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What surprised me the most looking at my own class, was to find that even just having a bacherlors degree places me so high within the education component. Despite that neither my parents nor grandparents completed a college education, I was raised with the encouragement that college was just what you did. There was never a question in my own mind that I would go to and complete college - even when two of my sisters did not.
I have always valued education and learned early on that my own access to a good education was a privilege - one my mother faught hard to secure for me. But no matter how much I learn about the state of education in our country, how many students I tutor who are denied the basic tenants of a good education, or how many of my own family and friends do not go to college - I still was suprised by the rank given to me for that diploma.
Looking at the second tab that breaks down class based on education level - it seems that even partial college education or a two year degree dramatically increases a persons ability to beak through to a higher income level. How can we help give students a chance if we dont even make this possible? We need to improve the k-12 system, increase the number and access to 2-year and technical skills post-secondary programs and give every person at least a starting chance at achieving more.
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