#playspent

[silversneasels]

when ur personal finance class has u do an interactive simulation thing. and its like. “can u imagine living in the poverty line for 30 days 😳 can u make ur way through the whole thing 😳” and its like OK BOOMER... OK RICH BITCH? mr teacher man ur privilege is showing 😳😳😳😳 my family got by by tricking our way through shit and making food stamps last but like. ~OooooOOoOoOooh Can You Make It Through 30 Days~ lmao. i get its for perspective but its just like. your sheltered lives r showing 

[witchykeener]

This isn't taylor related but I was just at a meeting for the service trip I'm going on next spring and we played this game http://playspent.org/html/ and i thinks it's super important. Please take a moment to play it

[jomiddlemarch]

Think you’ll never have to ask for help? Here’s your chance to prove it.

Take the online simulation today. Here's how this works. You are going to click the link, then click “Continue to Spent” then “accept the challenge” of having no job, no savings, and you’re down to your last $1,000. You will need to make it through the next month (31 days). As you move through the activity, you will be making tough choices by answering the series of questions that pop up on your screen based on the scenario you chose. Now let's Play SPENT.

This online simulation allows people to understand generational poverty. It doesn’t require you to use your real name/ID.

[lipstiklullabies]

:0 made it through the month in spent..super lucky

[diabeticgirl4]

So there's this really interesting game/website my public health teacher showed us: playspent.org Basically you're given the challenge to survive off $1,000 for one month (30 days), by picking and choosing either-or situations. (for example one of the situations I got was: pay for your phone bill, car insurance, both, or neither?) While my teacher claimed to have never made it past day 15, I managed to survive the entire 30 days with $85 leftover. It was very difficult and I had to make many sacrifices, but it's entirely possible- but not a great way to live. It's just scary to see that this is reality for some people and how hard it is for them to live like that.

[socialistafeminista]

raising awareness about the structural and interpersonal issues relating to poverty and homelessness

[deliciousbrainstew]