The Fair Split Report
Choose a real situation that involves dividing something, propose all three fairness models with actual numbers, and defend your recommendation in writing.
Choose a real situation where something has to be divided or shared — from your own life, or one you make up. Some ideas:
Choose a situation (from the list above or your own) and describe it in a sentence or two. Who's involved? What needs to be divided?
- •Chores split between siblings of different ages
- •Allowance in a family where kids do different amounts of work
- •Screen time on a shared device
- •Credit for a group school project where some members did more work
Three ways to split it
Work out what equal, proportional, and needs-based sharing would each look like — with actual numbers where you can.
Your pick
Which way would you go, and why? It's fine to mix approaches or come up with something different from all three.
What makes it hard
What makes this tricky? Is there information you'd want to know that you don't have? What might someone reasonably disagree with you about?
There's no grade for picking the "right" answer. The grade is for thinking it through clearly and saying what you actually believe.