Information on the Socio-cultural motivational
perspective.
I have decided to
continue discussing the topic of socio-cultural forces that have a direct impact
on each of our lives. To many times we give advice to our children about our
lives to try to help them to grow into successful adults. We do not realize
that it is information about our lives that traps our children into the same
one. I am not arguing over which class is better than any other, yet few would
argue that the higher one achieves the more choices one has. For instance,
where one lives, possessions one has, and even who one marries depends on ones
social class.
Children must be given
a chance to reach a higher social class than their parents. I as a father hope that my child has a
better life than I; however, I doubt I have all the information necessary to
fulfill such an obligation. There
are those who do have that information. I intend to find those whom have that
information and get them to share that information with me and my child.
I have learned that one
aspect of reaching a higher social class is income, and another aspect is
education. Both impact what level
one reaches; moreover, they each impact each other. Here is a document from the
United States Department of Health and Human Services which provides many
statistical charts that shows the relationships between life’s’ choices (jobs,
children’s’ schools, and level of success in life (income, education level). I
have included a chart that is useful in understanding the one aspect of the
Socio-economic status I am covering. Nonetheless, the paper is very
eye-opening, and it is worth our time.
Here is a chart that
shows how important education is to acquiring a large household income. It is a paradoxical dichotomy that
lower income parents believe education is unimportant, yet it is education that
determines social class and income level. It is the people’s experiences of the
lower middle class and other lower classes on the socioeconomic status echelon
that cause these misconceptions towards education. However, here is some data that shows the relationship
between education and income, thus contradicting the lower classes’
misconception.
