... schooling for upper, middle and lower class children is because of the property taxes. The rich have a lot more money to spend on property taxes, and since the schools are funded by property taxes, the wealthy get the benefits and the lower classes feel the burden. The first theorist that I will use to analyze this data is Talcott parsons. Parsons theory of action talks about how there are social system's where more then one person is interacting in a situation. This situation has three components. The three components are 1) physical or environmental. 2) The actors are being motivated towards gratification. 3) It is mediated by a structural cultural system. This is very obvious in the article because the environment and psychical area which the lower class children are forced to be in gives them reason to look for something better. They are motivated toward gratification from ...

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