The corner meets the school: the inner City’s drug culture and its effect on schooling
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Summary“The school system will have taken its shots, tallied its misses, and closed its files, relinquishing any further claim. The corner will have them all.” – Ed Burns, The Corner
Many believe that as the margin of social stratification and inequality in our nation widens, the most effective way to battle our society’s social illness is to better the education of our nation’s youth. Although improved education has the potential to be a key contributor in the eradication of social inequality, the main flaw of this hypothesis in an empirical sense is that many of the social problems that are consistently associated with the lower class, namely drug use, drug dealing and the ubiquitous drug culture, have distorted and obstructed the ability of our school systems to effectively educate those of our nation’s youth who most desperately need guidance. Essentially, in urban areas, “the strains of low social status and reduces socioeconomic opportunities creates pressures that motivate criminal participation,” which most often entails involvement in the drug trade (Little and Steinberg 2006, 363).
Many believe that as the margin of social stratification and inequality in our nation widens, the most effective way to battle our society’s social illness is to better the education of our nation’s youth. Although improved education has the potential to be a key contributor in the eradication of social inequality, the main flaw of this hypothesis in an empirical sense is that many of the social problems that are consistently associated with the lower class, namely drug use, drug dealing and the ubiquitous drug culture, have distorted and obstructed the ability of our school systems to effectively educate those of our nation’s youth who most desperately need guidance. Essentially, in urban areas, “the strains of low social status and reduces socioeconomic opportunities creates pressures that motivate criminal participation,” which most often entails involvement in the drug trade (Little and Steinberg 2006, 363).
Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- Past literature.
- Original contribution.
- Methods.
- Findings.
- Discussion.
- Conclusion.
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