Lies My Teacher Told Me Analysis

In an ideal society, human beings should wake up and live to work. They should not have to worry about having enough money to get to work and if there are leftover funds for their lunch that will most likely be purchased at the closest corner store. People make economic decisions every day, but around 80 percent of America stresses over these economic choices because of different factors that have affected their lifestyle. In Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen, we see how history has transformed as well as how hard it is to be living in the rest of the 99 percent today. People have to choose to live under a roof or choose to eat every day of their lives. In some cases, these people can not do either or and will have to work or beg. This may be an issue that is overlooked but it is what happens everyday in most of America. Classes …show more content…
Today, it is difficult for students to graduate a 4 year college, get a job after the completion of higher education, as well as identifying who is running our systems, and how people can come together in order to combat social inequality. For these reasons there is an extensive gap that is being created between the 1 percent and the rest of the 99 percent everyday.
Social class predicts what school students will be accepted to as well as what type of elementary education they will receive. Social class stratification has been unconsciously set by society because of our human instinct, prejudice. It has become harder for the working class to be able to afford college education for their children. Students as well as their parents are taking out loans and withdrawing from savings accounts in order to attend a mediocre school because financial aid is no longer available to those of the working middle class. These loans put students into debt which forces them to sometimes drop out because they can no longer afford it or it becomes a difficult task to work and attend school. Loewen states that “some of the mechanisms--unequal