Scene to read · Problem solving, Equity
One student or sixty families
You are one of three family members asked to decide how your late grandmother's memorial fund is used.
The fund holds nine thousand dollars. In a small meeting room at her credit union, your uncle Matteo and your cousin Pilar disagree, and the form must be signed today. It could pay one local student's tuition for a year, or buy grocery cards for sixty struggling families.
The scene
Matteo: She cleaned offices to keep me in school. One year's tuition changes a life.
Pilar: She also fed half her street. Sixty families get groceries. That's her too.
Matteo: Groceries are gone in a week.
Pilar: And one scholarship leaves fifty-nine families with nothing. So, which is it?
The two questions
- 1How would you vote, and how would you explain it to Matteo and Pilar?
- 2Is it better to help one person a great deal or many people a little? How would you decide?
What raters look for
- Problem solving
- Gathers facts before acting, considers options and consequences, and chooses a workable next step.
- Equity
- Notices unequal access or treatment and acts fairly, especially for people with less power.
Answer scenarios like this on the real timers
Answer both questions on the clock, and get each one scored 1–9 the way raters score. Your first set is free, no card.
Practice free
