Equilibrium

Essential Question: Does equality really exist in America?
1. Have you ever felt you were personally mistreated at PV or have you witnessed any mistreatment of others?

2. Have you ever felt that someone was being favored over you?

3. Can you think of a time when you have mistreated someone at PV?


 * Survey to Pascack Valley students:
 * __Have you ever felt you were personally mistreated at PV or have you witnessed any mistreatment of others?__
 * Ryan Meckler, Grade 12: He says that teachers profile him and treat him unfairly due to his reputation as a, "bad kid."
 * Jaylen Hunter, Grade 11: Says that he is mistreated due to his race and is a victim of racism. (African-American)
 * Steph Gordan, Grade 11: She claims that teachers favor girls.
 * Shayna Lans, Grade 11: Says that people laugh at her outfits.
 * __Have you ever felt that someone was being favored over you?__
 * Ryan Hourigan, Grade 12: He feels like girls are favored over guys in class.
 * Jaylen Hunter, Grade 11: He says that popular kids get more leniency than him.
 * __Can you think of a time when you were mistreated at PV?__
 * Out of the 15 kids we interviewed all 15 said that they have at one point been mistreated by either a student or a teacher at Pascack Valley.

=Solution: We set out to find out if there is equality in the Valley. We came across some interesting information on our quest and we came to a conclusion that there is not equality in the Valley. When we interviewed certain people they said that they felt they are either picked on or stereotyped by others= We have concluded that most students at PV have been either victims or culprits of bullying or discrimination. There might not even be a way to solve this problem meaning there is not equality in the schools. One of the teachers interviewed, Mr. VanKersen said that people are who they are and many times they can't change that and that sometimes, victims have to learn to ignore the discrimination they've been put up with. In some ways, he is right and unfortunately that is the way life is.