Post #8: Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work by: Jean Anyon

"Scholars in political economy and the sociology of knowledge have recently argued that public schools in complex industrial societies like our own make available different types of educational experience and curriculum knowledge to students in different social classes."

• I do believe that scholarships do give need base children an opportunity to study in a higher class society.  Scholarships do give the opportunity for many children to attend a higher education school.

"The four fifth grade teacher observed in the working-class schools attempted to control classroom time and space by making decisions without consulting the children and without explaining the basis for their decisions"

• I do not agree with what the teachers did here.  I believe that children need to know why they do certain things, and why are they assign to do certain things.  This way they do not ask "why I'm I doing this." 

"Creativity is not often requested in social and science projects, either.  Social studies projects, for example, are given with directions to "find information on your topic" and write it up."

• I think when I become a teacher that creativity is something that I will ask all my student to do.  The first reason it just makes the project more interesting.  Also, I could actually see what they know, because in research paper, they could just copy and paste.