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What really surprised me are the living conditions and how scary they are, not know whether you will get work today or not. I do not know how they can live on 1 dollar a day. That is just mind blowing.

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What surprised you about the people living in extreme poverty?

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When I watched the documentary, the communities helping and providing for each other surprised me. The families reach out to others for support and help when they need it, and they all treat each other like family. I believe this is because they are all living in the same situation, and need support in their lives. I learned that support and help is a very important thing when living in poverty. Another thing in the documentary that surprised me was the amount of people in a family. I have never see a family of 8 before until I watched this documentary. The parents are also young. More children in a family means more help and work for the family itself. The more kids means the more support the family has.

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Something that suprised me was that there are more than 1.1 billion people living on less than $1 a day.

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I will no longer take the food and facilities i have for granted. Usually if i didn’t want to eat something i’d buy food somewhere else or not eat at all but now I know that I should be more appreciative for what I have. In the film it showed how the families struggled to get money for a stove or even get medicine for simple health issues and i feel like we should all take into deep consideration of what we can own.

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I think that by living below the poverty line and actually experiencing it first hand makes you realize how real this problem is and it is actually happening. It makes you experience how hard some of these peoples lives are and how much they need to do just to be able to survive.

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One thing that surprised me was the fact that these people who live in terrible poverty work almost constantly, just to receive very little pay. They devoted their life to work, and wanted to do everything they could to keep their families and themselves alive.

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Something that surprised me is how they help eachother even though they barely have enough to feed themselves. Everybody in the documentary was so supportive and gave others whatever they needed, an example of this being Anthony paying for someone elses medical bills so she could survive and raise her children.

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there really wasn't anything that really surprised me about the situation the people were living in. Since I grew up in India I saw a lot of people in poverty and when I saw the people in the video in the same kind of poverty it was just reminding me of the time I grew up in India. the only thing that really surprised me was the way the people were so closely connected to each other, I would have imagined that if you were in poverty there would be much more greed for money and that people wouldn't really share the money they have.

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After watching this I will no longer take basic resources such as food, water and shelter for granted. This is because I see how much these people struggle just to be able to afford these and how they are still thankful for what they have, even if it is not much.

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While watching the film, one thing that struck me about those living in extreme poverty was the fact that people with informal occupations don't have set pay-check dates. They have no idea when they will be paid for their labour. This was a surprise for me.

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The fact that no matter how much in debt or how low the money they are earning yet they still share is something really heart warming because it shows how big peoples hearts are. Nowadays people with a lot of money often don’t help out like what we saw and I think it’s a lesson for all of us.

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Something that surprised me is that out of the entire 300 people living in that town, only one of them had a stable job with a reliable source of income. The rest of them had no idea when or if they were going to be paid.

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Something in life i will no longer take for granted

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Something in life i will no longer take for granted

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Something I will no longer take for granted is my home. Every morning I wake up safely in my bed, and after school I have somewhere to return to. There are people, such as those in the documentary, who live in one room with their entire family and barely have a kitchen. I realized just how lucky I am to have a kitchen and a comfertable place to sleep.

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I think that some stuff they learnt are how to survive and how to properly act with what they are given. Instead of wasting they learnt what they needed to do and that it wasn’t easy. They understood they can’t make a living from living like this.

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I would say Guatemala is in stage 1 of development because they have a very high death rate and a very high birth rate. This makes the population rise. Their stage in development though is very low because almost 70% of their population is in poverty class and almost 40% of children cannot go to school. This means that their development isn't very established or affordable.

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food, special services, water, clothes and other privileges, while i have a lot, kids around the world don't even have fresh water. this is an eye opener fo sure and while i think of school as a chore, most kids in poverty would do anything to learn. they cant even get proper medicine living on one dollar a day, and their only career path is farming.

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There are so many things in our lives that we take for granted. In fact, everything we have, we take for granted. Whether it's having a sip of water, eating breakfast, taking medicine for a sickness, sleeping on a bed, having clean clothes, being able to get driven somewhere, going to school, etc. I will not take anything and everything for granted anymore. Every morning I hate waking up at 6am to go to school. I complain and don't want to get up. I have no place to complain. I should be happy that I am able to attend to an education, and be happy that I'm even waking up, in the first place.

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Something that really surprised me is that 1.1 billion people are living below the poverty line thats around 1/7th of our population! And it is way too many:

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I would say Guatemala is in stage 2 of development. The family in the video had 6 children, if that is the number of children of an average family you can assume the birth rate will be high. The death rate is most likely also high due to the fact that healthcare may not be very good or unaffordable to many people.

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3 main things I will never take for granted again would be clean water, healthy food, and free mostly free healthcare. One of the things said in the documentary that really was true was that ‘what happens when you have zero money for food, supplies, and medications?’ You really can't DO anything about it because there is nowhere to go and no one to turn to. The 4 boys were lucky that they had medicine and a few things they brought from home but what about the people living in Guatemala - they have to make sacrifices to get what they really need. They don’t even have money for things they want! So I will always be so thankful for the resources and essentials I have!

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I think from taking this trip, they learned that other people don't have it as good as we do, and they still manage to be happy and supportive of others. They also learned just how difficult it is to have the required calories to be able to survive.

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what surprised me is that how they dont know when they are going to eat / feed there children, and also how the parents are choosing between education for there children and food

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I think it is in stage 1 because there are lots of kids but as they age they don’t have the nutrients or healthcare to get old. and it seems that a lot of people die early I didn’t see a single person that looked over 50 in the video.

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I would say this Guatemala is stage 1 due to the high reproduction rate and high mortality rate as well. Per family it is usually 8 kids which really high number considering the amount of poverty many are living in. With the lack of resources provided and help being given, barely and one can live from this usually resulting to the high number of deaths.

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I never really thought about how young everyone is when they start working. Some children start framing at an insanely young age, so they can provide for their families. They end up missing out on education and achieving any dreams they had. Also the mother of one of the families was only 20. At that age I’m expecting to be in university or college, I would never think to already have a family of my own.

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What surprised me is how they can live with only a dollar a day.

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I will never take for granted have food on my plate and medicine when I'm sick after watching this documentary. This makes me see how many people can't afford food and end up dying because of starvation or illness. This will lead me to very take for granted my food, medicines, clean water and other free necessities here in Canada.

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I believe Guatemala is in stage 3 of development. This is because it has a high birth rate that starts to decrease, and it shows a further increase in life expectancy. Guatemala's population pyramid shows the shape of a rocket, with the birth rate decreasing but also stabilizing. Since many people in the country are living in poverty, the life style wouldn't be as good either.

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a lot of countries are struggling with poverty and its a big problem, I can't imagine what covid is doing to them, and I feel like I have become more aware to the situation. the question is, what are we going to do about it?
i want to help in someway when I can because i've seen what is happening

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I will never take for granted being able to get help with something you see these kids working in farms at 10 years old and doing it all by themselves. I’m so lucky to have family friends police hospitals to go to if something happens but they don’t and if if they could they could barely afford it

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Looking at these countries which aren’t as developed made me far more appreciative. I hope everyone can soon get the life they deserve. I can’t imagine what every family living in these harsh living conditions are going through but hopefully one day we can all make their lives somewhat better.

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I think Guatemala is in stage 1, as the majority of the population is in poverty. About 40% of children dont finish their education because their family cannot afford it, and they are needed to work to support their family. The birth rate also appears to be high, as many people have multiple children, in the hopes they will survive and be able to help make money for their families.

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by living in below the poverty line, like the people in the documentary, they experienced what it fells like to survive, live, and communicate to the people over there feels like. If you just read about it on a post on social media you will most likely forget about the information you just learned in a few days or even hours. By living there for their entire summer they actually realized how hard the struggle to live over there really is, because of this it will be an experience they will never forget in a lifetime.

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I believe that Guatemala is in stage 2 of development. While watching the “living on one dollar” documentary, I noticed how large the families are. Each household had an average of 3-8 children, indicating that the birth rate in Guatemala is fairly high. The living conditions appear to be horrible, and many people probably cannot afford good healthcare, implying that the life expectancy is likely to be low.

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I think they learned more than anyone ever could about people living in poverty they learned that you don’t have enough money to live well. You don’t have enough food to stay healthy. You don’t have the medicine and the healthcare to live king. And they learned that it’s near impossible to fix this. They figured out first hand that poverty is a terrible terrible thing.

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To better understand, just like the 4 did in the film I feel like we could do the same for even a month. Just that first hand experience could be crucial for raising awareness. Another thing is to start food funds and even open a window to free education to help out in the impoverished societies. To creatively share, I can show many examples of harsh living conditions and show ways people can come out of it. This can be through infographics or videos.

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How has this changed your perception of poverty in other countries?

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How has this changed your perception of poverty in other countries?

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This has changed my perception of poverty in other countries by shedding a light on the hardships they go though every day. I could never do the things they are doing to survive so it gives me a sense of how strong willed and determined they are to live and see another day. This also shows me just how much we are doing to help people in poverty. We are not doing very much to help the people in Guatemala. However, that doesn't mean that we cannot do anything for Guatemala. This makes me what to help the children there and give them a sustainable future for them and their families.

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By actually living the less fortunate people's lives, they got the full on experience of how they have to live and how life is. Reading an article on the same topic would give you the general idea and facts but being there and actually experiencing the struggles yourself is a whole new way of learning. For example, Chris. If he read about the diseases and sickness he got, he would feel bad and would do his best to help. But experiencing it himself helped him realize and feel exactly how it is and he will never think of those illnesses the same again.

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Education and the opportunity to pursue my interests.

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Education and the opportunity to pursue my interests.

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Something in my life that I will no longer take for granted after watching this film is the education I can get every day. Being able to pursue knowledge without having to worry about how much it costs is a priviledge. The fact that I can learn and eventually have the career of my choice is an amazing feeling. For many people it is hard to pay for education and pursue your dreams so I will always be grateful that I am getting a chance to do these things.

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i think its in stage one due to the fact that they have poor health care, poor living conditions, and no education (for death rate and avg. life expectancy). and The birth rate would be high because families need children to help out with the farm and they might not be educated in that area

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This has changed my perception of countries in poverty because I never realized just how hard it is to live every day. They have an unstable income, and never know how much they can eat each day, which can be extremely stressful and cause anxiety for them. I never thought about how stressful living with little money can be, and how all of the people in these countries living this way lead extremely difficult lives.

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I can see now that poverty isn’t just living without luxury items like technology but it’s living without basic needs like nutrition or healthcare. I can understand that these people need lots of help and they need it now. We have to do something or things will never change for these poor families.

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Research and make yourself more aware of these issues. You may think you know a lot now after watching this documentary, but it is so much more complex than this. There are so many places in our world that are filled with poverty. Not every place is the same, so by researching and acting selfless, you can put yourself "in the shoes" of the people to understand what life is like for all. Make posters to inform about the info you learned, create social media accounts that spread positive awareness, and spread the word. Nothing is more powerful than a voice who truly believes life can be turned around.

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After watching this video, I understood that having the opportunity to attend a good school and obtain a good education is something that should not be taken for granted. Every day, I am able to go to school and obtain a solid education, ensuring a great future for myself. I learned that I should not take this for granted. People living in poverty may not even have the opportunity to attend or complete school and a education. When I consider how many individuals would like the opportunity to attend school, it makes me realize to never look back on school as a waste of time.

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something that surprised me was how they all were so kind, so welcoming and so happy to farm and meet foreigners. their state with living on one dollar a day could not destroy the good souls inside

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The people living in extreme poverty were very nice and were very generous. What surprised me was that they were willing to give people some of their resources, like food. They opened their homes to the people in the village and took care of them.

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After watch the documentary, I realized that there are many things that people take for granted. Such as money, food, resources, healthcare, and more. Something I wouldn't take for granted is the healthcare in Canada. When anyone gets hurt in this country, they can easily go to the hospital because they have free healthcare. However, in Guatemala, people don't have easy access to healthcare. They can rarely go to the hospital for any reason. If they did happen to get to the hospital, they would have to pay lots of money to get the necessary treatment they need. The boys in the documentary were very lucky they brought medication with them in case anything happened. if they didn't, they would be in debt on this trip.

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Something I could do to better understand this is take an economics class and figure out what is happening and what I can do to help. I could share it in a video like they did not actually going there but sharing statistics of real life situations and visit and get quotes from real life people in these situations.

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What could you do to better understand some of these issues? And, how could you creatively share what you are learning with your classmates and with your community?

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What could you do to better understand some of these issues? And, how could you creatively share what you are learning with your classmates and with your community?

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What I could do to better understand some of these issues is to do research and visit these counties to see what it is like with my own eyes and try to help and understand the hardships they are going though. I could creatively share what I am learning with my class and my community my writing a blog or giving the information to a news company. I could also just go around tell people about it and giving people the opportunity to help the people in need.

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Healthcare, food, clean water, education. Not many people could afford efficient healthcare while in extreme poverty. Some children can’t even go to school for education, and instead have to help with farming. Water is extremely important. I noticed how dirty the water these communities have and I will not take the water we have for granted. I am extremely lucky to have a chance to go to school everyday.

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Guatemala is in the second stage of development because it is starting to have a decrease in its death rate, while the birth rate remains even and steady.

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I think the 3 men learned how we can talk about poverty, pretend like we understand it and talk about helping. But, we really don't know what it's like to live like that and we really shouldn't take things for granted. We should learn to love our advantages.

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I think they are in stage 1 because I saw in the video that there were lots of children so the birth rate is probably high and the death rate Is probably also High as well because not everyone has access to Healthcare.

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One big thing that surprised me is that the people living in extreme poverty never know if they’ll get paid and even then, how much? They could really need extra money for something important like an event, the stoves or even a proper, safer shelter. These things are essential and they never know if they will be able to survive. That’s one thing that surprised me because not knowing if you’ll make the next battle out alive is scary and really hard to live with.

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they gained experience through learning first hand, which is far more valuable then reading about it, one of the even got a parasite- and by actually experiencing the emotion and the living conditions, it makes you more aware of whats going on

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Something I will no longer take for granted is my living conditions. The people living in this village in Guatemala endure all of nature's elements with little shelter and protection. They have no furniture and no floors. They have barely any food, and the food they do have could be dangerous, as well as their water. I always just thought of my house as a normal, average thing that isn’t anything special, but after watching, I realized that not everyone is as fortunate to have a house like I do.

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I could better understand these issues by researching countries that have exteme poverty, and learn about them. We could educate people within our community by giving dontations, even to those in Ontario living in poverty. It would teach people about how others live, and how difficult it is, and those in poverty would benefit from donations as well.

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I think they gained experience from living on $1 a day. They learned what is was like to be hungry and sick and not have clean water to drink. They had to go through the anxiousness of not having enough money to buy the food they needed. They learned about how the people in Guatemala make a living and how hard their lives are. They got to connect with these people and experience the hardship of their lives for a few months. It must have given them perspective and caused them to realize just how much they have to be grateful for in their own lives.

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They gained a real life experience that showed them just how real extreme poverty is. They got to go into one of many situations people actually go through in their daily lives. This experience showed them that we must take this issue seriously and just how dangerous it actually is for the population struggling through it.

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I always learned about poverty and never really registered in my head how serious it is, how awful it is. I don’t think I ever realized that it is actually happening in the world and countries other than my own. Now that I have seen the daily lives of people in extreme poverty, it has changed my view of other and all countries in poverty, and that it is a serious issue that needs to be stopped.

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In the documentary, the boys learned what it is relaistlcally like to live in poverty. In order to understand and know a situation better, you have to experience it. This is true for many things, such as poverty. There are many other people who travel to other countries to experience what it is like to live there. In the boys experience in Guatemala, they learned that specific areas in that country need lots of support. They also learned that if there were proper resources in the country necessary to live a stable life. In this experience, now they are able to put any organizations into action and make a change in other countries too.

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I think I could do even more research and watch more shows similar to this one. I could take my time to hear other real life stories and to learn about them. I can spread information about extreme poverty to my family, friends, and classmates and encourage them to research it as well as make donations and raise money towards poverty.

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Through this experience, I think that they all learned how important it is to make responsible choices when it comes to spending money. They had to spend their money efficiently, so they could afford basic necessities(food, firewood, matches, soap).

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i could learn more about it on the web or in books, i can donate to organisations that help these communities, educate others and convince them to look into it as well

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This has changed my perception of poverty in other countries because it has given me more insight into the lives of others. The video showed the lives and struggles of many different people and helped me gain perspective on how serious extreme poverty really is and how many people it is affecting.

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Guatemala, I believe, is in the second demographic stage. In the documentary film "Living on One Dollar," almost all citizens in that one village of Guatemala had huge families ranging from four to eight members. Guatamala also has a high poverty rate, thus more people are having children to help them have a greater chance in survival. Guatemala's death rate could be high as well, because healthcare can be prohibitively expensive for people who cannot afford it, which is a factor that may make it not stage 1. In conclusion though, I believe Guatemala is in stage 2.

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What surprised you about the people living in extreme poverty?

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What surprised you about the people living in extreme poverty?

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It surprised me how much they were able to better/make their lives simpler with such small tricks like finding ways to persevere/make some of their food in bulk, so they have something to eat on the days they don't have a paycheck. In addition, I also found it interesting that they would save $12 every month and then once they reach a certain amount, they would draw a name then give it to that person so they could afford more expensive items—for example, a stove.

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How has this changed your perception of poverty in other countries?

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How has this changed your perception of poverty in other countries?

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In other countries, it may be different form what I saw in the documentary. The situation could be worse or better. However, poverty still needs to addressed either way. Families try their best to maintain a stable lifestyle when they are in poverty, but it is extremely difficult. This changed my perspective in increasing my curiosity and determination to make a change in the world. People do not deserve to live in these measures of poverty, and deserve to live the life they want. This documentary made me realize how the citizens of Guatemala actually live.

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Which stage of development would you say Guatemala is in?

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Which stage of development would you say Guatemala is in?

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I think Guatemala is in stage 3 because I noticed that it is in a rocket shape, and it has a lowering birth rate but an increase in life expectancy. In addition, I think it has these characteristics because the country hasn't fully developed yet.

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What is something in your life that you will no longer take for granted after watching this film?

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What is something in your life that you will no longer take for granted after watching this film?

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After watching this film, I will no longer take food for granted. Food is such an essential part of your daily life, and without it, it can be tough to continue with your everyday life. Occasionally, if I didn't feel like finishing my plate, I would dispose of what Was left, but after seeing what they had to go through, to just get 500 calories into their system to perform with their daily lives. It has shown me not to take a single piece of food for granted.

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What do you think Zach, Chris, Sean and Ryan gained by living on $1 a day themselves in this community instead of just reading about it?

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What do you think Zach, Chris, Sean and Ryan gained by living on $1 a day themselves in this community instead of just reading about it?

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I think they learned how serious this problem was because they lived in it for an entire summer. Without them doing this and just reading online, they wouldn't have felt the struggle and inconvenience these communities have to endure to perform simple tasks such as cooking for their families. In addition, they were also able to have first-hand experience on the decisions families had to make. For example, paying for their kids to go to school or paying for food.

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Learn more and listen to the experiences of those in poverty

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Learn more and listen to the experiences of those in poverty

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You could learn more about extreme poverty or even try living on a small amount of money for a period of time. Even just talking to some people in poverty, hearing or reading about their stories would help you gain a lot of perspective.

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How has this changed your perception of poverty in other countries?

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How has this changed your perception of poverty in other countries?

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Watching this documentary has changed my perception of poverty in other countries because it has made me more aware of the hardships, stressfulness they go through to perform everyday tasks. In addition, families in extreme poverty are unaware of their income every day; therefore, they cannot plan their food intake for each day. If I were in these shoes, I don't know what I would do because of the anxiety and harsh living conditions of everyday life.

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I feel like we need to watch more experiences so that we can gain a proper understand on other countries of the world living in poverty. We need to see their experiences and lifestyle so that we can know how to positively change the world.

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What could you do to better understand some of these issues? And, how could you creatively share what you are learning with your classmates and with your community?

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What could you do to better understand some of these issues? And, how could you creatively share what you are learning with your classmates and with your community?

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To better understand some of these issues, I would start by further educating myself. Education yourself is key to educating others. In addition, not every area is the same, so reaching is critical. With the information I learn, I would be aware of what's going on. For example, make posters, Instagram posts or even just spreading the word.

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I believe Zach, Chris, Sean, and Ryan gained by living on 1 dollar a day in this community is the experience. I think they realized how much a greater impact these community faces everyday. How much they work to survive and provide their family even if hope is very little. I also think Zach, Chris, Sean, and Ryan learned by living similar to poverty in this community is how hard it actually is to live in a state like this when reality sinks in. I think they also learned the actual difficulty in first hand than reading a book is different.