maxine hingston Assess the claim that social class differences in educational achievement are primarily the result of school factors Social class background has a powerful influence on a child’s chances of success in the education system. Children from middle-class families on average perform better than children from working-class families and the gap between middle and working class educational achievement gets bigger as children get older. Internal factors‚ also known as school factors‚ these
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1301-71 24 Sep 2010 Class in America by Gregory Montsios Gregory Montsios talks about the different classes we have in America and how Americans do not like to talk about it. Myth 1 talks about the United States being a classless society. I find that very hard to believe. It is a good thought but not true. You see poverty all around you. In San Antonio we have homeless people all over the city. You see them on street corners asking for money or work. We also see the working class going to their everyday
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Jyoti Rana Research Scholar Dept. of English B.P.S.M.V‚ Khanpur RISE OF THE MIDDLE CLASS The Victorian Era is named after the Queen of England‚ Queen Victoria. She ruled from 1837 to 1901 when she died. That era‚ which followed the Regency time period‚ is characterized by reforms in the government‚ industrialization in the factories‚ economic prosperity‚ and moral decline. It forms a link and transition between the writers of the romantic period and the very different literature of the 20th century
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What is the relationship between social class and race? This question is both problematic and significant because‚ when attempting to analyze social classes in America‚ it is important to determine what factors contribute to the establishment of social class. In modern America‚ despite advancements in civil rights and equality‚ many things are still divided along racial lines. Are individuals of different races set on pre-determined courses for specific social classes‚ due simply to their skin
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what is the “upper class English?” First‚ who is the represent of upper English? Actually‚ Upper class English is used in the high class society of United Kingdom. SO‚ it’s means British Royal can represent upper class English. Does anybody knows who is control the British Royal now? It’s King or Queen? The answer is “Elizabeth II.” So upper class English is standard‚ educated‚ and correct. It’s usually used from British Royal and Elizabeth II. We also can say the upper class English is Queen’s
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American dream; this is the middle class. These are the people who make the things we use; they are the backbone of America. Over the next 60 years‚ the technology will change the world and the way it does business. These changes will affect America’s working class‚ changing how Americans live. The Decline of the middle class could be related to industrial changes in business‚ stagnant wages and high taxes in America’s working class. Who is the America’s middle class? According to Jack Brubaker of
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The artist in this illustration provides the general public his general outlook on how the system treats different classes. More specifically he focusses on the topic of taxes and how the lower class is affected by it. He addresses the capitalist mentality where the rich pay the same amount of taxes as the power. For example a man who is making 1 million dollars a year may be paying 25 thousand for taxes while an individual making 50 thousand a year would pay similarly the same amount
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The Extreme Inequality is Damaging to the Economy In Jonathan Rauch’s article called The Wealth Divide Between Rich and Poor Harms the US Economy he talks about how the large gap between the upper class and the lower and middle classes is‚ contrariwise to past beliefs‚ actually quite harmful to the economy. So much so that it has and can causes depressions. Many progressives are beginning to believe that inequality has already reached damaging levels‚ which has not been the mainstream economic consensus
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As shown in item A‚ some sociologists believe that the most important factors causing social class differences in education are class differences. They believe there are deep-rooted differences between the middle and the lower class. An example they give is the lower class’ need for fatalism and collectivism. Fatalism is the belief that all events are predetermined and ‘whatever happens will happen’. This can lead to them not trying as hard in education‚ as they have been brought up to believe their
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top class is the rich class which is a class by itself‚ absolutely unmoved and untouched no matter what happens to the economy of the country. This is because they can afford anything at any cost. This class is usually synonymous with the business class whose income seems to increase with every rise in prices. So‚ they are absolutely unconcerned with whatever happens to prices. The second class to whom also rise in prices and any turn of economy makes no difference. This is the poor class‚ and
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