We are lucky enough to eat every day so we had a hunger lunch to help us think about what it might mean to be in a group of people who don’t get enough nutritious food. Through random selection (choosing coloured blocks) students were put in groups to represent three different income groups of the world’s population. High Income – 9 students ate pizza, crisps and chocolates. Middle Income – 15 students had chicken fried rice and had water from their own bottles. Low Income – 26 students had plain rice and had to travel for their water. The student reflections were powerful and provoked some excellent discussion. Below are some comments and behaviours we witnessed during the provocation; High Income Group – comments "Best day ever" "I can't eat this but I'll take it home" "Ha ha...we have pizza and you don't" "No you can't have any...its ours, we got the red cards!" "Do you want...
