Children From A Given Family Background, When

In Every School, More Boys Wanted To Be Remembered As A Star Athlete Than As A Brilliant Student.

As An Example, One Of The Schools I Have Been Studying Is Too Small To Compete Effectively In Most Sports, But Participates With Vigor Each Year In The State Music Contests.

In A High School, The Norms Act To Hold Down The Achievements Of Those Who Are Above Average, So That The School's Demands Will Be At A Level Easily Maintained By The Majority.

It Is One Thing To Take As A Given That Approximately 70 Percent Of An Entering High School Freshman Class Will Not Attend College, But To Assign A Particular Child To A Curriculum Designed For That 70 Percent Closes Off For That Child The Opportunity To Attend College.

Cultural Dominance Of Middle-class Norms Prevail In Middle-class Schools With A Teacher Teaching Toward Those Standards And With Students Striving To Maintain Those Standards.