Summary Of The Dangers Of Telling Poor Kids

Are college students being lied to? As a child I had always thought that if I wanted to be someone in life than college was not optional. Even though college was always a priority for me I struggled with the idea that I had to do whatever I had to do to get into college so that I could earn fast money by doing less work. Through my high school years, I was so focused on taking classes that would lead me towards college acceptance because I believed I would earn a lot of money with a good career. While reading “The Dangers of Telling Poor Kids That College Is the Key to Social Mobility” by Andrew Simmons, a 12th grade teacher, I could understand that for years I was mistaken. College is not the key to be someone in life.
In the article “The Danger of Telling Poor Kids That College is the Key to Social Mobility” by Andrew Simmons, he gives his reaction to a college essay written by a senior in high school …show more content…
Throughout the article Simmons was very simplistic and closed minded about what Isabella though. When he said.” Thankfully, Isabella decried this characterization as shortsighted and simplistic. My guess is that only students like her ever have to hear it”, I felt that in a sense he was being rude and obnoxious. When he stated that he never had to go through what Isabella had to go through. I felt offended, not because I’m Hispanic or of low income, but because of how close minded he was about Isabella’s situation. Whenever he wrote, “While the vagueness stems from the lack of models in their communities, it also comes from the lack of imagination with which mentors have addressed their professed college plans,” (Simmons) he was critiquing not only the educational system but also the society in which Isabella was raised in. While Simmons thinks he’s writing this essay to sympathize her, he writes this article in mockery towards Isabella’s