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AndreaBuenrostro

SOC322
SocialEnvironmentofEducation
Module10Assignment

Typeyourresponsetothequestionsunderneath,thenresavethisdocumentanduploaditviathe
assignmentstoolbythedeadline.Eachofthesequestionsshouldbeansweredusingthe
informationpresentedinthematerialsforthismodule.Supportyouranswerwithspecific
examples.
1. Howdofamily,work,andschoolcontributetothereproductionofsocialinequalityfor
theBrothers?
FortheBrothersfamilyhasaninfluenceonthem.Theymotivatethemtoaim
highandeventhoughtheyaremostlyblacktheystillwanttosucceed.FortheBrothers
workiskindofwidespread.Theyhavehadmultiplejobsbuttheydostayinschoolto
keepgoing.SchoolandfamilyhavebeenintheBrothersbiggestinfluence.Theysaythe
samethingsasfarasthemaiminghighandthattheycanmakeitoutofwheretheyare.
2. Howdofamily,work,andschoolcontributetothereproductionofsocialinequalityfor
theHallwayHangers?
TheHallwayHangershaveitdifferent.Theirfamilyismostlytellingthemto
thinkrealistic.Thatwhattheyreallywanttodoisntgoingtohappenbecauseofwhere
theycomefrom.Theybouncefromjobtojob,theythinkthatschoolisgoingtogetthem
nowheresotheydropoutonlytogetfiredintheend.Theyseeschoolasgettingthem
nowherebecausetheschoolautomaticallyplacestheminaprogramaccordingtotheir
status.
3. QuotingWeber,Macloednotedthat"Everyhighlyprivilegedgroupdevelopsthemythof
itsnaturalsuperiority.Underconditionsofstabledistributionofpower...thatmythis
acceptedbythenegativelyprivilegedstrata."Whatdoesthismean?
Themythstatesthatifyoudowellinschoolitwilltransitiontoeconomic
success.Iftheirparentsdidgoodinschoolthentheywilldobetterthantheirparents.If
theyworkhardintheirsuccessthentheydodeservethatgreateconomiclife.
4. Whatistheconnectionoftheachievementideologytoselfesteemforthetwogroupsof
boys?
Theconnectionisthatifyouworkhardtoaspirewhatyouwantthenyougetyour
economicsuccess.Itbuildsyourselfesteemtokeepgoingthatyoucanworkhardand
getit.AsfortheHallwayHangers,avoidingschoolistheirdefensemechanismtoprotect

theirselfesteem.Theschoolhassetthemupforfailuresotheydontthinkthatgoingto
schoolwillbenefitthem.
5. Inwhatwaysisthepeergroupaninterveningvariable?
Theseboysareteenageboysandwhattheyreallywanttodoisjuststaycloseto
theirfriends.Sowhicheverprogramtheirfriendsgotoforschoolthatswherethey
choosetogo.Also,whatevertheirfriendsgetinto(asfarasdrugs,alcohol,jobs)thatis
whattheyareinfluencedtodo.
6. Inwhatwaysdoesthepeergroupperpetuateinequalitywhileatthesametimeinsulating
theboysfromthatsamesocialinequality?
Peergroupcanbeseenasadefensemechanismstrongsolidaritywiththe
HallwayHangersisanattempttoinsulateeachotherfromthenegativejudgmentsofthe
schoolandlargersociety.Theyrescuetheirselfesteembyformingadifferentvalue
system.Theyaretheoppositeofconventionalvalues,buttheyusetheirowndistinct
valuesystem.
7. Whatisthelegitimationofinequality?
LegitimationofinequalitydoesntfunctionsmoothlyforHallwayHangers.They
sufferfromlowselfesteembutalsoangeratthesystematicinequalities.Legitimationof
inequalityiswheretheHallwayHangersfallintobecauseoftheirbackgroundandwhere
theycomefrom.
8. TheBrothersdonotrejecttheachievementideology,eventhoughtheyhavemorereason
todosothantheHallwayHangers.Why?
TheBrothershavetheirfamilytomotivatethemtoaimhigh.Theirparentsdo
believethattheycanmakeitandgettowheretheywanttobe.Theydonotrejectthe
achievementideologybecausetheyhavelistenedtotheschoolsystemandtheirparents
togofortheiraspirations.

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