#1

1. Although I believe that all people are born with equal opportunities to succeed in America, I think it impossible to truly make sure all people are created equal. Every child is born into a different environment. Whether they are born into a single parent or two-parent family, a middle class or a lower class family, or even are a boy or a girl, there is no way that every person will be equal to everyone else. And if it were made to be that way, I wouldn’t think it was right, because forced equality is the definition of communism, the opposite of what this country is supposed to be. I believe that equal opportunity is the only type of equality that suits America because it is the principle that America was founded upon. Being forced to be equal is a restriction of the rights that Americans care so much about. If all children were made to be created equal, then the parents of the children would have lost their right to the pursuit of happiness. The pursuit of happiness for many people involves their children’s future, and if they forced to be made equal to other children born at the same time, their hard work would be all for naught and they would consider their pursuit of happiness a failure. Also, the forcing of being created equal removes an important sense of individuality that all Americans feel. An American’s family, history, and unique surroundings are pieces of individuality that I personally don’t want to lose.