Applying Sociological Perspectives: Why Do We Have Schools?

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Applying Sociological Perspectives Paper
Education: Why do we have schools?
Schools are places where social inequality is administered and praised, where lower class students are taught to accept their status and that they will be nothing more than blue color workers. A school is a place where people with money can dictate how the local children grow up and their mind sets. It is also a place where following rules, working hard for little reward and being obedient workers are constantly drilled. We have schools in order to keep the rich wealthy and in power by giving them a better education, while teaching the poor to be submissive and keeping them poor.
In Introduction to Sociology 2e it defines hidden curriculum as the type of nonacademic