Scholarly Discourse Paper -- Sociology

In the views of society today children ar taught by example. Monkey see, monkey do. The Saturday morn cartoons, parents, the latest video games, teachers, and the media all showed kids that you can be anything you want to be, as long as you set your mind to it. The majority of little girls wanted to be a princess and little boys wanted to be a super hero when they grow up. In reality, the princesses didnt grow up to be aristocrats and the super heroes are not fighting the cities latest crimes. Children are told to use their imagination and creativity, but in todays society their imaginations and life aspirations are refocused by their social class. . Considering the research through with(p) by C.H Knoblauch, Johnathan Kozol, and Jean Anyon, the education system specifically prepares each student for his or her future based on their parents income level, social class, and zip code.Parents income level and where they embody directly correlates with what type of education their chi ldren will receive. Anyon argues that the students curriculum is either modified or enhanced based on the different areas of social class, and parental salary. unitarys social class, then, is a result of the relationships one has, largely work, capital and power, and activity (Anyon 398). By living in a wealthier neighborhood, the property funds and taxes the residents salary are able to provide more funding to the surrounding schoolhouses. When living in a poor and underprivileged neighborhood, the taxes are significantly lower therefore, the school system is left with a small amount of funding available to them.. The working class students live in the underprivileged neighborhoods. They read textbooks when it rains water leaks from the cap into the ha... ...s. All of those toddlers in tiaras are going to be heartbroken when they are pushed off the throne and onto their hands and knees just like Cinderella. For some reason the pumpkins preventive pumpkins even after midnight. As for the cape and tights, the boys would not last more than a minute in a high school without someone concern them a derogatory name. Whatever happened to the cliche saying, dreams really do come true? They should probably put a disclaimer on it next time. run Cited PageAnyon, Jean. Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work. Journal of Education, Vol. 162, no. 1. Fall 1980.Kozol, Jonathan. Still Separate, Still Unequal. Journal of Education, Vol. 162, no. 1. 2005.Knoblauch, C. H. Literacy and the Politics of Education. The Right to Literacy. Ed. Andrea A. Lunsford, Helene Mglen, and James Slevin. New York MLA, 1990.