Entry 24: What's Your Problem

You have probably been in or witnessed a situation that you did not think was fair. It may have been something that happened to you or someone else. Think about a time you thought, "It's not fair." Write about something that happened to you that was not fair. Explain what you think makes something fair or unfair. How can you judge when a situation is one or the other?

• An example of me being in a extremely unfair situation was when my brother and I first got our laptop computers. Our family, all very excited, went to look at computers, and we ended up buying two new computers. Of course, everyone who reads until now will think that I will get one of the computers; but no, I didn't get one. Instead, one of the new computers went to my brother, while the other went to my father. I got the old computer that my father once had - a six year old computer. That's so unfair, isn't it?! 
• I believe that to determine whether something is fair or not, we have to look at several things (this may vary depending on the situation). For example, if a person doesn't need something but gets it instead of someone who needs it, this is unfair (this is applied to the case above, in my case). Also, another common case of unfairness is when someone didn't do something that should be blamed, but still got blames. I believe that every single person has experienced something like this before, whether it is a small case of a big case. I believe that to judge each situation, the basis is to look at if people did what they are supposed to do.