It happens to everyone. You see it everywhere. People getting left out or shying away from a group they feel they don't conform to. My next door neighbor, Rachel, was 13 years old at the time. We used to hang out every minute of every day. We walked to the bus stop together, cooked home-made ice cream together, and even went to California for spring break one year. Having her in my life was a gift of true friendship. Whenever I had to talk about something important, she would be there. Whenever I needed help, she would be there. Unfortunately, we became busy with our school work, she moved a couple blocks away, and we lacked communication. Soon enough, the only time I would see her would be in the hallways of our school. Early one Saturday morning, “Breaking News: Rachel Morse died of suicide after jumping off a building on Peachtree Avenue”. Everyone at Rachel’s school called her names. It was heard that she always kept to herself and never spoke up in class. Equality describes the state of being equal as correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability. This meaning, I rank just as important as the president of the United States or a celebrity that everyone wants to dress as, or act as. So why are people so caught up in being popular at their school, or having the highest status? People disregard the meaning of equality and fight for a position of higher rank than everyone else. There must be a point of stopping however. What happens when you think you have the highest rank than everyone else? What next? In the end everyone is capable of doing what you do. Society conveys this horrid idea of everyone striving to be perfection. In result, everyone tries to be perfect. More importantly, people can lose this fight. More and more news show people committing suicide because they feel they can never have a higher status. It’s upsetting to think that our society makes this concept of being perfect a must and some people feel they can’t live up to it. It shouldn't be written or spoken anywhere to know that protecting our society and including others should be a duty on everyone. What if you were the one girl/guy that sat alone at the lunch table and didn't fit in anywhere? Or how about when you get picked last to be on a kickball team? Feeling excluded, makes you believe that you don’t have importance to the world. As a duty, a way to get involved is to join the American Foundation for suicide prevention. Imagine how many lives are affected when one person doesn't feel equal and loses their life over a silly concept that could have been prevented. Families tear apart, hearts are broken, and people don’t know how to start their lives over again without loved ones. Supporting this foundation could aid the ones that need it the most, and knock down this wall that constantly shadows upon us to feel worthless. Including that one person alone at a lunch table, or picking a person to be on your team, can save a life and let people know that everyone has their own flaws, and their own talents, but overall we all have the same value no matter what. I feel I owe it to Rachel to make up for all the people that excluded her, to all the people that called her names and hurt her feelings. In the end, we all have the same value and are created equal.