Seth - As well as having stomach cramps due to hunger another factor made completing this project honestly a very difficult task, having to explain to my mother and father why I could not eat dinner or breakfast when I was at home. They were not supportive of my decision and rightfully so. Throughout the day I attempted to relieve the hunger feeling in my stomach with water that I was also rationing throughout the day. By Monday night, I could feel my energy almost completely depleted and I had no enthusiasm or thoughts for my Advanced Functioning and Modeling exam on Tuesday morning. I woke up late on Tuesday due to the persistent aching in my abdomen where I could feel the stomach acids starting to corrode the inner lining of my stomach. Although the fast was over I was still limited to only two dollars. In my kitchen I found what I judged to be about two dollars worth of food: a pack of saltines and an apple. The saltines were definitely hard to eat because I was still rationing my water for the rest of the day. I went into my math test with a scattered mind and no energy; I probably failed. Although I give myself credit for trying to take a walk in the shoes of the majority of the worlds population in developing nations, I cannot rightfully claim that I feel the pain of all these people because of the setting I took this challenge in. Also, although I did not spend more than two dollars a day myself there are still other factors in play such as the gas my dad paid for me to get to school on time. I learned from this project that no matter how many things do not go my way I should not complain because there has to be someone out there who has it worse.

 Tyler- it’s had to make and exact simulation for something like this due to our environment we are in and how it differs from those of third world countries. For starters even though we weren’t eating we still had beds to sleep in, roofs over our heads, and running water for showers. We didn’t have to fend for our lives at all and if anything were to happen we could easily be taken care of. Also one thing that was different I believe was the fact that all around us we had food and we watched our friends eating it. In that affect it definitely made you crave for it when it is all in front of your face. One thing I noticed is that when your hungry food is definitely on your mind a lot. By dinner Sunday I was definitely hungry by dinner time and soon had a terrible headache. It was pretty easy to keep up with my 32 oz of water and I didn’t have trouble spreading it out for the whole two days. Most of Monday went by all right except dinnertime I wasn’t feeling good. Then ten o clock came and our fast was over. I bought a beef ramen from a neighbor for a dollar and went to bed. Tuesday I woke up and went to the pickle and bought a pop tart. By twelve PM Tuesday the project was over and I can definitely say I didn’t want to do it again. I was lucky also to do this project with dance being over because it would have definitely been worse doing physical activity. As Americans we are definitely spoiled in the aspect that we can find what we need to survive relatively easily. 

 For our project we decided to see what it would be like to fast for thirty-four hours. We started on Sunday around twelve o’ clock PM and ended Monday at 10 Pm. We did the extra ten hours to exclude time we slept so that we were hungry more for our waking hours. Also during this experiment we only allowed ourselves a 32 oz water bottle and two dollars for two days. We officially ended the project on Tuesday at 12 PM.  

        Our whole idea for this project came from trying to live like some of the poorest people. We did the fasting for thirty-four hours to see and experience their hunger and then we spent the last twelve hours with our two dollars to simulate all the money they make and how to spend it wisely to make the most out of it.