Andrew Simmons

The article "The Danger of Telling Poor Kids that College Is the Key to Social Mobility" by Andrew Simmons brings up a great idea of what the teachers and counselors are telling the underprivileged students the wrong thing. As Simmons brings up students should not be told that college is the only way to reduce economic hardship and that’s the only point to try attend college. He expresses that students should see a college education as a stepping stone to a great career and be able to give back to the community or be able to create their own company. He also expresses that students are taught differently as those “from wealthier backgrounds to be innovators and creators while the poor kids who do very well in school are taught to be educated, capable employees.” I personally agree with the points Simmons brings up about how students should not be “taught to be educated, capable employees” but rather “to be innovators and creators.” After all, students should be treated all equally regardless of their economic background. …show more content…
I have experience with economic hardships because I come from a poor family. Simmons does correctly explain how teachers try to tell students to attend college to obtain a degree to a high paying job to help solve their family’s poverty. As this could be a great solution for those underprivileged students to help their struggling family. This isn’t the right way to lead students to just attend college with the idea to just trying to make a lot of money. College should be viewed differently to students besides to just trying to obtain a college degree just to get a high paying