Social Class- Monopoly

This week in class we played monopoly with rules according to social class.  There was the horse, old money, the hat, new money, the car, upper middle class, the dog, lower middle class and the iron which was working poor.  I ended up being the car and I was the middle class rung on the social class ladder.  Throughout the game it was really frustrating to have to play on low pay.  The person with old money made the most throughout the game because they had the most money to start with so it didn't really matter how much they lost.  This game helped me to understand how poor people are living paycheck to paycheck.  We also watched another 30 days clip where Morgan Spurlock and his fiance Alex live on minimum wage.  This video helped me to see how hard it is to pay all of your bills even when you are working two full time jobs at minimum wage.