Influential Factors Relating to the Achievement Gap

Dating back to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson stated in words, "All men are created equal." This statement was not relevant in that time before that time, and now, more than 200 years later, this testimonial still holds no truth. This idealist concept, I fear, will never become evident in my duration on earth. People are not created equal. Since the dawn of day there have been dominant groups from the smallest microbes to emperors, kings and slave owners. Even in the wild all animals are not created equal. …