3rd World Farmer Simulation

Tell me about the reasoning for your choices in the 3rd world farmer simulation and the implications of that reasoning. 
The very first thing I did was look at how much money I had to spend.  I then check out what I could spend my money on.  I guess that was the “girl” in me.  I then checked my family and their status.  Considering I only had fifty dollars to start with, I bought as many crops as I could.  The game said the corn was the easiest to grow so I went with that.  I had a little success the first year.  I took my earnings and purchased more corn and paid for medications for my family.  I explored the idea of sending a child to school but I was afraid the traveling would take a toll on them and they would not be able to work.  My number one concern at that time was making money so I stuck with the crops.  My third year I bought a shed not knowing that really I could not do much with it.  I should have investigated my needs in order to purchase more livestock. I bought a chicken and the next year all the livestock was stolen.  I worked to purchase different items without giving much thought again to the family health.  That was a mistake.  I think by not keeping them healthy, they were unable to work as hard.  I probably would have yielded a better crop if I had workers capable of harvesting it.  I continued through the game in a trial and error way, making adjustments where I could.  When all else failed, I went back to old faithful, also known as corn.  I took chances when it came to special offers, for example I grew poppy flowers for a traveling salesman.  Those risks paid off but in the end, they were still risks.  At the end of the year as the calendar flipped back to February, I would always make predictions on what would be on the year in review sheet.  Sometimes I was right, but mostly wrong.  My 17th year was the worst.  I lost money that year and had a very sick family member.  I truly worked to figure out what would be best.  I truly wanted to learn how to make more money and increase my families’ health.  I did learn that having a child later in the game did not make things better by adding an extra worker, rather was -15% for workload.  Although this is the same as it is in the real world, I did not draw that conclusion beforehand.  I think had I have stuck with the crops the first five years and made education a priority, I would have faired better.