The strange pattern of children from poor families being more engaged in these two types of work
There is a teacher in Shenzhen, China, named Zhang Wei, whose family background is not very good. Zhang Wei's parents are just ordinary office workers, who have worked hard all their lives and have not been able to get out of poverty. When he was a child, he lived in a dilapidated rental house, and his family was poor, and he understood the difficulties of life very early.
Zhang Wei studied in a very ordinary community in Shenzhen, and most of the students came from similar backgrounds. He also found that many of these people became teachers or salesmen. Take his classmate Xiao Li as an example, he is doing well in his studies, but due to family reasons, he still works as a salesman and wants to rely on his own ability to change the life of his family.
When Zhang Wei is teaching, he often wonders why this is the case. He believes that the main reason why most students do these two jobs is that they are easier to find and their salaries are more stable. The education industry is considered to be a stable and respectable industry, and marketing jobs are an alternative because they have fewer entry requirements and are more flexible.
Economically, however, this phenomenon reflects a profound social problem. In China, due to the uneven distribution of educational resources and the unfairness in the labor market, these factors are the main reasons for the tendency of college students to choose a career.
Due to the lack of adequate access to education and social capital, most poor children are unable to pursue high-wage, high-skilled jobs. At the same time, it also reflects a more profound social problem: the solidification of employment orientation and the intergenerational inheritance of classes.
Due to limited economic conditions, children from poor families often go to work in less demanding jobs, which further deepens class divisions and reduces social mobility. I believe that in order to get out of this cycle of generational poverty, we must allocate educational resources on a larger scale and on a larger scale.
For example, more education subsidies are given to children from low-income families, more vocational training and skills upgrading are provided, and people of all identities are able to work on a more equal stage. In short, in order to achieve social justice and development, it is not enough to rely on measures to improve education and employment, but also to fundamentally explore and eliminate social inequalities.
As consumers, we should start with ourselves, understand and pay attention to the above underlying issues, and make our own efforts to build a more just and inclusive society. What do you think about this?You can post your opinion in the comment section!