Using material from Item 2B and elsewhere assess the view that, in today’s society, the family is losing its functions. (24marks). Item 2B For functionalist sociologists, the family fulfils a number of important functions for individuals and for society, such as the socialisation of children and the stabilisation of adult personalities. However, some sociologists suggest that, in today’s society, these functions are being taken over by other institutions and the family is losing its importance. For example, nurseries and playgroups have an increasingly important role in the socialisation of young children whose parents are working full-time.
The law brought positive changes to the country encouraging more people to seek employment, “working people developed their own self-help movement”. Walsh M, et al, 2000. But also created some negative changes, working conditions were extremely harsh and families were split up. The amendment act was disliked by the poor population of the country because of the leissez-faire system the government had in place, the government’s approach on leissez-faire was to intervene as little as possible with the direction of economic affairs. This had an impact on the poor, it caused stigma and the poor had a mark of disgrace on their reputation.
Who gained from this was our K-12 reform programs (Department. of Education, 2012). If this was so, then why are most of our programs being shut down? It seems like we do not get the full story of what is going on with the program budget and were is all of the money going. They are always raising college tuition to help pay for different programs but, it seems that they are not focusing on the programs for the diverse students that are here in the United States.
Baseerah Watson 01/31/2012 Harrisburg Speech I have a question? Have you had enough with inequality? Crowd Responds* Have you had enough with inadequate funding? Crowd Responds* It is evident that the time has come in the era of public education for students from across this vast state, from all walks of life and respective backgrounds, to come together in solidarity against the budget cuts. These cuts have been detrimental to our futures and to our lives.
The percentage of high school drop outs in United States is very high, and some these students that drop out end up in prison or other terrible places such as drug dealing or gangs. In the documentary they also showed some schools with a lot of gang activity and gang violence. Parents of these students work very hard to pay taxes and keep there children in school, in hop that there children will get a good education. Some parents take tons of loans so they can send there kids to a private school, because the public schools are not teaching there students well. These hard working parents and dedicated teachers all want to see America with a brighter future, they are doing what they can to make sure that there children grow up to be important part of a good generation.
Dela Cruz 1 One big issue we have in our country is the United States education because our American children seems to be falling behind. In Michael Moore's essay, Idiot Nation, shows an evidence to why our children are struggling and not getting the education that they are suppose to. After reading his essay, this concludes that our kids are struggling and falling behind for the following reasons: library loss because of budget cuts, our kids are being bribed for wrong reasons and not all kids are getting the freedom that they deserve. "The U.S has been perceived upon as a country of hard workers, overachievers, and gifted people all having vigorous work ethic." [1] Different people from different countries look up to America not just the country of freedom but also the “land of oppurtunity”.
Fortunately, this condition is treatable, and asthma can be controlled. It is important that the community physicians and teachers take charge and develop action plans and educational programs to give the parents the tools to empower their children. By empowering the children to take responsibility for their condition, they will be more successful in school and also be aware of their health needs. Disease management programs, if marketed effectively would save the communities a substantial amount of money in hospital visits every year. Most importantly, the profound effect this could have on the children who live in these communities that would have better lives because of it.
In the last 25 years the government have introduced many policies which have both created an education market such as streaming and setting, competition and selection and policies to create equal opportunity for more deprived areas for example compensatory education it can be argued wether their main priority is to create an education market as well as helping the lower classes and those struggling in the system The education market has been created by many policies such as competition and selection, open enrolement, league tables and streaming which all contribute to schools having to compete for the best students so they can increase funding. Schools today have open enrolment which means parents have more of a choice as to where they can send there child and so the school must try and appeal to the consumer which increases there standards, league tables also have a similar effect as the higher the school is in the league table the better pass rate it has and increased funding is received however there comes problems with this as the school tends to concentrate on those students who have the best chance of passing known as the educational triage, this may help those students who do well at school but leaves those struggling in a worse position as they are seen as “no hopers” . Education market has also created things such as streaming which also allows the school to concentrate on the pupils who can help them gain a better league position by focusing on there grades more than those in lower streams. The introduction of the 1988 education reform act also helped to create the education market which emphasisesd standards, diversity and choice by reducing state control over education and increasing both competition between schools and parental choice of school they argued that state control leads to low standards, lack of choice for parents and and efficiency
In recent years the American government has been cutting funding from America’s education system and making it harder for schools to afford the resources they need to provide our students with the proper schooling. John Borowski, an experienced teacher, states that schools and their educators now have to struggle with “inadequate budgets and overcrowded classes” as well as the innate difficulty of teaching subjects most students do not even care about (Borowski). It takes quite a bit of effort to capture one’s attention, especially in terms of academic subjects, so capturing the attention of an entire nation of students requires hard work as well as funding that our schools simply do not have. In Michael Moore’s article “Idiot Nation” Moore explains how schools counteract this dilemma. They make use of all the help they can get, and currently it seems the only group in America that is not just sitting around calling our nation stupid and playing the blame game is corporate America (Moore 139).
Hopes for using the family as the primary institution for child welfare has faded in the absence of economic and social supports to keep families intact. Lacking such supports, most families were reliant on the labor market to generate income to meet essential needs. Although some of the benefits of unprecedented prosperity and low unemployment began to trickle down to poor families by the end of the twentieth century, many welfare and working poor families continued to struggle. The 1996 imposition of welfare time limits cast a long shadow over poor families. In the absence of a coherent national family policy, poor families were less able to care for children; as a result, child welfare services protective services, foster care, and adoption have attempted to compensate for severe family deficits.