Sheryl Sandberg tells the audience of her grandmother, “Girlie’s”, story. Her grandmother was taken out of high school in order to help support the family during the Depression. Luckily, a teacher took interest in her education and encouraged her parents’ to let her go back to school. Sandberg’s grandmother accomplished many things after graduating high school, like attending and graduating from U.C Berkeley (Sandberg 643). “Girlie” showed ambition in her education, in financial ventures and in her work, but all this would not be possible if someone had not encouraged her to continue her education. This story is used to compare society then and …show more content…
On the other hand, Saul Kaplan discusses the issue of the college attendance gap in his article, “The Plight of Young Males”. Women are still not treated equally as men in this society, especially in the workforce. This is important to discuss because as a society, we like to think that we have advanced past gender roles and it is hard to imagine there being any inequalities between men and women but the truth is, there are still gender gaps in today’s society. One should be involved because it can be you, your daughter or son, your niece or nephew, or ultimately someone who you love who can be in the middle of these