Sunday, April 5, 2009

Musical Chairs 1&2, distribution of wealth on poverty and wealth in u.s.

In the five bar percentile of the shares of wealth and using 20 chairs, with around 20 classmates to represent it was understandable of what the chairs shows me. Below the 60% percentile, and shown in the chairs, which was around 6 or 7 chairs, and the students sitting in their representing the people that is in 40-60% and lower was really compacted. Those people were struggling to get enough space for them to sit in and that shows how people have to struggled in real life to be in that percentile and not go down any further but rise up. With the compeititions, like fighting for a chair, everybody in that percentile is having a difficult time to raise themselves higher. However, with percentile higher than 40%, the people all get their own chair or shares of wealth they own. They do not have to struggle or worried they might lose it in the example with the chairs. But I think in the real world, those people still have to worried about keeping their shares of wealth and not do anything wrong to the people that has a bigger shares of wealth because if they do something wrong like fight with the richer people, the rich people can strip them off of their shares of wealth. And of course, the people have to be smart to get in the percentile they wanted. I think the people in the lower than 40% is still in that percentile or going lower is because they do not have the courage to fight back to the rich people. The rich people have power over them and the poor people can only admire them from below and not think of a way to over throw them although I think it is hard for them to do anything unless they are serious about it. 
When the class played the musical chairs the first time, and the song was played, I think many people was in a state of tension because they never know when the music would stopped and when they might get kicked out. The ones that are competitive would nudged and push others away so they would get the chair and not lose. Similarly, in the real world, people have to pushed through the others however way to get to the top and have to be the competitive type to win. Then when there were names on the musical chairs, and only the people can sit turn out to be unfair because the people with the names don't have to worry about getting kicked out unless all their chairs are gone. However, I think there is always going to be a chair, or a spot in the real world because things have to be balanced out in the world so it is not like everybody that has no name is going to lose. There is always the ups and downs of getting rich. In the game, if the chairs are gone one by one, there would be more poor people and then they would start taking over. But unless it is a large amount of people, I don't think there would be a fight because we are taught in school to not touch others' things without permission. I think the game would be more realistic if there were times where the chairs are taken away and then put back plus more chairs to show more panic and competitiveness in the people. 

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