My kid gets to live in poverty for the next couple of days...and I'm so excited! I know, sounds odd, but I wish all kids in our country could experience something like this. He's a couple states away experiencing a simulation (a very accurate one, I hear) of a village somewhere on this planet of ours the subsists on far, far less than you and I.
He may be sleeping in a hut tonight in the below-freezing temps. He may be outside. He may only consume a teeny, tiny serving of grain for each of his meals. He may care for animals and drink the milk they produce. He may toil for hours until he blisters his hands. He will feel hunger and cold. And he will definitely come back home later this week with a new perspective that he'll likely reflect upon for many years to come.
And while I'm super curious about what he's doing at this very moment, I'm grateful that he absolutely, positively cannot text me to let me know...as cell phones are not permitted.
Will he come back and play video games a little less? Doubtful. Will he spend less time staring at his phone? Highly unlikely. Will he have an awareness that will reside in his mind forever that we're all together on this planet of ours, so very similar in spite of the fact that we find ourselves in very different circumstances? I'm pretty darn sure.
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