The Education System And Meritocracy

The educational system believes in meritocracy. Meritocracy is the ideology that hard work and individual talent are responsible for success. The education system moto is there equal opportunity for every child and believe that the children who fail have nobody else to blame but themselves. However, this is not the case. There is inequality in the educational system which helps maintain the status quo of the children.

In the education system there are formal system in place to avoid inequality. However, there is more issues that the system does not control. The education system will deny that it is true, but there is evidence that suggest there is an informal system still in place today. In the wealthy school districts, children have more

The children who are in the non-college bound group can feel that they are different. In return, they feel like an outsider and want to get out of school as quickly as possible. Since these children are discriminated against and stereotyped by the time they get to high school they are on the path of being a lower class worker. The children are not interesting in learning more to find a better paying job. They just want to get out of high school and start the life they were taught to live. Most children in this group will either drop out or finish high school with poor grades. The reason why is because they are focused on their life outside of school because when they are working they find a place to fit in. When the children start working their lower class job they feel as though they are accepted and looked at as needed.

The education system needs to rethink its system. Children should have equal opportunity to education. But this is not the case in the United States. Children are

discriminated against, prejudged, and stereotypes because of their sex, race, and class status. Though, this is not on purpose the educational system can make changes to their system to prevent this unequal treatment. If the educational system makes certain changes the children who are of lower class can succeed and have a better life than their parents.

1. status groups are a group of people who, within a society, can be differentiated on the basis of non-economic qualities such as honor, prestige, and