Discussion Board: The (Real) Game of Life

Go to  and work your way through the simulation. Provide a summary of your decision-making process and the outcomes of the simulation. Consider the information from Nickel and Dimed and what you have read in your textbook. What does Ehrenreich mean by it's "expensive" to be poor?

Go to http://playspent.org/ (Links to an external site.) and work your way through the simulation. Provide a summary of your decision-making process and the outcomes of the simulation. Consider the information from Nickel and Dimed and what you have read in your textbook. What does Ehrenreich mean by it's "expensive" to be poor?

Textbook

The Real World: An Introduction to Sociology, 7th ed. (2020). Ferris, K., & Stein, J. New York: W. W. Norton & Company

Please read the following: • Ehrenreich, B. (2013). Nickel and dimed: On (not) getting by in America . New York: Henry Holt and Company o Chapter 1 o Pages 13–32 Suggested Reading • Wessler, S. F. (Feb. 16, 2010). Selling food stamps for kids' shoes. Retrieved July 19, 2017, from http://www.colorlines.com/articles/selling-food-stamps-kids-shoes (Links to an external site.) Response Parameters

· Response Parameters

· Use APA citations as needed

· Minimum 250-word response. You will have to do outside research for this discussion board post. Be sure to reference all sources. See the articles listed above Suggested Reading to get you started.