Education as Identity
Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work (Jean Anyon)
Quote # 1:
"That fifth-graders of different economic backgrounds are already being prepared to occupy particular rungs on the social ladder."
The above quote from Anyon's article is supporting the statement that young students are already being prepared (taught in school) for specific jobs. In lower class schools, the curriculum was geared to following directions and rules, similar tasks needed for supporting jobs. Higher class schools were taught skills to help prepare them for more professional higher level jobs.
The above quote from Anyon's article is supporting the statement that young students are already being prepared (taught in school) for specific jobs. In lower class schools, the curriculum was geared to following directions and rules, similar tasks needed for supporting jobs. Higher class schools were taught skills to help prepare them for more professional higher level jobs.
Quote # 2:
"Work is creative activity carried out independently. The students are continually asked to express and apply ideas and concepts. Work involves individual thought and expressiveness, expansion and illustration of ideas."
The above quote is relevant to the higher class schools where teachers want the students to become more of problem solvers and critical thinkers. The students are expected to do much more than just follow steps to get an answer. Their work is analyzed and discussed.
STILL SEPARATE, STILL UNEQUAL: America's Educational Apartheid (Jonathan Kozol)
Quote # 3:
"You're ghetto, so we send you to the factory, so sew." (53)
The above quote from Kozol shows the mentality of some students from the lower class schools. One student tells another student to accept the fact that they live in the ghetto, so naturally, she would be expected to go work in a sewing factory and not look for more beyond that.
Quote # 4:
"At some of the well-known private prep schools in New York city area, tuition and associated costs are more than $ 20,000 a year." (47)
The above quote discusses the fact that even some of the wealthy families in NYC, who have high level public high schools, still send their children to private schools. They have enough money to do as they wish.
"You're ghetto, so we send you to the factory, so sew." (53)
The above quote from Kozol shows the mentality of some students from the lower class schools. One student tells another student to accept the fact that they live in the ghetto, so naturally, she would be expected to go work in a sewing factory and not look for more beyond that.
Quote # 4:
"At some of the well-known private prep schools in New York city area, tuition and associated costs are more than $ 20,000 a year." (47)
The above quote discusses the fact that even some of the wealthy families in NYC, who have high level public high schools, still send their children to private schools. They have enough money to do as they wish.
