Education is meant to be an equalizer between all Americans. There are many inspirational stories of students who have completed their education and became successful member of society. Yet, we are swarmed with failure, mainly in our public education system. Social class, gender and ethnicity have a unfortunate impact in the inequality in educational access and success rate in basic and higher education in America. The social and economic status of a student is the biggest predicament of the students achievements. Students from low income families are less likely to be high achievers, let alone graduate high school. The dropout rate for young adults in the bottom 25% of family income is 11% whereas families in the top 25 percentile have a
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Studies show that men tend to achieve higher in math and science in intermediate grades. Recent data shows that there are equal numbers of girls and boys enrolled in highs school science classes with the exception of physics and Advanced Placement science courses. Girls tend to enroll in courses which have relevance to their lives and connect to the “real world” and men seem less than able in language arts and reading courses (Scantlebury). Due to a “hidden curriculum” where men “dominate in class discussion” and “monopolize their instructors time and attention,” women are pushed back and not given the chance to shown their full potential (Leon-Gerrero 210). As presented in “I Want a Wife,” society has less expectations for women than men do in school and post-education life. Women are put down by their environmental influences: parents, media and peers; therefore, are made to believe that they are less capable then men. Although women are awarded more bachelor’s degrees, women are earning less degrees in mathematics, engineering and physics. Males are three times more likely to pursue a career in quantitative fields whereas women are discouraged in the STEM field (Leon-Gerrero …show more content…
Not once in the essay is it mentioned that the wife can or will go back to school for higher education. In 1970, right before this essay was written, only 30.3% of graduate students and 8.5% of first-professional students were women (Freeman 11). In the southern states of America, just as the wives in Brady’s essays, a women is expected to marry, bare children, take care of the husband while he goes to school and do anything her family shall need without complaint
Studies show that men tend to achieve higher in math and science in intermediate grades. Recent data shows that there are equal numbers of girls and boys enrolled in highs school science classes with the exception of physics and Advanced Placement science courses. Girls tend to enroll in courses which have relevance to their lives and connect to the “real world” and men seem less than able in language arts and reading courses (Scantlebury). Due to a “hidden curriculum” where men “dominate in class discussion” and “monopolize their instructors time and attention,” women are pushed back and not given the chance to shown their full potential (Leon-Gerrero 210). As presented in “I Want a Wife,” society has less expectations for women than men do in school and post-education life. Women are put down by their environmental influences: parents, media and peers; therefore, are made to believe that they are less capable then men. Although women are awarded more bachelor’s degrees, women are earning less degrees in mathematics, engineering and physics. Males are three times more likely to pursue a career in quantitative fields whereas women are discouraged in the STEM field (Leon-Gerrero …show more content…
Not once in the essay is it mentioned that the wife can or will go back to school for higher education. In 1970, right before this essay was written, only 30.3% of graduate students and 8.5% of first-professional students were women (Freeman 11). In the southern states of America, just as the wives in Brady’s essays, a women is expected to marry, bare children, take care of the husband while he goes to school and do anything her family shall need without complaint