You and the following people are on a sinking cruise ship that was headed to the Bahamas. As your ship is sinking. You spot an Island and believe that you are close enough to reach it in a lifeboat. However, there are 13 of ou left alive but only room for 8 in the life boat. Those that go in the lifeboat will probably make it to the island where they will try to survive until they are rescued. Those that are left on the sinking cruise ship will likely go down with the ship and die.
You are one of the officers of the cruise ship and the highest ranking survivor. You are given the responsibility of deciding who remains on the ship and who goes aboard the lifeboat.
You have to decide in order you are going to save the people on the sinking ship and the reason you chose each person.
Ali – a 22 year old go-go dancer who was on the boat to relax from her recent breast agumentation surgery. She suffers from clinical depression and has had 2 suicide attempts but none in at least a year.
Jane – She is a 45 years old experienced nurse and single mother with 2 school aged children at home however, they are living with her sister due to a Child Protective Services because she is an active alcoholic.
Bab – He is a 16 year old boy on probation for stealing money from old ladies. He is very charming, friendly and helpful when he wants to be but cannot be trusted.
Dr.Joe – He is a 50 year old in good health except he has a prosthetic leg from a car accident. He is very intelligent but likes to throw his knowledge in everyone’s face as he is a bit arrogant.
Summer – She is 30 and is an ex-fitness instructor with an athletic build however, she is HIV positive from being raped one night after working on the side as a cocktail waitress.
Malone – He is in his mid 40’s and is unemployed cocaine addict, however he is unusually strong from years of street fighting and working on the docks. He has a disfigured face from the years of street fighting and his hygiene is not the best.
Sid – is a genius age 39 with a degree in cellular biology, making breakthroughs in his work on a cure for cancer but he is in a wheelchair and he comes across as selfish and rude.
Thomas – a 41 year old and a hero from both gulf wars but he hears voices when he isnt medicated.
Jenny – 70 year old retired schoolteacher with 4 adult children and 15 grandchildren. She also is an expert chef and homemaker. She is a chronic smoker who is awaiting test results from a test indicating she may have lung cancer.
Ben – He is in his late 20’s and has survival techniques from his years as a hired mercenary. He angers easily with a short temper but otherwise has excellent leadership skills when calm. Ben admitted to you that he killed someone in a fight in a 3rd world country many years ago and he never was caught and claims it was self-defence anyway.
Paul – He is 18 and in good health, but he barely speaks english as he is from strange country you’ve never heard of but he is an aspiring musician with a newly signed record contract for playing the zither. He is pn an international terrorist watch list but swears he is being wrongly racially profiled.
Danny – He is a 40 years old husband and father of 4 and an expert in yachting and sea navigation and in good health but since you have been on this cruise he has gotten on your nerves often because he is very opinionated, He is on this trip because he recently abandoned his sick wife and children and does not plan on ever seeing them again.
Yourself – A senior officer and highest ranking survivor.
The above exercise was given to us to do individually and also as a group.
My group refused to do it as we saw it as discrimation and misuse of power.
Our Reason
What gives us the power to decide who live and who dies and picking will mean we are been discriminating against others so we decided all lives are equal and we didnt go ahead with the exercise.
Feedback
Our team leader said we missed an opportunity as a team to communicate, deal with difficult situations and reach a positive conclusion as life is full of difficult decisions. And as a social worker we are going to be making very difficult decisions all the time and we can’t just say we are not doing it.
Assignment
Write a reflective diary on this task, why we refused to do it? Critical thinking and analysis Using Kolb’s reflective cycle. ( Please follow the 4 stages of Kolb).
What to do differently in the future? ( to do it) And why?
Critically reflect about reactions to the day’s events etc – thoughts and feelings, links to knowledge, skills and values used and the dilemmas of practice.
What model of practice you will use in the future, compared to another model and why?
What theory, legislation, framework and research will you apply with this task?
