Social Class And The Hidden Curriculum Of Work By Jean Anyon

In the article “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work”, Jean Anyon writes about what she saw in five different Elementary schools in New Jersey from classes in fifth grade that she visited. The first two Elementary schools were working class schools in these two schools, students were told what and how to do work without any individual freedom. Teachers would usually shout at the students, and would have to ask to leave the room by making a pass. The type of student that would attend this school would come from a blue collar family. Moreover, the third school was a middle class school that encouraged students to get the subject to the point were they could remember it and usually get the right answer. As seen in “I want to make sure