Oppression Of Schooling

Schooling is a source for freedom and for oppression. I believe that students can use schooling, apply themselves and use those efforts to free themselves from preset limits within their lives. I also feel that schooling can be a source of oppression. Students who do not have support to help them navigate through schooling can be repressed by the institution. Education can be undervalued and become an oppressive period for students. This paper will discuss ways that education can be a source of freedom and ways that education can be used for oppression.

I am on an advocate for education, teaching and training. I have submerged my career in the tutelage because I feel that it is the greatest source for freedom. I also had a supporting cast that made sure that I used schooling to become a productive contributing citizen. The history of schooling was a source of freedom, however the new practice of schooling can be characterized as freedom or oppression. Over the past fifty …show more content…
Education can help students become a productive member in society. Graduating from high school then, pursuing a career, attending college, or joining the military can be credited through schooling. In Hillsborough County Public Schools, the graduation rate for 2015-2016 is 76%. In Pasco County Public Schools, the graduation rate for 2015-2016 is 78.6%. In Pinellas County Public Schools, the graduation rate for 2015-2016 is 78.3% (Table 1). This comparison of graduation rates, gives on average 77.6% of the students with a High School Diploma. The Diploma can be used as a source of freedom. I used it as a source of freedom, graduated from undergraduate and graduate school. This High School Diploma is still being used as a source of freedom and positioned me to a doctoral student. This freedom from schooling has allowed me to research, train and teach and defend against