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Social Class Analysis
Social Class Data Analysis
“Class distinctions and conflict are ever present in the ongoing life of school, and there is a dominant/subordinate delineation in adolescents’ thinking about social classes” (Brantlinger, 1995). While the statistical data that was collected from Xavier University High School (XUHS) does not generally support Brantlinger’s conclusion, students at XUHS are aware of class distinctions. XUHS is a college prep school and tuition for the 2002 - 2003 school year is $6,745 per pupil. I found it difficult to identify the lower class student at XUHS. While 26% of the student body receives financial aide, a certain number of this percentage would not classify as lower class but figure in the data analyzed. Due to the inherent errors associated with this data, I also looked at the students who live in seven of ...
Social Class Data Analysis
“Class distinctions and conflict are ever present in the ongoing life of school, and there is a dominant/subordinate delineation in adolescents’ thinking about social classes” (Brantlinger, 1995). While the statistical data that was collected from Xavier University High School (XUHS) does not generally support Brantlinger’s conclusion, students at XUHS are aware of class distinctions. XUHS is a college prep school and tuition for the 2002 - 2003 school year is $6,745 per pupil. I found it difficult to identify the lower class student at XUHS. While 26% of the student body receives financial aide, a certain number of this percentage would not classify as lower class but figure in the data analyzed. Due to the inherent errors associated with this data, I also looked at the students who live in seven of ...
Posted by: Leonard Herriman
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