Diversity Day

I had done this activity before but it was with new people and a different scenario, which made this activity more interesting. This activity for Diversity Day was fun and it got the entire class talking and involved, which does not happen very often. We had to choose 5 people out of the 10 that survived from a ship wreck to save and allow on the life raft to row to safety. We had to discuss with each other who we saved, why we saved them and what effect these people would have on the rest after they've survived this wreck. For example there was a female who was going to be politically involved in Arizona, a captain who was dying, a father who was a doctor who had been fired for malpractice, his son and 6 other people we had to figure out who to save and who not to save.
At the end after everyone chose personally who to save we had to discuss with the class each person we decided to save and the reason behind it. Many people chose to save the priest because we felt as if it would be "ungodly" to not save a priest who is known for the help he has provided with people in the third world country. We also saved the doctor and his son because we couldn't leave the son by himself and because the doctor would be able to save other people's lives, including the captain's who was bleeding to death at this point. Although our class did not really argue, we disagreed on a few people because of our beliefs and what we have experienced in our past that connected us with a certain character in this situation. After we were done Professor Steffans gave us a speech on diversity, which was very enlightening. He told us about how diverse MU was and how grateful we should be because we have the chance to get to know so many different cultures and ethnicity on campus and we should not take this for granted. This statement is correct and I also believe that our campus is very diverse, which gives us an opportunity to understand and learn about all the different cultures around the world by just simply talking to certain people on our campus.