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Speaking on the topic of American education, it is commonly viewed as a high quality and positive system, which respects children’s personality development, and cultivates children’s creative ability. It supposedly believes that everyone deserves the best education, and everyone has the opportunity to be part of the social elite in the future. However, we must admit that this viewpoint is a misunderstanding of the American education system. The reason for this misunderstanding is that many people ignore an important type of education which is separate from school education and social education, that is, family education. Family education is a child’s enlightening education, which plays a fundamental role in the child’s growth and affects the child’s entire life. Parents are children’s first teachers, and they have a profound impact on children’s personality, habits, language, and moral character.
The data shows that among young people in the United States, if their parents do not have a high school diploma, only 5% of them can complete college on their own. Meanwhile in Ivy League universities, more than 70% of students are from middle-class families or higher-income families. In today’s United States, class solidification is very severe. For children from lower-class families, it is very difficult to achieve social mobility. The social class one is born into will restrict her personal development. The social status of parents will affect children’s lives in an invisible, but powerful way.
