Megan Lynch

I was in group four today. To start, we received paper clips, scissors and two different kinds of paper. The plain white sheet, and dotted. I would say we did not achieve success today. Not only did we lose, but we made immoral mistakes. At times were unfocused with the actual task, and more on defeating other groups. We started to gain success when we got power through trading. Other groups relied on us for our paper and scissors. At one point we even held a scissor monopoly. As a group we even got creative. For example, when we didn’t have a ruler we measured by using the paper clips, which we knew was a little over one inch. What held our group back was a lack of communication. We didn’t always talk while trading, and some group members made risky actions without consulting the other members. For instance, we made a specific trade with one grouped which guaranteed us our scissors back, but one group member traded with a different group to get scissors because they forgot about that deal. That did not affect the group too badly, because we then had the monopoly, but it still shows the lack of communication. Another setback was when a group member got put in jail. Their actions of stealing were not condoned by the rest of the group, and we had to overcome that considering they did a lot of work to help out the group. This project showed a lot regarding capitalism and the American dream. In my group a bit of greed showed when we steeped down to stealing to get what we needed. Which also shows a flaw in capitalism. When other people started becoming successful that made other’s work even harder, which showed competition can promote success. I think the hardest workers did have the most success, they planned out their ideas better and worked well with their group to gain their success.