At a high school in rural Center Ridge, Arkansas, students walked into a classroom and stepped into someone else’s shoes.
Klair Jordan, then a 9th grade student, was playing the role of a single mother with four kids. Another classmate took on the perspective of a married stay-at-home mom.
In their lesson with Christina Lloyd, the family and consumer sciences teacher at Nemo Vista High School, they learned about mortgages and credit cards and how to draw up a budget for different life situations.
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