what you deserve

  Defining equal. What is equal? Is it a balanced scale? Or does equal mean balancing that scale, providing a bit "extra" to one side. If two people are taking a test, and one reads at a slower rate than the other, does that mean the slower reader gets more time? Does that make it equal? If that is the case getting a "head start" in a foot race would make the race equal as well. If certain students are receiving one on one instruction while others are not, is that equal? Isn't that equivalent to having a private tutor? Equal treatment? I don't think so. You know the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team has a "little person", "midget" or whatever the politically correct term is on their team. Is that person receiving equal treatment? Yes, because he is being given a equal chance at being an entertainer. Is he equal as a ball player? You don't see any of those people in the NBA and I'm not hearing any great cries for inclusion. Well, I guess it isn't discriminatory when it comes down to that.

  What I'm hearing is that others can only be equal when they are receiving more. That applies in every case, every situation. The wealthy folk should give me their money to make me equal to them. The ones that can not keep up with the curriculum shouldn't be held back, I should, to make them equal with me. When I was taking Spanish in high school I wasn't provided a private tutor, a special classroom and materials to make me equal to a native speaking Spanish person. No, I was taught that language as a "second" language because I am an American and speak English because, wait for it, I live in America.     You know, it is like I have been saying for quite a while now, everyone wants to be treated equally until they are! Once that happens, we have to find the "weight" to balance the scale in my favor. And that is what equal really is, when I'm favored over others. That's the new definition of equal. It goes hand in hand with discrimination. If you don't agree with me 100%, you are discriminating against me. You probably hate me. The mindset being, I deserve so much more! Isn't that what you hear from every lawyer on the television? Get what you deserve! And your share of equal is always, at a minimum of 51%. Now that's inclusivity.