Johnathan Fragoso
Sociology 170
Society’s
standings on Education
Education, this is where it all begins, where the future
of our next generations are decided. As it stands education is defined as the
social institutions through which society provides its members important knowledge
including basic facts, job skills, and cultural norms and values. These institutions
where this is done is school, which provide us functions that help prepare
students for society, and the experience that I have personally had with this.
Schooling and education is rather important over all it
can define us as a society because it is tied with our economic development,
the better schooling we have the better economy, thus the better economy the
better schooling we will have. For example if you compare low income countries
to high income countries, education and schooling is very limited, this is one
of the main reasons that one-sixth of children around the world cannot read or
write. For those countries who are benefited with a proper education/schooling
system, they assist in helping society function and operate in smooth
operations.
School helps society function in five different ways, the
first way is socialization. This is done because of teachers and professors who
teach students norms, customs and the skills that they will require to live in
their society. Next is through cultural innovation, this can be seen in faculty’s
at colleges and universities, by which a culture is formed and then taught to
future students. This is done through research in a various studies/sciences
that help to find change and new things in our life and society. Social
integration is the third way, schooling helps to bring populations together,
helping diverse groups becoming one in a society by teaching them the values
and norms that should be practiced (This one reason why schooling is mandatory
in the United states) Next is Social placement, this is society’s way of
identifying talent and match instruction to ability. With the use of rewarding
hard work and talent without viewing their social background this had increased
many students will and want to learn and helps students try harder. Lastly is
the Latent functions schooling provides. As well as teaching students the
skills they need to function in society is also provides things such as child
care for career working families, it establishes networks and serves as valuable
career resources in life, and it also helps bring together people of
marriageable age.
These functions of society have been clear through my
schooling education, in high school I was able to learn the values and customs
that helped me adjust in life accordingly in our society, it also helped me to
meet many of my close friends that I hold today because we were brought
together in this institution, and schooling has also decided what I can
accomplish, deciding if I was an honor student or an average student, and through
the use of rewards of having to keep my grades high to be able to join my
clubs/sports it also helped motivated me
through a reward system. Also schooling has helped my family, for example both
my parents worked full time jobs of upward 50-60 hour weeks, schooling was able
to give me the supervision and care I needed when I was younger. And at this
point in college, it is also helping my establish connections so that I can
achieve my future goals.
In conclusion, I have defined the basis of education, the
benefits and functions that schools provide, and how this has directly affected
my outcomes and choices that have been decided for my future.
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