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The Barriers To Education In The United States

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In almost every country, an education is one of the most desirable things for a person to have. Achieving that is not as easy for some is it is for others. Many things about different countries’ education greatly differ from each other. Some countries have many things to help their students become educated, while others make very difficult. Education for some students isn’t as easy as it seems. All around the world, there are different limitations and barriers that can compromise students’ success in education.

While watching the Time for School documentary, one of the biggest barriers for student’s education that were observed was gender. In some places such as Afghanistan, there are many people who are very against girls …show more content…

In Brazil, the government can’t afford to keep violence under control, so gangs and paramilitaries run rampant in the streets. This can make walking to school an extremely dangerous feat. This violence also makes it very easy for kids to get caught up in drug dealing and ruin their future. A lot of schools in places such as Kenya can’t afford to buy their students the necessary amount of supplies. There can be as little as one textbook for every six kids. This forces the children to do their homework at school and greatly lessens the amount of material schools can cover. Kids whose families have a less amount of money are more likely to drop out and not graduate. They have to take care of their siblings or even hold up a job to keep a flow of income. Even in Iowa, schools who have the highest economical disadvantage rate also bear lower proficiency levels and graduation rates compared to schools with a lower economical disadvantage rate. Money can easily hinder the education a kid gets, no matter if the school, the country, or their family who doesn’t have enough

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