Student's Socioeconomic Status In Waiting For Superman
The written works of Williams, Sahlberg, Berliner, and Glass bring light to the fact that a student’s socioeconomic status (SES) is playing a large role in their academic career and this issue needs to be addressed. Children who are exposed to a stable family income, and have parents who have attained postsecondary education are more likely to succeed in the game called the United States educational system (Berliner and Glass, 2014). Nevertheless, this leaves children who are unwillingly living in impoverish situations to essentially be set up for failure. It is unfair that situations beyond childrens control are predetermining their fate in the educational system.
The issue of a student's SES is important because parents assume their child is being taken care of, and given the attention they need when they attend school. Unfortunately though, currently the American educational system is focusing on its high achieving students, to try to make them even better. On the contrary, the problem holding America back from prevailing as a country is our students who are struggling. In the film, “Waiting For Superman”, directed by David Guggenheim, (2010) the topic of America's academic standing compared …show more content…
In most cases, to achieve that one needed to be well educated. A stigma has been created that the most successful people in society will have had the best education and the most of it. For example, in medieval times the most educated were higher in caste systems. While those of lower income did not receive an education and struggled economically. Doctor Julia M. Williams (2008) touches on the fact that a parent always wants to provide the best for their children when she writes, “we (parents) find ourselves wondering how we are going to pay for any of it, from tuition to leggings” (p. 8). Unfortunately society is still only providing outstanding education to those in prevailing zip
The issue of a student's SES is important because parents assume their child is being taken care of, and given the attention they need when they attend school. Unfortunately though, currently the American educational system is focusing on its high achieving students, to try to make them even better. On the contrary, the problem holding America back from prevailing as a country is our students who are struggling. In the film, “Waiting For Superman”, directed by David Guggenheim, (2010) the topic of America's academic standing compared …show more content…
In most cases, to achieve that one needed to be well educated. A stigma has been created that the most successful people in society will have had the best education and the most of it. For example, in medieval times the most educated were higher in caste systems. While those of lower income did not receive an education and struggled economically. Doctor Julia M. Williams (2008) touches on the fact that a parent always wants to provide the best for their children when she writes, “we (parents) find ourselves wondering how we are going to pay for any of it, from tuition to leggings” (p. 8). Unfortunately society is still only providing outstanding education to those in prevailing zip