SOCIOL 3AC Lecture 11: Lecture 11 10/4
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Short answer (5 questions/ 2 pt each) (one line) Multiple choice 25 questions/ 1 pt each. Course selection based on desire to do well. Black adolescents afraid of failure- didn"t take high level courses. Black students concerned about going to good college and future oriented. Black students who perform well, academically, respected by peer. Peers commented on difficulty of courses- didn"t isolate- recognition of difficulty and what it takes to be in those courses. Dalton school - both students and personnel mentioned attitude. In 7 of the 8 schools- high schevers were teased, but not on basis of race. Driven by class distinctions- higher achieving students perceived to be socially and economically advantaged. Low achievers want respect and esteem from high achievers. > high achievers are well regarded class> race. Class bias- lower class whites, in high achieving courses, ridiculed for trying to be like high class whites.
