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Overcoming The Flaws Of The Education System Essay

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Poor and Dumb: Overcoming the Flaws of the Education System

In an idealistic world, one’s education would not be determined by their social class or living environment. Instead, those who live in the low class outskirts of an urban industrial population to those who live in ritzy suburban homes and are part of the private school system would be learning the same values and have similar if not equal curricula. However, we as a society have not managed to make this ideal applicable. Instead we find ourselves with an education system that seems to benefit those with favourable living conditions. As discussed in Anyon’s “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work”, depending on your economic status, you may be taught to just “Follow the steps in a procedure” as per the working class schools or how to independently carry out your creative activities as found in the affluent professional school. These very different extremes have an effect on one’s future by setting you up for a life as a factory worker or as a lawyer. It is this economical and social structure that I had to overcome to get to where I am today. While many people are unable to overcome the challenge of attending a school that was not truly concerned about their education, I was able to do so and not only graduate a year early but also remain in the top 10 percent of the graduating class. Many people had dropped out to begin a minimum wage working lifestyle because to them school was unimportant and true

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