SOC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Chiropractic, Formal Language

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 203
• Professor: Silvano Guzzo

Document Summary

Soc 203 education: at high levels of education social class origin doesn"t affect social class destination, only at low levels of education is this true, at high levels of education equal opportunity exists, but not at low levels of education. The higher the education the higher the social position one has. The lower the education the lower the social position one has. Of course this is not guaranteed for everyone. Intelligence varies by class: sociologists and psychologists suggest that working class children have lower innate intelligence then middle class children, intelligence is inherited from parents which explains the child"s educational performance and the low social status of their parents. What makes the classes different: education, income and wealth. Higher the education the higher the education for their off spring. How students are treated, label, and encouraged by teachers affect their performance in school. Transmit attitudes, values, skills, and norms from one generation to another.