So yesterday afternoon the food for thought committee did their thing. We were broken into three categories; Upper class, middle class and plebs. The upper class citizens were allowed an hour of free time, before being served a three course meal, consisting of; an entree of the finest garlic bread, a delicate plate of fresh, organic vegetables, and exquisitely crumbed fish, lightly seared. For desert, they were served a sumptuous chocolate brownie, all to be washed down with a rich, soothing glass of sparkling cranberry juice. The middle class citizens had an hour to spend time playing basketball with the family. For dinner they were served a simple but pleasant plate of fish and vegetables, with a comforting chocolate brownie to top it all off. The plebs, however, were subjected cruelly to an hour of back-breakingly difficult labour, with the searing evening sun beating down on them. After that they were delegated a meagre bowl of sticky rice, washed down with dirty water. They were then psychologically tortured by being forced to watch the upper class gents eat their lovely meal.

The night was a success and not only did we have a fun time but we learnt a lot about wealth distribution, what exactly is going on over-seas and what we can do to help. We all walked away with slightly depressing thoughts bouncing around in our heads, but maybe that will inspire at least some of us to do something about it.

Will and Josh- Timboon P-12