Essay About Education In America

We live in a world where someone can sit at a desk all day and make a six figure salary while there are people who do physically and mentally taxing, backbreaking work for forty or more hours per week and still not be able to feed their families. These people could have come from the same neighborhood and gone to the same schools, had the same grades, even, but one went to Harvard and the other could not afford or decided not to pursue higher education. Is it fair? No. But that is life in today 's America. Employers look for who has the best education or personal connections than considering someone who is less educated and connected even if they would be the better man for the job. We stress the importance of a good education, but the best …show more content…
554). An increasing number of households have more than one source of income and sometimes, it still is not enough. America lost most of its jobs in industry and the jobs that remain are more than likely not as well paid as they were in the past. Many American companies hire people from other countries for labor because they are much cheaper to hire than our own citizens and that has definitely hurt our economy. This may be part of the reason that people are so competitive and possessive of jobs when it comes to immigrants (Roemer, pg.620). But is the American dream only for Americans? Roemer mentions that in his travels he met people who

dreamed of living in America (Roemer. pg.618). As long as they come here legally and pay taxes who are we to say they cannot have their own part in the American dream? "We may believe that anyone can succeed through hard work and determination, but the facts say otherwise" (Krugman, pg. 565). Just because someone really wants to immigrate to America and be successful does not mean that they will be able to, there is always someone better and more educated than you, and that someone may even be another