What exactly is the function of educating individuals in our capitalist society? Are we really educated individually, or is the system there simply to churn out a workforce to meet our society's growing needs? I plan to look at the views of this matter from different sociologists' perspectives, and examine the ideas behind the function of education - whether it really is a fair an just system, offering us all the chance to succeed, regardless …showed first 75 words of 2573 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2573 total…it is a constant in our social fabric. However, inequality is fundamental to capitalism, therefore, unless we embrace a political system willing to adress these inequalities, then change cannot be inevitable. Word Count: 2,500 Bibliography Abercrombie, Nicholas (2000) The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology (London: Penguin) Fultcher and Scott (2003) Sociology 2nd Edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press) Haralambos, Michael (1996) Sociology : a new approach 3rd Edition (Ormskirk : Causeway) Haralambos and Holborn (1990) Sociology: themes and perspectives 4th Edition (London: Collins Educational)