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• The story:
- It is 5:30. Pisei gets up and gets dressed. She wakes the children and gets them dressed
as well. While the children are playing, Pisei prepares breakfast. Her husband wakes up,
gets dressed and all together they eat their breakfast. Pisei brings her children to their
grandmother while her husband talks a bit with the neighbours
- When Pisei returns from her mother they both go to the bus stop and take the bus to the
factory where they work
- They do their work till break and have lunch in the cafeteria of the factory with their
colleagues
- When the working day is over Pisei hurries to get the bus to go home to pick up the children
at her mothers house. Her husband goes home after talking to his colleagues
- Pisei, with the children on the way home, does some shopping in the market area next to
the bus stop
- At home she prepares dinner, while her husband plays with the kids. They have dinner
together and after dinner Pisei brings the children to bed
- Pisei does the dishes and some cleaning while her husband goes out to watch TV with his
friends
- They both go to bed at 22:00 hours
Step 2
• Discuss the day of Pisei very briefly and pay some attention to the mood of the actors during
the story. Why were they happy, sad or angry? Keep the discussion brief
Step 3
• Ask all participants to take their place in the original setting again
• Tell the story again but introduce the following problem: the mother of Pisei becomes very ill.
She can not take care of her grandchildren anymore and needs care herself.
• The story changes to:
- It is 5:30. Pisei gets up and gets dressed. She wakes the children and gets them dressed
as well. While the children are playing, Pisei prepares breakfast. Her husband wakes up,
gets dressed and all together they eat their breakfast. Pisei brings her children at their
neighbours but this is no permanent solution
- Pisei is very worried about her mother. She pays her a short visit to wash her and to bring
some food. Her husband takes the bus to work
- After visiting her mother Pisei also takes the bus to the factory where a very angry
supervisor is waiting for her. She explains the problem and starts working till break. She is
very tired because she did not sleep so well due to her worries about her mother. She
makes a mistake in her work and the supervisor becomes angry again and shouts that she
will be fired if she makes one more mistake
- When the working day is over Pisei and her husband take the bus home. Pisei goes straight
to her mother and prepares a meal for her. She does some shopping on her way home,
picks up the children and starts cooking. Her husband is a bit angry because she is too late
with dinner and he is very hungry
- After dinner Pisei brings the children to bed and goes to her mother again to see if she
needs anything and puts her into bed. The friends of her husband come to their house
- When she comes home her husband is already asleep and after doing the dishes Pisei also
goes to bed
Step 4
• Discuss the story with the participants using the following questions:
- What do they think of the changes in Pisei’s life?
- How did all persons feel?
- What would they do if they were Pisei?
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