"L'égalité est peut-être un droit mais aucun pouvoir sur terre ne pourra jamais en faire un fait"
— Honore de Balzac
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Equality is something everyone deserves, but achieving it completely is very difficult. Think of school, where everyone should have the same chance to learn and succeed. However, some students have more help at home, better resources, or conditions that make learning easier for them. Even if the school tries to treat everyone equally, these outside factors mean that not everyone will always have the same opportunities. Imagine two people running a race, where one has new shoes and plenty of training, while the other does not. Both are allowed to run, but their chances of winning are not really equal. So, while we can work towards equality and make laws to protect it, different circumstances make perfect equality hard to achieve.
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