Labeling

The society I live in would have me think that labeling people is bad.  Well, from the Haggada we see that labeling people is not only acceptable; it's desirable. 

If not for the Haggada's categorizations, I would think that labeling children or adults as wise, wicked, simple and unable to ask is unhelpful or even harmful.  Yet, we learn that it's important to categorize people so that we know how to respond appropriately to them.  We don't do ourselves a favor when we make believe that we are all equal.  It doesn't mean that we need to address them using the words wise, wicked etc. but it does mean that in order to properly teach someone, we need to know who he is.