Kay White consoles her “child,” simulated by a stuffed animal, …

Photo by Robert K. Yosay | published: August 22, 2011

Kay White consoles her “child,” simulated by a stuffed animal, as she is given bad news that the pawn shop isn’t interested in her furniture and will pay for only one of her two microwaves. White was portraying a single, 19-year-old mother Monday during the poverty simulation at East High School.