Scene to read · Problem solving, Equity
Two spaces, forty apartments
You chair the tenants' association of a forty-unit apartment building.
The building has two visitor parking spaces and no written rule about how long a visitor may stay. In the parking lot, two residents, Katarzyna and Graciela, have asked you to settle a disagreement. Graciela, 75, has a home-care aide who comes every day.
The scene
Katarzyna: Two visitor spaces for forty apartments, and one's taken all day, every day.
Graciela: By my care aide. She can't park six blocks away with her equipment.
Katarzyna: I believe you. But my daughter circled forty minutes on Sunday and went home.
Graciela: The association can write a rule. So what's the rule?
The two questions
- 1How would you handle this, and what would you say to Katarzyna and Graciela?
- 2When there is not enough of something to go around, what makes one way of sharing it fairer than another?
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.
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