Is Life Fair? One day, a friend of mine asked me a question, “Do you agree with the idea that life is fair?” His question was a good one. It reminded me of something a teacher said when I was a high school student---- “Life isn’t fair”. We usually think that life should be fair, but we sometimes feel sorry for ourselves. In fact, life is not fair and will not be fair. Life is full of challenges. School is the most challenging place in the life of youth today. When we say that life isn’t fair, we mean everyone is different. We look different and have different experiences. We can’t expect life to be perfect. Life is what we make it. Patrick is an American-born Chinese. When he was thirteen years old, he broke his neck in an accident. Since then he has been in a wheelchair. But he never gave up and went on to finish school. He knew that a good education was his only way to success and independence. For Patrick, studying was hard. But he overcame a lot of difficulties and became the best student in his school. Finally he finished the PhD program. Now he is very active in teaching English and helping children who are out of school. Life isn’t fair for Patrick, but he has become successful. Burroughs---an American scientist---was right in saying, “A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.”