October 12, 2008 Flex day
Garment Factory Questions
1. Name one idea you have after this visit that connects to the idea of using resources!
2. Name one idea you have after this visit that relates to the word 'population'.
3. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the top score, how would you rate the quality of the work environment you saw here, and why?
4. What does the word 'export' have to do with today's visit?
5. What do you think the level of safety is here? What makes you think this?
6. How old do you think the workers here are, on average?
7. What is one question you still have about the garment industry here in Bangladesh?
8. What types of issues does this factory cause or help solve in terms of resources here in Bangladesh?
9. What might you say about economic issues based on today's visit?
Do you think the products being manufactured here help or hurt
Bangladesh?
Answer one of the above questions and add two points of observation or reflection from the day about the two places we visited (Sterling Styles factory and Up2Date apparel office). Also you can compose a question that you may have from our flex day adventures. You should post these three items on your blog page.
1) answer a question 2) make two observations or reflections (or write your own questions that you may have) Three things in total!
1. Name one idea you have after this visit that connects to the idea of using resources!
2. Name one idea you have after this visit that relates to the word 'population'.
3. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the top score, how would you rate the quality of the work environment you saw here, and why?
4. What does the word 'export' have to do with today's visit?
5. What do you think the level of safety is here? What makes you think this?
6. How old do you think the workers here are, on average?
7. What is one question you still have about the garment industry here in Bangladesh?
8. What types of issues does this factory cause or help solve in terms of resources here in Bangladesh?
9. What might you say about economic issues based on today's visit?
Do you think the products being manufactured here help or hurt
Bangladesh?
Answer one of the above questions and add two points of observation or reflection from the day about the two places we visited (Sterling Styles factory and Up2Date apparel office). Also you can compose a question that you may have from our flex day adventures. You should post these three items on your blog page.
1) answer a question 2) make two observations or reflections (or write your own questions that you may have) Three things in total!
Answer to Question 6:
The workers in the Sterling Styles factory in average are 18 years old.
An observation I made was that the workers in the Sterling Styles factory had no shoes on and had masks to prevent from breathing bad air and to not spread germs. But they had good machineries they can use to be more safe and it lead to a more advanced technology. I thought that going to the Sterling Styles factory was a great experience to me to see how cloths were made and where they send the cloths to.
