learn to accept that there will always be sacrifices to make. As long as my bills were paid, I had food to feed my daughter and both of us had clothes to wear, we were doing well. I had a rule that no matter how hard it was, I always had at least $150. in my checking account for emergencies. It wasn't easy at times.

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My decisions were based on a little of each of those. It depends on the decision to be made. When choosing groceries it was mostly financial. I ask myself what is the cheapest yet healthiest food I can buy to feed my family? I was asked if I would pay $15 for my child to go on a field trip, I chose to pay. I think that falls under "other". I chose to pay because I want my child to experience the fun and excitement of going on a field trip.

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I made the decisions I felt were good for me and my family. There are no "bad" decisions. There could be hard decisions. I struggle with the word "bad". I made the best decision I could at the time.

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I managed to take care of the child, and that was my priority in this game. I had to forgo a root canal and make do with a gel that deadened the pain. I did manage to get the "bronze" insurance with a $45 copay, but that doesn't cover dental. It bothered me to blow off the credit card collector but I did not have the money at the time.

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I managed to take care of the child, and that was my priority in this game. I had to forgo a root canal and make do with a gel that deadened the pain. I did manage to get the "bronze" insurance with a $45 copay, but that doesn't cover dental. It bothered me to blow off the credit card collector but I did not have the money at the time.

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My decisions alternated between morals, ethics and health and family needs. I mostly decided in favor of the child. I chose to make $50 helping a friend move rather than going to the child's play--but that was only once. I chose cheap, nutritious food that would stretch over several weeks. And, yes, I too have been this broke. It left in me a kind of "pinching pennies" mentality.

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Because I have personally experienced living in poverty I know that every decision you make about finances has an impact on you. While it is hard to make some of the decisions, you do your best to provide what you can to your family. I remember a time that my washing machine (a hand me down from my parents) broke. I couldn't afford to go to the laundry mat. I washed our clothes in the bathtub and hung them to dry. You do what you have to do to get things done.

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I made a combination of good and bad decisions. I asked for help a lot. One time when I asked for help, I thought it would be to ask to borrow the extra money I needed because the landlord raised the rent, but it was to live with the friend. I forgot about the cash icon on the left, which might have helped. I nearly always chose to support the child and her/his school and/or activities. I am very confident of the food choices I made. I had to blow off some creditors. That did not feel good. Who makes all good decisions? Or even all bad ones? We have to live with our decisions, and it is frequently uncomfortable.

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I don't think this is necessarily true. I always had a plan for the future and I worked hard to get there. I worked hard to pay off my mobile home, pay off credit cards, etc. so I could go to college. I was able to quit my full time job and become a full time student. I did receive food stamps during that time. I did voluntarily stop the food stamps once I felt I was secure enough to pay for groceries myself, even though I still qualified for them.

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"They"--Isn't that a bias or an assumption in itself? The "thems" and the "us".
I recognize that people have many obstacles to contend with, especially when they are struggling with money issues. People who are trying to overcome them are brave and sometimes have setbacks due to a multitude of reasons. It is easy to smoke a cigarette or use a substance to escape at least for a while from your problems.
Maybe "they" is really "us."

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Everyone has a different life experience. This activity can give people a different perspective on something they may have not experienced for themselves. It makes us aware of the challenges that others may face.

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They say that the most content people are the ones who have planned for the future. When people are young, they often don't see the need to plan ahead.  They may feel they have time for that, but the future sneaks up on them and then as a middle aged or older adult they can be without resources and injuries or illnesses that prevent them from working like they used to work. I think this game addresses some of that.

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This game was to teach us empathy for people we encounter in our lives who go through rough financial  times.  It was interesting to me to see my own priorities in the face of my own beliefs. . I liked the challenge, and wanted to see where it lead me.

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I became a single mother to my boys in my late twenty's, with that begin said none of the decisions were "hard" defiantly brought up emotions  both good and bad, happy and sad.  In these times I lost everything down to family, but I still have my boys, and they have me. 

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I became a single mother to my boys in my late twenty's, with that begin said none of the decisions were "hard" defiantly brought up emotions  both good and bad, happy and sad.  In these times I lost everything down to family, but I still have my boys, and they have me. 

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 I believe there is a place when you live in poverty that you do turn to 'survival mode' more so it comes from the events that led up to being in poverty. 

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 I believe there is a place when you live in poverty that you do turn to 'survival mode' more so it comes from the events that led up to being in poverty. 