October 3rd Class

I really liked this class because of the heated debate about who can get post-secondary education. Public education has alot to do with what we were talking about. The education system, to me, makes people fail, or strives to make kids fail. Most of what I have heard from friends and family is that the teachers are very impersonal, if you do not try, they do not care. To give everyone equal opportunities you must first give everyone equal education. I come from a privilaged family myself and feel lucky to be able to get an education without much fuss, for others this isn't the case and I feel that this is not fair at all.
Another point was about the individuals themselves, if a person tries hard enough, they will succeed. This works for some, but others are stuck in the system. If your family doesn't make enough money to provide, the kids must either drop out to get a job or the family must wait until that child is out of high school and then start work. Once you are providing for your family, paying the bills and insurance and being influenced by our materialistic ways you become stuck. You cannot just quit your job and enter schooling to get a better job. I've worked in factories the past two summers and every single "lifer" (the people who work there year round) who works there tells all the summer workers to stay in school or you will get stuck. Some people had been manning the most boring machines ever invented for over 10 years. Actually going there everyday for 8-12 hours made me feel extremely sorry for those people, just because I was born into a higher class family I have the opportunity for a better life.