High Schooling: Good Or Bad?

Schooling Schooling is a big factor in everyone’s life. It can be both good or bad, depending where you live. In many of the past stories, the only way some of these kids have gotten a chance at further education is from the help of their high school. There is a direct link from race to gang violence to per capita income. On page 136, Robert Putnam gives this thought. “91 percent non-Hispanic white, with a per capita income of $84,000, whereas Santa Ana, the county seat, just 20 miles away is 95 percent Hispanic (50 percent foreign-born), with a per capita income of $17,000.” In these Hispanic cities, gang violence is typical. With this gang violence, it may make it harder for kids to find a way to better themselves in higher education. In Santa Ana High School, there is a bigger body size and less spending on each student than that of Troy High School (with only a 23 percent latino ethnicity.) Clara Ricardo, and …show more content…
It has gotten even more popular with candidates like Bernie Sander’s who believes in free college to close that opportunity gap between the rich and poor. Is this the best way to handle the growing problem? Maybe not, but the DNC runner certainly has other great proposals such as creating a livable minimum wage to help families under the poverty line. Robert Putnam discusses very many great points and even though it was rather superfluous, it was interesting to read and opened not only my eyes, but thousands of eyes to this growing problem. It has added to the goal of bettering this nation through creating equal opportunity for the rich and poor. We are getting equality one step at a time; we have made some great strides for equality such as the fight for racial, gender, and marriage rights for the people of the United States. The way to combat these barriers are to draw attention to this; something that Putnam does