The Influence Of Socialism In Education

Consequently, we now only manage to see the negativity in this system. After all it is an ideology that was created for large corporations and the wealthy bourgeoisie, to fulfil their demands and wants and simultaneously reject the proletariat.

In addition to changing the way we live our lives, capitalism has also changed the educational system that we encounter as young adults nowadays and even as children. From a young age I remember being told that in order to be successful in life my grades were the only aspect that mattered, therefore with these grades I will be able to get into an excellent college, where once again I will have to work hard in order to get into a good grad school and finally get a well paid job. However, after spending …show more content…
Instead, in the modern capitalistic world we are expected to become individuals in a sense that we should compete against one another right from a young age until the very end of our lives. It almost seems like we have rejected humanity and we have decided that cut throat competition and attaining success by any means possible is far greater. Whilst living away from my parents the past two years and attending college I have realised that due to capitalism it has become very difficult to enjoy the simple things in life without having an unlimited budget. However, with most people this is not the case and in order to allow themselves to go on a vacation and simply relax, they must work tremendous hours in order to earn such satisfaction. We have always heard that if you work hard in your life, at the end of the day you will be rewarded, yet this is not the case for everyone either. Over the past years I have spoken to my grandparents who were born and lived most of their lives under socialism. It was very interesting to heard from them that they rather enjoyed living in such society. They argued that at least under the rule of Soviet Union everyone was allowed to have a paid vacation that was received from the government. Of course, it may not have been a vacation to the French Riviera or the Greek isles, more like a week by the seaside in Lithuania or Latvia, still it was better than nothing. Today an average person in Lithuania, a country that has been following the foot steps of American capitalism, cannot afford to go and relax abroad with their family, they have loans to pay from the education they received years ago or a new fridge they just bought. It almost seems sad to think that most of us will not have the luxury in life to simply take a