Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work

Jane Owusu
September 18, 2015
Engw 1100 3J
Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work

"The fifth grade in the district were to study United States History"(Anyon 4).
Explanation: American history is usually taught in the tenth and eleventh grade. Schools were given hard courses during fifth grade

"In the middle class school, work is getting the right answer" (Anyon 4)
Explanation: I consider myself to be in the middle class and agree that school work means getting the right answer for a good grade

"In social studies the daily work is to read the assigned pages in the textbook and to answer the teacher's question. The questions are almost always designed to check on whether the students have read the assignment and understood it" (Anyon 5).
Explanation: In high school social studies was the exact same way described in this quote. Teachers normally had powerpoints but if you want to do good on a test your best option was to read the chapeter.