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What does money really have to do with it?

       In an education system money has a lot to deal with money. The stereotypes of low-income and high-income students are notorious in school systems. Like the myth of low-income students being unmotivated and having weak work ethics. Though, in reality, low-income people do not have weaker work ethics or lower levels of motivation than wealthier people, because 83 percent of children from low-income families have at least one employed parent; close to 60 percent have at least one parent who works full-time and year-round (National Center for Children in Poverty, 2004), this showing that they are just more hard-working than the average American. I think that it's absurd that students in college have to pay an amount that will most likely put them in debt in the future. Education is the future of our new generations and if prices continue to increase, more and more children will be less likely to get proper and effective education. The factor of money is everywhere...

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