Educational Game with Palmetto Push @ Dent Middle School
On February 27, 2009 I was able to lead a group of middle schoolers in a fun educational game! The game was put together by a USC Bateman group called Palmetto Push. Their goal was to inform students on how to finance college. Many of the students had never heard of FASFA and some didn’t realize that their GPAs matter… even in middle school! I was incharge of leading the game and asking the students the challenging questions. The game was kind of like four corners. The four corners represented the answers to the questions. Whichever corner the student picked it would determine if they got the answer correct. If the student got the answer correct they would get money and if they got it wrong, money would be taken away. The person who had the most money at the end would win and recieve a prize from Palmetto Push.
Over all it was a very informative game with lots of energy and participation from the students. The students seemed to get a lot out of it and realized that they had better start studying and applying themselves now. They also found out different ways to get into college without having to pay for it out of pocket
