At Madison Elementary, each of the students have their own opinions and complaints about school problems.

Sometimes there are even groups who have the same idea.

Today, they need to paint the classroom.

Mrs. Hamilton says the color of the walls have to be white. However, Thomas's group wants to paint the room a pretty red while Benjamin's group wants to paint the room bright blue.

No, paint the room red!

Paint the room blue!

Mrs. Hamilton knows there are only two ways to take care of the problem.

She could either stop the students from forming opinionated groups in the first place, or control their opinions about the painted walls.

What should I do?

To do this, she either has to make a rule that nobody can talk about paint color, or a rule that states everyone must like the same color.

She realizes that neither of these solutions would solve the problem. The students would not be able to have class if they could not talk, and they would be very upset with Mrs. Hamilton. The room also would remain unpainted and messy! The student's ways to express their own opinion is valued greatly by Mrs. Hamiltom