Argumentative Essay On Poverty Vs Education

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Poverty Vs. Education
“A higher percentage of young adults (31 percent) without a high school diploma live in poverty, compared to the 24 percent of young people who finished high school.” ("11 Facts About Education and Poverty in America.") Overtime poverty in the classroom has hit a whole new high. Students cannot seem to find their place in life when they come from a low income family. Education now faces the struggles of everyday life of their students inside and outside the classroom. With today’s economy, when a low income family sends their children through school, the children follow the same footsteps as their parents. Such as; the poor continue to be poor, and the rich continue to be rich in a never ending circle, with slight glitches here and there. ( Walker-Dal-house) The board of education chooses wealth over poverty by giving to the rich, ignoring the poor, and restricting the help for the poor.
“Rich people believe "I create my life. "Poor people believe, "Life happens to me." ("Rich vs. Poor.") The rich receives greater resources than the poor by many lengths. Private schools believe that they have better safety, and test scores. Both may be true, but only because the students were not given the full advantage that private school students get. Private schools take time to focus on essentials and the meanings of life. Public schools focus on discipline and pushing kids out. Private schools spend money on brand new material items, where public schools raise money for their benefits. (capenet.org) “Rich people associate with positive, successful people. Poor people associate with negative or unsuccessful people.” ("Rich vs. Poor.") With their being forty percent of students unable to go to school because of improper...

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... the same, looks the same, works the same, and learns the same. But for overall individuals, almost everyone strives to learn and to be better for themselves. Not just the rich people, but the poor people do too, they just do not receive the same resources as wealthier people do. Rich people do not always wish to learn and not all poor people wish to fail. Becoming poor can happen to anyone with the blink of an eye. Whether they lost all their savings gambling, or they simply lost their job and with economy could not find a new one. It is this societies job to make sure the cycle of poor families with poor children does not continue. Instead our society must work as a whole to make sure every student has the opportunity to be whoever they want to be no matter where they came from, or where their parents came from. We were all created equal, and should remain equal .

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