Mosley's Arguments On Education As A Great Equalizer In Society

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I agree with Mosleyś arguments about education and language. His opinion about student’s only working for a grade rather than self-growth. I simply agree that American education is is only basing off, of the importance of a letter grade and not focusing on gaining knowledge of subjects. Also, agree in his opinion about how speaking a common language can help society in communicating with one another. Rather than having diverse groups and not understand each other when it comes to planning an uprising. With his opinion about how education being a great equalizer in society is valid in my opinion. Education can be an equalizer in society by having the knowledge and the language to be equal in society. Thus, I agree with Mosley’s arguments because

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