Reflection On Mission Waco

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This weekend, November 20th-22nd I worked a poverty simulation through Mission Waco. I first went through the poverty simulation during my first semester at Baylor with my Poverty in Developing Countries class taught by Janet Dorrell. I have been learning about the causes and effects of poverty for about a year now, but for the first time I was able to look at poverty through a different perspective as I looked for ways in which it affects education. The first portion of the poverty simulation begins on Friday night; everyone is allowed to keep four of their items and is given forty-one dollars of fake money for the weekend expenses, which include, food, clothing, and potentially shelter inside. On Saturday morning, those who paid for breakfast get to eat from an assortment of chips and some coffee. Afterward, people split off into groups to go to King’s Club, which is a back yard Bible club for the kids in local, low-income neighborhoods. In the afternoon, the groups are given a sheet of paper with a list of things to do and find for a poverty scavenger hunt. The scavenger hunt lasts for about four hours and after all the groups have returned, they gather up and debrief in order to process their experiences from the day. For dinner, the Mission Waco dormitory is divided up into sections to represent different countries and each …show more content…
It also made me appreciate organizations like Communities in Schools that provide for the needs of children that are outside of the classroom, but that nonetheless impact their classroom behavior. If children are stressed out about their home life or financial situation or if they are hungry and malnourished they suffer for it in the classroom. For these reasons, it is important to address each child’s situation case by case and to try to get a better understanding of how outside circumstances influence

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