"I can't accept it."
Haru said while suppressing anger.
"What?" Simon asked.
"Group presentation. I did everything, but everyone got same evaluation."
Ren said calmly, "Unreasonable."
"Right? But teacher said 'cooperation matters.'"
Simon nodded deeply. "Typical unreasonableness. Effort and results don't match."
"What should I do? Anger won't subside."
Ren began analyzing. "First, anger is legitimate. Natural reaction to injustice."
"But nothing can be done," Haru lamented.
"Let's distinguish changeable from unchangeable," Simon suggested.
"Stoic philosophy?"
"Yes. Epictetus' teaching. Don't obsess over uncontrollable things."
Haru objected. "But I don't want to give up."
"Giving up and acceptance differ," Ren pointed out.
"How different?"
"Giving up is powerlessness. Acceptance is recognizing reality."
Simon added, "After accepting, choose next action."
"Next action?"
"If evaluation can't change, think how to avoid same situation next time."
Haru thought. "Next time, clarify division of work?"
"That's constructive response," Ren acknowledged.
"But I'm still angry."
"No need to deny emotions," Simon said gently. "Okay to feel angry."
"But staying angry forever is painful."
"So sublimate anger."
"Sublimate?"
Ren explained. "Transform emotion into different energy. Creation, learning, action."
Haru became interested. "Specifically?"
"Make this experience into a report. Analyze structure of unreasonableness."
Simon added, "Anger becomes source of insight."
"But I can't be that calm."
"Immediately impossible," Ren admitted. "Time needed."
Simon offered another perspective. "Unreasonableness is part of life."
"You mean get used to it?" Haru resisted.
"No, understand it."
"Understand?"
"The world isn't fair. On that premise, how to live?"
Haru pondered. "But is it okay to leave unfairness alone?"
"That's difficult," Ren said seriously. "Unreasonableness to fight versus unreasonableness to accept."
"How to distinguish?"
"Scope of influence and changeability."
Simon gave example. "If system-wide injustice, worth fighting. But individual random misfortune, accept."
"This time?"
"Borderline," Ren answered. "Personal unfairness, but also systemic issue."
Haru was confused. "Then what should I do?"
"Do both," Simon suggested. "Emotionally accept, structurally seek change."
"Difficult."
"Yes. But that's adult response."
Haru took deep breath. "Accepting unreasonableness isn't giving up."
"Rather, responding strategically," Ren said.
Simon added, "Camus spoke in 'The Rebel.' Against unreasonableness, people should rebel."
"Rebel?"
"But rebel wisely. Not emotionally, but effectively."
Haru asked, "Then how should I rebel this time?"
Ren thought. "Request feedback. Ask why there's no individual evaluation."
"Will that change things?"
"Might not. But makes problem visible."
Simon nodded. "Silence preserves systems. Speaking up is small rebellion."
Haru felt a bit relieved. "Use anger constructively?"
"Yes," Ren smiled. "Not destruction, but creation."
"But might not be immediate."
"That's fine," Simon admitted. "Process gradually."
Haru looked outside. "Unreasonableness won't disappear?"
"Not completely," Ren answered. "Because uncertainty and chance are part of world."
"So always keep fighting?"
"What to fight, what to let go. Wisdom needed."
Simon said quietly, "Niebuhr's prayer. 'Courage to change changeable things, serenity to accept unchangeable things, and wisdom to distinguish both.'"
Haru nodded deeply. "Wisdom. Difficult."
"Takes a lifetime to learn," Ren said.
"But I feel I advanced a step today."
"That's good," Simon smiled. "Dealing with unreasonableness is life's technique."
Haru stood up. "I'll go request feedback from teacher."
"Calmly," Ren advised.
"I know," Haru laughed. "Transform anger into energy."
They saw Haru off.
"She's growing," Simon said.
"Unreasonableness sometimes becomes teacher," Ren answered.
How to face unreasonableness. That too is philosophy.