Chapter 9

After reading this chapter I can’t help but think of what the actual purpose of school is. Is it to prepare individuals with an education that will make them a more educated individual or is it to prepare the individuals for a job in the future? One other question I have is do the different levels of schooling prepare individuals differently? I can understand the fact that we aren’t taught subjects that we will definitely need in our future, but how do we know what subjects we will need? We are taught information on a host of different subject in grammar school and high schol but in college we are allowed to specialize in a subject that we desire. So I believe that schooling does stetch the gap between the rich and the poor because school prepares individuals for their future but not all individuals can afford schooling. The argument that some people are not able to be prepped for their future is totally false, bc all individuals have the ability to learn the different subjects and gain more knowledge that will make them beneficial to the society in the future.