Global Mall!

• How did it feel to have more or less money than other people in the class?
How did it feel to see what you could and could not afford at the Global Mall?
I got $2,500 (the largest amount of money you can get in this activity) I felt kind of superior because only three out of seventeen people got $2,500. And I felt really lucky that could afford healthy food and water, go to college, and medical care.
• How many of you could not afford education? What would your lives be like if you could not go to school?
I think fourteen out of seventeen (which is 82%) people could not afford education. I would not have a good future if I could not go to school. Which means I could not take care of my family (my mom and my dad) because if I'm not educated then I don't think any large company will use me.
• How would it feel to have to choose between food and health care?
I felt really weird. Because if you buy good and healthy foods you won't get sick that often. Which means that you don't need a super good health care. And if you buy foods that are not that healthy then you'll need a better health care.
• 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?
I went to hospital when I was in Pre-K and second grade. First time is because my stomach hurt. And another time is when I was in a care accident. If I had been unable to get medical care my right leg would be maimed. So I would not be able to walk like normal people now.
• What were the impacts caused by people with fewer Global Mall Dollars, and what were the impacts caused by people with more Global Mall Dollars?
The impacts caused by people with fewer Global Mall Dollars were that the people with fewer dollars would die easily. Because they couldn't afford healthy food, water, and medical care. Also because that they couldn't afford healthy food, water, and medical care, they didn't polluted the Earth that much.
And the impacts caused by people with more Global Mall Dollars were that they could have a better future and they could do a big business. And they could be very healthy because they could afford the healthy food, water and good medical care. But they also polluted the Earth at the same time. Because some of the healthy food might not grow in their countries, so they will buy the imported food from other countries.
• Discuss the fact that roughly one-fifth of all people worldwide survive on
less than $1 (U.S.) a day – how does this limit their choices, and what are the environmental, social, and global security implications of this?
If you only had 1 U.S. dollar a day, you will not have that much choices when you are in a supermarket. Because you can't only buy cheap stuff. Now the cheap foods you can get are mostly fats and vegetables with pesticide. And of course pesticide will hurt your body, and you might even die if you didn't wash the vegetables. And the water you used to wash the will be polluted too. If all the water in the world are polluted than humans can't live anymore.
• 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 didn't really think about the environmental impact when I were choosing what to buy. Because not all the food and water are imported from other countries.