Milo, a highly successful attorney, just received a $200 ticket for speeding. jim, an unemployed father of six, received a $50 fine for parking in a restricted area. milo considers his $200 ticket an inconvenience, but jim sees his $50 fine as a financial disaster. why do milo and jim feel so differently about their fines, even though milo's is four times greater than jim's?

Juanita and sam attend a beach party and notice that the local beach appears to have a great deal more trash washed up on shore than it did when they were young. the water doesn't appear nearly as clear, and there seems to be less evidence of small water creatures living in the shallows. an afternoon at the local library convinces them that one major cause is the new factory nearby. after some discussion, they decide their next step should be identifying the cause of the changes identifying the problem picketing the guilty factory lobbying their elected representatives to complain about the problem talking to a local environmental group about solutions