SOC102 Social Inequality

Running head: SOCIAL ANALYSIS
Social Analysis
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1SOCIAL ANALYSIS
Introduction
The purpose of this essay is to make an assessment of the education system of Australia
and present the system as the one where the meritocratic aspects will be discussed. The work of
McNamee and Miller regarding The Meritocratic Myth has been a very useful text to cover up
this context (McNamee & Miller, 2009). It must be mentioned in this context that there are
several non-merit factors that could be discussed as the barriers to the success of the individual
students within the society. The education system in the country must stay unbiased and the
merits of the students must not be ignored. The text will have to be assessed properly so that the
real condition of the country regarding education could be understood.
Assessment of the Australian education system
The Australian education system has been one of the most complicated education systems
in all over the world. This education system covers native Australians and the indigenous
aboriginal Australian people as well (McNamee & Miller, 2009). On the contrary of the
Australian education system, the example of the American Dream can be given that focuses on
the merits of the individuals that take them to the ultimate stage they want to go. The students
will have to implement their merits and get ahead of their rival students in the class. Thus they
can get their desired place indeed. Some of the things that invokes the merits of the students in
the country are intention to work hard, the innate abilities of the students that will help them to
stay ahead of their competitors (Vass, 2012). The students must possess the right kind of attitude
and moral integrity. This will be highly beneficial for them to progress in their professional
careers as well.

2SOCIAL ANALYSIS
However, the meritocracy has not been properly observed in the education system of
Australia. In fact, the book The Meritocratic Myth has suggested a big gap between the thinking
of the people about the functioning of the system and the actual functioning style of the system.
The thinking works in the way as the wealth and income is distributed among the individuals
according to the merits (Vass, 2012). The system should have worked as per the meritorious
students would be able to get the opportunities in the educational institutions despite their poor
economic levels. The wealth distribution system of Australia is quite unequal. The main problem
lies in the fact that the funding and resources are not properly distributed among the poor
students and this is why they do not get the proper opportunities in the schools and colleges.. It
has been seen that some of the students are quite good and talented but their merits are ignored
only because of their financial positions (Ford, 2013).
As per the research it has been found that The Better Schools Plan has made much
discrimination against the Catholic school students and independent students as well. However,
the girl education is still facing some gender inequality problems. However, the aspect of haed
working is often been seen as one of the most significant things for the overall improvement of
the students and it reflects the merits of the students as well (Rigney, 2017). As per the common
notion, the girls are often seen to be the hard working students and this is why they are very
much meritorious as well. The application of the talents is also very much necessary as well. It
has been seen that the boys are given the more privilege in the education than the girls.
According to the researchers, the boys have outperformed the girls in the numeracy skills.
However, this lagging behind of the girls has impacted negatively on the social mobility (Tyler,
2012). The professional career growth of the Australian children has been hampered in this