Educational attainment in the United States

book or two from the guards. Baca continued to teach himself how to read and write and told the guards he wasn’t doing any work in the prison until he was allowed to get his G.E.D. This did not go over well, and Baca spent a great deal of his time in solitary confinement. Baca received beatings on a regular basis, and sometimes his food was withheld. He survived there mentally by writing poetry and reading and learning the correct uses of grammar. The first week of college is when I felt alive and terrified at the same time, but astounded by how much I was enjoying my first semester. I was ready to learn and become my own individual. I’m currently in my second semester at Merritt College and have a long way to go. I am still on my own educational journey and excited to learn as much as I am capable of. My reading and writing skills have greatly improved by the help of my college Professors, and I have my own incentive to read more instead of watching television, and motivate myself to achieve little goals along the way, like learning a couple new words each month. Malcolm X (who unfortunately died February, 1965) became a human rights activist after self-educating himself while in prison, and Baca achieved his goal of becoming a famous poet who still travels around the world today and speaks at many universities. Baca and Malcolm X inspired many people’s lives and continue to do so today. I want to be an inspiration to others around me, and help people who struggle like…

The purpose of education is the gathering of knowledge not only to cultivate the human mind with values and principles but help to differentiate between right and wrong. It is often asked what the purpose of education is but rarely is it thought why it is so important for each individually. As society matures they become more aware of the importance of education and how it relates to world around them. As they experience difficulties and hardships in their personal and professional lives they…

What’s the Dream Today? “There are those who will say that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is the American Dream.” - Archibald MacLeish From the very beginning of America there has been a prevailing ideology. Or maybe a wishful thought that somewhere there is a land where life is better, that despite struggle you can be great, that anyone from any background can prosper. This prevailing thought has become known over time as “The…

the United States are categorized by aggregated data as a model minority who have the abilities to attain high educational attainment and achievement without special assistance (Ngo & Lee, 2007). While data has indicated that high education attainment in the United States is associated with higher earnings, researchers have argued that with further examination, aggregating data on Asian often conceals the differences in attainment and achievement among all Asian groups (Crissey, 2009; Ngo & Lee,…

adolescents feel like high school is the second home where they spend most of their time. In addition, the way that the country follows to teach their students is shaping their culture especially in the high schools. When comparing high school in the US and high school in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the countries should base good education on the educational attainment, how a student feels, the government, and the system of high schools. The educational attainment is different from country to…

relationship between the level of educational attainment affect the health of U.S. Citizens? Introduction: With the rapid increase in population in the United States of America, comes the challenges in maintaining a healthy population. A testimony of a free society is education, as individuals chase after the depths to explore the world. Therefore, with the importance of education in youth’s lives, there comes the pressure to maintain an educated populace. With challenges such as increased…

Unfortunately, not everyone in the United States, nor in Las Vegas, has the education level to avoid poverty. Those without a higher level of education are, as a result, “regulated to less lucrative and less stable work” (Stevens, 2007, p. 591) and susceptible to poverty. In Las Vegas, one with a bachelor’s degree makes an estimate of $46,473 annually instead of $29,188 with a high school diploma compared to the United State’s estimate of $51,094 and $28,672, respectively. Although a Las Vegas…

There are many social problems that we in the U.S. have faced in the past, present and will continue to face in the future. From racism, to women’s inequality, social problems are most definitely- amongst us, and those were just a few of them. The social problem that I will discuss is educational inequality. The way schools are funded, family’s background, and social class are all some form of educational inequality. Educational inequality is indeed a social problem. Korgen and Furst (2012),…

The U.S. nonprofit sector has grown significantly over the past few decades. Approximately 1.41 million nonprofits were registered with the Internal Revenue Service in 2013, an increase of 2.8 percent from 2003 (Urban Institute, 2015). With this growth in the sector has come growth in nonprofit sector employment in the United States. The 2016 Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey estimates that over half of nonprofits of all sizes (57%) are likely to create new positions within their…

This is a report of the academic journal article “Inmate Literacy Assessment Study at the Lake County Indiana Jail” by Jeanette C. Shutay, Ph.D., David Plebanski, Ph.D. and Michael McCafferty originally published in The Journal of Correctional Education in June 2010. In this article, for the purpose of determining the relationship between educational level and literacy among prisoners, scholars conducted a research study at the Lake County Indiana Jail. Due to the fact that recidivism rates had…