The Youth has been presented by some authors as an object of analysis from two perspectives: the first sees youth as a causative group of problems , linked mainly to drug use and risk behaviors, among others, that require major efforts on the part of society in tackling these problems. On the other hand, the youth will be presented as a transitional period to adulthood, with a potential transformer. Regarding schooling processes, despite the significant increase in rates, the situation of young Brazilian is still precarious. The high incidence of repetition and dropout and the large gap between the educational situation in urban and rural areas show that, in Brazil, the likelihood that education is a means of achieving higher levels of economic development, social welfare and citizenship is compromised. We seek to show that young Brazilians mostly, experience situations of exclusion, especially those that meet educational measures. We assess that being in formation of concepts and values , the school as an institution of learning and training could contribute to a portion of the Brazilian youth to experience other experiences other than the commission of illegal acts. One goal of this study is to investigate the perception of young people who meet educational measures and the same perception in young people a public secondary school. To conduct the survey, a questionnaire was submitted to 58 young people who abide by social measure of hospitalization and 43 young people from a state school located in the north of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Aspects which correspond mainly on the demographic profile of young people, their perceptions about the school and the main features in social and economic terms were privileged.