g to fit into the structure that is called society. Over the years, people have had to change the way they think, what they believe in, and what they value to adapt to survive the way that society progresses. The biggest divide in society between the educated and uneducated is monetary influence. Society dictates how we live our lives in many ways. Society shapes everything from what we wear to how many days a week the population should work As wealth is power; so all power will infallibly draw wealth (Burke). As value of an education has increased, the difference between the educated and uneducated has increased. In society, the general assumption is that people who have an education have better verbal and interpersonal skills. Those same educated people talk and interface better with other people who are in high social positions with the ability to control mainstream society. It is better to have an education to expand you possibilities and get along better in society today.Society divides the educated and uneducated to better accommodate the people who are already educated. Society has put different people in different social classes according to their levels of education. Theoretically, someone who has a baccalaureate degree could make $17,000 more dollars than a person who posses only a high school diploma. In return, a person with a doctorate degree earns $17,000 more than the same person who posses only a baccalaureate degree. Each different social class is grouped by economics. Each social class being upper middle class, middle class, lower middle class, etc. have different economic levels that define which class they belong. Each economic group has different means and needs for making money. A person who has owns a farm has no basic need to know Shakespeare or Thoreau in a formal education, yet society feels that they should. There is no clear definition of what society feels is educated and uneducated, yet somehow people can ...
