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Stereotypes of Literacy


            
             In today's society it seems as if everyone is given the same opportunity at receiving an education. Yet the fact is that more students in today's society do not have the choice of pursuing a higher education. Most students in high school seldom graduate and even more don't make it to college. Most are faced with the challenges of life and have to work in order to make ends meet. .
             Growing up in the U.S. was not that easy for my family and me. My father and mother came from low economic families. Their parents were more than happy to see them married at a very early age. This meant that they had to worry about one less mouth to feed. This also meant that neither one of my parents received enough education to find a good job. Both my parents only knew how to read and write and even this was very limited. This seemed to have set the standards my parents wanted for us. My mother made sure we learned what she had learned. This made her feel we would succeed. Yet both my parents believed that a higher education was not that important in life. Since to them the basics of life was to physically work and to make money.
             Growing up in my family was not that easy either. Education was not a priority. As long as we knew how to read and write then we would surely succeed, or so they thought. Going to elementary school was hard for me. Showing up to school was a daily challenge. My father wanted me to work in his business. A business to which I had been a witness was hard to create for my family. This was hard, it required long hours of work, which meant that I had no time to study or do homework. My teachers seldom bothered to check my homework and to motivate me. Yet when I showed up to school I made sure I learned as much as I could. Even though I only showed up once or twice a week, I always managed to make A's and B's. Even this accomplishment was seen as nothing to my parents. To them I had already learned the necessary tools for life.


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