Fair Doesn't Necessarily Mean Equal

We were able to have an interesting discussion after someone said, "That's not fair!"

I showed Room 408 the following picture.  Take a good look.

The picture on the left is equal.  The picture on the right is fair.

We talked about the fact that we are all different and we have different needs.  My job as a teacher is to help support each child to make sure each gets what s/he needs to be successful.

Some of the kids even predicted that the tallest child helped to make it fair because they thought he probably gave his stool to the shortest child.  We can help each other be successful, too!