Candy Stock Market

        On Thursday we were gathered in the hall. We were unsure as to what was going on but we were told to leave everything thing in the hall way and that we could not enter until we were told. we waited as the last of the students gathered around the door. After everyone had made it we spread out between both the doors and Kapptie hollered to enter. All of the students went pooling into the classroom. The class room was dark and there was a loud video playing on the wall. Scattered all over the tables and floor was candy and monopoly money. As the kids pooled a race began. Every one was running every where picking up whatever they could.
        After all of the contents of the ground and tables had been collected the light were turned back on and the everyone stopped moving. At this point Kapptie explained to us what we would be doing. We were going to do a stock market stimulator with the items that we had collected. All of the items that were found in the room had been posted on the board and that's were you could find the value of these items. Kapptie explained that every two minutes there would be an announcement and he would post the new value of the stocks.
        After the instructions had finished it started another race. Students began running to the boards trying to find out the values of there processions so they new what to sell or trade. For the next thirty minutes every one was in almost constant motion either trying to buy, sell, or trade items, in hopes that they would gain money and in the end walk out with the biggest value. Every two minutes when the announcements were made and the values were reposted everyone would gather around the board trying to figure out their next move. Strategy had suddenly become key in trying to win the gain. You had people who constantly tried to buy or sell for to low or and those you tried to buy or sell for to high. However, every move you made counted and needed to be thought out thoroughly. This way those who collected little at the door were able to gain money by smart investments and those who gained lost coming in lost it all due to poor investments or the other way around.   
       At the end of the period when our simulator had finished we valued all of our items to see how we had done in the stock market. Many people played the game wrong and many people one. It was all in how you played the game.