However as Kozol's essay continues, he approaches the reasons why these societies continue this system of inequality, and he focuses on the efforts of the powerful and their economic wealth, and how culture and socialization affect our ideologies. ... Other examples include parents spending "thousands of dollars for outside help, on top of tuition" in order to maintain a higher status among competing students (Anderson), or parents who pay to send their children on specialized vacations simply to enhance a college application essay (NY Times). ... The purchasing of expensive th...

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