Game of Trades

In class today we played a game geared toward the understanding of the American Dream. This game was called "Game of Trades" My group was successful in winning the challenge! At first I was skeptical of our chances to win since everyone else seemed very motivated to win the prize. Although, I decided to participate by working through the problems our group had in the region of time management. I felt that Finn did a great job of organizing our group tactically, by talking to other groups and making far trades. Sean and Dom helped the group by reading over the sheet and understanding exactly what we as a group need to do to achieve the win. Jerry did a nice job of keeping the group relaxed by staying calm the whole time. I believe that my group won, because of how well our personality's worked together.
The games was targeted to show us how hard achieving the American dream just really is. Achieving the American Dream takes hard work and a little bit of luck. The luck comes from the advantages or disadvantages someone might start out with. Although a person might have a disadvantage the Game of Trades showed us how hard work and persistence might help to gain more advantages. The American dream is a hard goal of accomplishing, but Game of Trades explains how one might achieve their dreams later on no matter what their advantages or disadvantages are.