Aurora Alternative High School, The Phoenix, 2000, Page 18

Description:	(2nd session) On the first night of the second session each of theschools displayed their country in the international fair. Our country wasPakistan. We were the only ones (that I saw) who were showing thenot-so-sweet things in the country they were representing. For instancemost of the other schools were giving out food from their country whilewe were demonstrating child labor. Clarence showedhow children as young as six get sold into a form of slavery by their poverty-stricken parents, where they makebricks all day, and if they make mistakes then they getbeaten. I acted as an 11-year old girl who can’t go toschool because she has to stay home and sew soccerballs all day.The next day “we did more stupid human tricks”. One of thethings we did was a “work-together” game with straws, where someonehad to be a leader in each group and then the groups came together toform one big group.One activity we liked was when Bill had us squat and close oureyes. Then he said things like “Forget the big test you have tomorrow,”etc. He said to think of what kind of house you live in, think of thehouse you want to live in. Think of the car you drive, think of the kind ofcar you want to drive. What did you eat for breakfast, what do you planto eat for lunch and dinner. While we were squatting, it got kind of painful. After awhile he said to stand up if you were tapped once and tokeep your eyes closed, and if you were tapped twice to stand up, openyour eyes, and tap someone else. When he had everyone stand upwith their eyes open, he explained how every one squatting represented the suffering, the people standing with eyes closed represented our society, the people standing with their eyes open represented what we have to be.At lunch we were separated into threegroups. Most of us were on the floor eatingeither beans or plain rice, two sat in chairs andate box lunches, and six sat at a very, very nicetable and ate a wonderful meal. The ones at thetable represented rich and upper middle class,the ones in chairs with box lunches representedthe lower middle class, and the majority on the floor eating beans orrice represented the poverty-stricken people of the world.I think this is a great program for students in traditional schoolsettings but not necessarily for Aurora Alternative School students.Christie LeonardBrandon GillespieGlobal Leadership18
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Collection:	Aurora Alternative High School

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