Education is a social problem that is very prominent in the world today. Education affects not only children currently attending school, but what they do when they are older. It affects where someone may end up later in their life, what job they will have, and how much money they will be making. Unfortunately, not everyone graduates high school, goes to college, and earns a high paying job. The cards some people are dealt can be much different, and education today arises as a social problem because of income, family life, and the area someone lives. These three areas can really help someone in their education, but it can also set them back.
Income is one area that is related with the social issue of education. Those most affected are culturally diverse families who send their children to city schools. “High school students from various ethnic and socioeconomic groups understand that a good education leads to a good job. However, faced with limited access to educational attainment and occupational choice, many low income African American and Hispanic students develop compensatory beliefs about the value of academic effort and performance; they believe that academic effort and achievement will not pay off for them”(Leon-Guerrero, Zentgraf, 142). Children in these low income areas become accustomed to their way of life, and they believe they are stuck in their situation no matter what. This is what Spike Lee was trying to show in his film He Got Game. In the movie everyone settled for what they believed they deserved whether it be their education or their jobs. People were exposed to drug dealers, prostitutes, and alcoholics all their lives and then became those people. This is why Jesus Shuttlesworth was so important. Jesus was th...
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...ple can work together, this issue can be fixed overtime. Education should help solve social issues in the world today, not to cause more of them.
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The Lottery. Dir. Madeleine Sackler. 2010. DVD.
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