The Greatest Country Of The World

People of different classes are moving away from each other not just in how much income they make but in where they live. America is breaking down into economically homogeneous enclaves. (Dreier, Mollenkopf, & Swanstrom 12)

Changes in the make-up of the U.S. population are likely to cause continued growth income disparity. The U.S. population is growing most rapidly among the groups that are most likely to have low incomes and experience some form of discrimination. Children in these groups are less likely to attend college or to receive other educational

The United States of America, the self-proclaimed sole remaining superpower, often touts that it is the greatest nation in the world. Yet, when the data is analyzed, this claim is proven time and time again to be wrong, whether it is math or science, literacy or numbers, household income or workforce. Time and time again, and the numbers continue to slip. Healthcare is no exception. In 2012, the United States ranked thirty-second worldwide in life expectancy (Avendano and Kawachi 2014). Of the thirty-four Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations in 2010, the United States ranked twenty-sixth in infant mortality (MacDorman et al. 2010). In a 1998 study of thirteen developed nations (Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and United States), the United States ranked, on average, twelfth. The rankings for the United States on each of the sixteen health indicators was: thirteenth for low-birth-weight percentages; thirteenth for neonatal mortality and infant mortality overall; eleventh for post neonatal mortality; thirteenth for years of potential life lost (excluding external causes); eleventh for life expectancy at one year for females and twelfth for males; tenth for life expectancy at fifteen years for females and twelfth for males; tenth for life expectancy at forty years for females and ninth for males; seventh for life expectancy at sixty-five years for

The first determinant of one’s fate is their family’s background. Almost none of the children from low-income families made it through college. With the expenses of college today, I’m actually not surprised by that statistic. Of the children from low-income families, only 4 percent had a college degree at age 28, compared to 45 percent of the children from higher-income backgrounds. "That 's a shocking tenfold

“People Like Us” by David Brooks examines diversity in America and argues that even though society tends to idealize diversity in a way, most of us don’t really care too much about it as long as we are happy. In the first paragraph Brooks states “ what I have seen all around the country is people making strenuous efforts to group themselves with people who are basically like themselves”. This is something that most of us notice on some scale, but what does it say about the need for diversity in America? Brooks explains “The United States might be a diverse nation when considered as a whole, but block by block and institution by institution it is a relatively homogenous nation” This is an irrefutable truth, we all know that cities like Laredo Texas and Lincoln Nebraska are predominantly white and in cities like Detroit Michigan and Jackson Mississippi the population is predominantly black. However, what we fail to realize is the extreme racial separation that is taking place naturally at a much smaller scale, not even city to city but neighborhood to neighborhood and house to house. Brooks backs up his claim with the following example, “In Manhattan the owner of a three million dollar SoHo loft would feel out of place moving into a three million dollar Fifth Avenue apartment”. Politics, religion, income, lifestyle and general outlook on life can change in a matter of blocks. This may all seem

However, when a student wants to attend college after high school, the chances of going to any school of his or her choice can seem unfair and have unequal opportunity to other peers. Unfortunately the idea of being limited to attending certain schools has a big influence in chances of becoming successful. Even though higher educations seems to have a direct path for high wages, the access to college can have reverse effects on intergenerational mobility. By limiting access from someone in a bottom percentile to have the possibility to attend a good college harms their upward mobility. In efforts to help breakdown an understanding of how education affects intergenerational mobility, a study called Mobility reports cards show significant findings. Mobility reports cards were conducted by collecting administrative data from more then thirty million college students in the years of 1999-2013. “We obtain rosters of attendance at all Title-IV accredited institutions of higher education in the U.S using de-identified data from federal income tax returns combined with data from the National Student Loan Data System. We obtain information on students’ earnings in early adulthood and their parents’ incomes from tax records.”

Poverty leads to insufficient opportunities, especially in college education. For instance, according to U.S. Department of Education, students who do not enter college or drop out of their classes are “predominantly persons from low-income families.” In support of this argument, the article states that “only 21 percent of those with family income of less than $25,000 were highly qualified for admission at a four-year institution” compared to the 56 percent of students with family income above $75,000. Therefore, students with bad economic conditions struggle with attending university even after entering it. The problem is that the African Americans race gets the harshest disadvantage from their poor economic conditions. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services publishes that almost 40 percent of African Americans under 18 are below the national poverty line, which is three-times higher than their white counterparts. This explicitly proves that unequal economic conditions are the main reason for inequality in education; African Americans are the most disadvantaged. Furthermore, the correlation between poor economic conditions and a lack of education among African Americans creates a chain of inequality. The poor economic backgrounds of African Americans obstruct their children from attending colleges and subsequently, the lack of higher education makes

It is also difficult for them to afford to buy houses in expensive rural communities. This means many blacks and Hispanics are stuck living in poor conditions in the city. Most of the schooling in small towns and suburban communities is far more advanced than in the inner city. Students in these areas receive much better schooling and are much more prepared for college. Schools in the inner city do not receive the necessary funding to run properly which leads to an overwhelming majority of students to not getting the appropriate education they need. Many sociologists are concerned with our educational system and believe that it creates as much inequality as it mitigates (Benson, Goldrick-RAB, Harris, Kelchen 2016). These are just a couple of reasons why there are still marked racial/ethnic disparities in rates of college graduation. In research done by Min Zhan about sixty percent of white full-time college students complete their bachelor’s degree at a four-year-college. This greatly decreases for other minority groups, Hispanics graduate at fifty percent while African Americans graduate at just forty percent (Zhan

America is well known for being the land of opportunities, the land of freedom, land of diversity, and overall, the land of success. However, the title of being " The Greatest Nation" didn't come to America so easily. It surely is a challenge to make of the United States of America the ideal nation that Thomas Jefferson envisioned. For this reason, the constitution emphasizes the guidelines that one must follow in order to be an ideal American. In the Bill of Rights, James Madison remarks the 10 basic amendments that America needs to follow in order to maintain its values. To be an ideal American, one must understand the vision of the founding fathers. It is understandable to conclude that The Bill of Rights is a set of guidelines that make up an ideal American. Therefore, what truly defines an ideal American is being able to

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For example, In Eastside St, Paul is the majority of the hmong people. Most Hmong people choose to live there because of same ethnicity, background, and culture. America is diverse as a whole but as individuals we're really not diverse. Most people will choose to live in areas where people are similar to them which make America lack the definition of

Chris Ebert Ms. Gladfelter ENG 1030 10 October 2015 Factual Argument Essay In modern society, people often base their judgment by what they are told their entire life. But what if, what you were being told was not actually the truth. In America, “The Greatest Country on Earth,” people are very naive in there way of thinking. If you took 80% of the American people and sat them down and asked, “Do you believe America is the greatest country on earth?" Majority of the answers would be “yes,” and if you were to argue otherwise most would not be able to back up their belief with factual evidence.

In other words, a student’s academic success is no longer solely based on the caliber of school one attends, but also where one lives. As a consequence, however, there are no policies or practices that can reduce educational inequalities. Even if every student received a high quality education, the results show that educational inequalities will still exist due to differences in the neighborhoods where students reside. Furthermore, these results indicate that a student’s neighborhood context, along with their school context, may interact to create situations where they are at a double disadvantage or, more optimistically, a double advantage. For example, a student living in a wealthy neighborhood who attends an expensive, top-tier school would have a greater chance of obtaining academic success, compared to a student living in a poverty-stricken neighborhood who attends a poor, run-down

This article really caught my attention and my eye. It talks about Canada being the freest country in the world. In this article it talks about Canada has ranked the best country in the world for "personal freedom." According to their study, Canada is the most tolerant of people from other countries, with 92 percent of Canadians thinking the country is a good place for immigrants. In addition, about 94 percent of Canadians believe that they have the freedom to choose the course of their own lives, the study says. America, on the other hand, ranks 15th for freedom, just behind Costa Rica and the Netherlands. I personally believe that the US offers greater economic freedom and Canada offers greater personal

As a modern viewer, this quote represents how much we as citizens today take our country for granted. Besides for some consistent issues revolving around racism and sexism, all people are granted equal rights and the liberty to do as they please-legally of course. This freedom that we all inherit from luckily being born as a United States citizen, people including myself are not grateful enough for. When viewing this musical, the actors reminded me of what America used to be. There was that feeling of being proud to be an American and that this is the best country there is, which I believe is really resembled in one of the final scenes when Curly and Laurey are getting married. In this scene, everyone is proudly singing how great of a place they live in, as this can be found in the lyrics, “A brand new state-going to treat you great”. Therefore, this quote allowed me to remember how proud people were back then to be joining the country, as a state and I believe that this type of passion is what built our country.