Write 5 pages thesis on the topic relationship between social class origins and educational attainment.

Write 5 pages thesis on the topic relationship between social class origins and educational attainment. The society has values, customs and beliefs that guide the behavior of all members and doing contrary to such values and beliefs is considered out of the norm and deserves punishment. As such, the society is bound together by rules and children grow up following their parent’s footsteps. These values held by the community affect what is valued by children thereby impacting on what they study in schools. However, Durkheim also notes that the family forms are not constant. they keep changing with time. For example, as industrialization creeps in children move to urban areas to look for work thus breaking up family ties and the values that bind them (Morrison, 2006). However, all is not lost as division of labor in the new found occupations bring about a higher order in society known as organic solidarity. They thus progress from mechanical to organic solidarity enhanced by institutions such as educational institution (p. 166). People now cooperate on basis of shared tasks and not family values as in mechanical solidarity. Children thus engage in various occupations different from their parents necessitated by division of labor and specialization. Conflicts between individual and society interests often arise as observed by Craig (1997 p. 210) thus affecting educational attainment. In this view, the education attainment is affected by individual aspirations although social class origins may affect the occupation aspirations of children. If one does not have enough resources to pursue the goals he/she wants then attainments in education are affected.