Today we will test this hypothesis:
Household income determines educational achievement.
Do you agree or disagree?
(Sample Topic Sentence: In most cases, household income determines achievement...)
(Sample Topic Sentence: In most cases, household income determines achievement...)
Use evidence from the four documents we used in class today.
14 comments:
Household income does not determine educational acheivement. To be rich means that you can go to Harvard or Yale but that does not mean that the student will do better than a student who is in UCONN or Goodwin College. The educational acheivement is based on the students knowledge and want to go further in life. For instance, out of 50 Mexican Americans, who's parents only completed 4-5 years of school, 26 received their Ph.D and 5 went to an ivy league school. Anyone can go to college as long as you have good grades and a good head on your shoulders, money is not a big issue because you can go for scholarships or financial aid.
Eric,
Can you please refer to information from the documents in order to make your claim!
-Mr. Cotto
Christine,
Great use of the info from the documents related to the Mexican-American students. Their drive and hard work SEEMS to be an important factor.
-Mr. Cotto
Household income does not necessarily determine someone's educational achievement. It all depends on the individual. If their parents have a low income, then that may give them the drive to do extremely well in school, or they may get caught in the poverty trap. Even kids that come from very low class families are capable of going to ivy league schools if they work hard enough to get the grades. It all depends on the individual; what they want, and how hard they are willing to work in order to achieve it.
Agree. I believe that the amount of money you make could determine you education. I also dissagree because alot of kids "parents" may have low income but, could have great education and could be very bright students and they could excel to great things.
Colleen,
Good point about hard work. Do you think that hard work is the ONLY factor that gets people to achieve or are there others involved in high achievement?
-Mr. Cotto
Yes, Household income does determine educational achievement. An example of this is from Chart C. Based on the chart, people with a doctorate degree made an average of 95,000 dollars a year. Also, based on the chart, people with no HS diploma had a median household income of 20,000 dollars a year. This shows that education affects income. Also, from the movie, most schools were part of the college summit. Many students had the grades for college, but they did not have the money to afford to go to a good college such as a private college. An example is one of the students from the movie decided that they were going to go to community college in their home town for a few years in order to save for a college and prove that she would benefit from a four year university. Even though she could not afford to immediately attend a four year college, she went to a college that she could afford so her dream of becoming a lawyer was not put on hold.
Cheyenne
Agree. I believe that the amount of money you make could determine you education. I also dissagree because alot of kids "parents" may have low income but, could have great education and could be very bright students and they could excel to great things.
Anonymous(C.M.)
Can you refer to info from one(or several) of the four documents to make your claims?
-Mr. Cotto
I believe that education does not determine a students educational achievement. How far a student can make it in both life and the eduction system depends on the student. if a students wants to become they will try harder to succeed, despite their current status. In Figure C students of all generation surpassed their parents in the educational system. these students did this not because the were poor, but because they wanted to change how they were seen in the eyes of their parents and society. This only backs my idea that nothing can limit how well a student does in life, well of course other then the student.
I agree with this because from Figure A from the schema it says that if you make a low income you will most likely not get that far in your education.
Most people are usually stuck in that cycle if they grew up poor they will most likely not come up to be anything better and grow up in the same system.
Kayla
According the the majority of the information provided by the documents, the higher the income of the family, the better the test scores. The gap between upper class and lower class aren't small numbers, it is pretty substancial. Kids that grew up with parents earning 100,000 dollars a year earned the most doctorates and professional degrees. On the other hand, people with less than a 20,000 dollar salary usually didn't graduate the 9th grade. It isn't fair, but it can't be helped. Income is obviously linked to academic acheivement.
Marina,
What do you think will be the impact of "Stacia" going to a community college? Do you think she will finish her college studies? What will it take for her to finish, transfer, and graduate?
-Mr. Cotto
Last anonomous post was from Emily
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