Utopia Or Bust Essay 'Sponsors Of Literacy'
Kenya Hill
Professor Christo Whelan
English 110: Intro to Academic Prose
8 October 2012
Utopia or Bust
Some people may think that we are living in the perfect world, but in reality we are not. If someone grows up in a great neighborhood, has good support from their family, and can afford all of the latest technology, they will obviously think that things are going great. A lot of times we forget to think about the people who were not lucky enough to live in a great neighborhood and have all of the latest things. There are still many people who are not treated equally. When looking into great detail, there is still a lot of progress to be made before America is on the road to Utopia. Technology has come a long way for the better and …show more content…
Education also depends on a person’s “sponsor”. Two people could grow up and live in the same neighborhood, but someone could be better off than the other. Deborah Brandt talks about a situation like this in her article Sponsors of Literacy. She talked about two people named Raymond Branch and Dora Lopez. Even though they were both born in the same year and lived in the same town, they received different levels of education. This is due to the fact that they had completely different sponsors. “…Raymond Branch, as the son of an academic, was sponsored by some of the most powerful agents of the university, Dora Lopez was being sponsored by what her parents could pull from the peripheral service systems of the university” (172). Since Raymond’s parents had a higher education, he was able to enjoy different luxuries and afford a higher education. Dora’s parents worked at the same university, but they worked in the bookstore. They also didn’t know much English so that made matters worse.
Children still don’t receive an equal education. If a person doesn’t receive a good education beginning at a young age, it will really affect them in the future. It will be a lot harder to get a job, or when they do get one it may be hard to keep it due to the advancement of technology. People who don’t have a high education usually end up working in factories, as a receptionist, or at local stores. Since many different advancements of technology are coming out, people are beginning to be replaced with machines and
Professor Christo Whelan
English 110: Intro to Academic Prose
8 October 2012
Utopia or Bust
Some people may think that we are living in the perfect world, but in reality we are not. If someone grows up in a great neighborhood, has good support from their family, and can afford all of the latest technology, they will obviously think that things are going great. A lot of times we forget to think about the people who were not lucky enough to live in a great neighborhood and have all of the latest things. There are still many people who are not treated equally. When looking into great detail, there is still a lot of progress to be made before America is on the road to Utopia. Technology has come a long way for the better and …show more content…
Education also depends on a person’s “sponsor”. Two people could grow up and live in the same neighborhood, but someone could be better off than the other. Deborah Brandt talks about a situation like this in her article Sponsors of Literacy. She talked about two people named Raymond Branch and Dora Lopez. Even though they were both born in the same year and lived in the same town, they received different levels of education. This is due to the fact that they had completely different sponsors. “…Raymond Branch, as the son of an academic, was sponsored by some of the most powerful agents of the university, Dora Lopez was being sponsored by what her parents could pull from the peripheral service systems of the university” (172). Since Raymond’s parents had a higher education, he was able to enjoy different luxuries and afford a higher education. Dora’s parents worked at the same university, but they worked in the bookstore. They also didn’t know much English so that made matters worse.
Children still don’t receive an equal education. If a person doesn’t receive a good education beginning at a young age, it will really affect them in the future. It will be a lot harder to get a job, or when they do get one it may be hard to keep it due to the advancement of technology. People who don’t have a high education usually end up working in factories, as a receptionist, or at local stores. Since many different advancements of technology are coming out, people are beginning to be replaced with machines and