Educational Inequality – by Sarah Elgohary
Zainab IqbalThe topic I want to talk about to today is education. More specifically, I intend to focus on the differences in educational opportunities
The topic that I want to write about for the semester is educational inequality in schools. More specifically, I intend to focus on the differences in educational opportunities that wealthy studentsget as opposed to the lack of opportunities and resources that poor minority students do not have in their schools. I decided to write a paper on education for many reasons.First, I took the social problems class and wrote a fifteen-pageresearch paper on educational inequalities in the United States because it was very interesting. Eventhough, I wish we lived in a utopian society with no problems let alone educational inequality; I lrealize that there are no easy solutions to educational inequality and people need to study it from many different perspectives to get a better understanding whole picture.
I believe that getting an education is the foundation to human beings having the ability to reason and develop rational thought to make our own decisions. This is because we are not controlled by instinct like other species.In other words, without an educated human being wouldbe animalsbecause they did not learn to read or write. Therefore, humans would not have the ability to reason because they would be controlled by instincts. As a result, I believe that all human beings are borninnocent babies who come into the world without knowing anything, so they have to be socialized by many different socializing agents.The most important socializing agent besides a person’s parents is education because education is the main institution that allows people to have access to all of the other socializing agents. Educationsets the motion for peopleto help gain a perspective or world view, in, order to learn about social norms, morals, good and bad behaviors, how to build good character, gain knowledge and a large well–connected social capital network. Education is needed to achieve your dreams and goals in life, to be a successful and productive member of society who knows how to make good decisions that not only benefitsthem but benefits all of society as well.
Education is the most fundamental element in a modern and civilized society in my opinion. Based on my knowledge and research,race has an effect on many factors that have led to inequality in the education system, such as educational achievement, educational attainment, social status, lack of school funding, ascription, and social mobility People do not look at all of the different elements that cause educational inequality in society. Therefore, most people do not have the sociological imagination, which is why they only look at the inequality in the education system through one aspect the lack of school funding. Thesis statement: C. Wright Mills developed the principle of “sociological imagination,” which states that in order to explain any single problem in society, people have to look at the problem from all aspects. This is why when sociologists want to study educational inequalities they have to analyze them through how race intersects with the lack of funding, social status, educational achievement, educational attainment, class mobility, and ascription. All of these factors help sociologists explain and understand why there are many differences between the educational opportunities and the limited amount of access to the resources that students in poor high schools have. As a result, they cannot obtain a good college education because they cannot afford to get into college.
by Sarah Elgohary
My passion for writing also contributes to my interest in social work. I enjoy writing because it helps me express myself and alleviate my frustrations. Writing has had a huge influence on my life. It taught me valuable skills, including patience, authenticity, dedication, and confidence. It strengthens my ability to advocate for people and share my experiences, knowledge, and feelings with people. This began when I created a beautiful heartfelt blog called the Shining Star where I write posts on many different topics. Writing makes me happy and a better person and advocate. My blog allows me to use my voice to advocate, inform, and educate my readers to help influence them to make a positive change. My voice is reaching a big audience, people from all over the world. Read more of Sarah’s work here – https://creativeprinceness.blogspot.com/
