One Percent Education By Neal Gabler: The Value Of Higher Education

In the past education was considered a great equalizer, being able to lift the poor from poverty and allowing them to have a better economic future. The access to education in the past was easier. Today the less fortunate have a harder time acquiring an education. People are told that if they are well educated, they will have a bright future and succeed in their lives. The main reason why people attend college is not just to gain knowledge but to make money. The children from rich families tend to do better in schools. The children from good economic status have greater opportunities in their lifetime even if they do less effort than their low income peers do. Higher education is getting more expensive every year. As a young Latina mother …show more content…
The children of the top one percent are very likely to stay in the top five percent because they are given the opportunity and told they are the best of the best. For example, when I was learning English I thought I was doing bad, but all my teachers told me how proud I should be because I was becoming bilingual. Their words made me believe in myself and actually became better at it. People would say that if the students dream of a better future they can achieve them by working. Yet studies have shown that a very low percent of the students that come from low income backgrounds are represented in higher education because they have many barriers to succeed. People would say that everyone can gain the same education if they have the desire to do so. Yet actual children from upper class backgrounds have more opportunities because parents provide them with tutors and spend more time in educational environments even before they started their institutional education.The income divide has received far less attention from policy makers and government officials than gaps in student accomplishment by race. (Glaber,