Sociology Paper On Education

From the age of six years old until at least the age of eighteen one of the main things that is discussed everyday is the importance of education. Many different cultures put a different level of importance on education. Some may have the luxury of being from the upper class and knowing that they will be able to attend any college they wish. Money would not be a factor that they would have to consider. While for some people college may be out of reach and they have to step out into the workforce after finishing high school. I will be using different ideas from this sections to help us to understand how different cultures view the importance of education. One of the ideas that I will be using is the patterns on a person’s social relations. Some examples of patterns that could limit the amount of importance a person puts on their education is their class or race. If a person belonged to the lower class their whole life they may have been taught that money needed to be gained in the fastest way possible. They could do this by entering the work force at the youngest age they could and then their education would …show more content…
The class that a person belongs to may be a factor for how important education is to a person and also how easy that person has access to education. The upper class also tends to hold the power when it comes to education. By making education so expensive they have made it difficult for many to gain it. The amount of money it takes to get a degree may just be to much for a person to handle. Also the culture and the way a person is socialized can affect how important education is to them. If the person’s parent of social group feels the education is not necessary for them to succeed in life then they may not see the importance of it. Many different factors go into deciding wether education is