Over the traditional four years of high school, I attended three private high schools: a coed, Baptist day school with about 700 students; an all girls non-denominational boarding school with about 70 students; and an all girls day school with about 400 students. The school I attended with the starkest contrast to the school described by Mary Bucholtz was the all girls day school, so I will focus on that school for my response.
One point of interest worth divulging is that Bucholtz’s study occurred during the 1995-1996 school year, while I attended high school I will be discussing from 2013-2015. A question to consider is what my high school was like at the time of Bucholtz’s study, and what the high school she studied would have been like during my time in high school. Clothing trends and common form of slang evolve with time, so a certain amount of the differences between my high school and that described by Buchotlz can be credited to the time of observations.
A very significant difference between my high school and that described by Bucholtz is the racial makeup. While …show more content…
For example, while a preppy or popular student according to Bucholtz’s study typically consisted of “students who were ambitious, high achieving, and deeply involved in the school’s institutional structure,” the popular students at my high school achieved or maintained their status by spending a great deal of time at our corresponding all boy’s school, took pride in a lack of involvement in extra-curricular activities, and were in general education classes. Bucholtz’s description of popular aligns more with the nerd identity at my high school, which consisted of students in honors or advanced placement classes, joined as many extracurricular activities as possible, and sought student leadership
One point of interest worth divulging is that Bucholtz’s study occurred during the 1995-1996 school year, while I attended high school I will be discussing from 2013-2015. A question to consider is what my high school was like at the time of Bucholtz’s study, and what the high school she studied would have been like during my time in high school. Clothing trends and common form of slang evolve with time, so a certain amount of the differences between my high school and that described by Buchotlz can be credited to the time of observations.
A very significant difference between my high school and that described by Bucholtz is the racial makeup. While …show more content…
For example, while a preppy or popular student according to Bucholtz’s study typically consisted of “students who were ambitious, high achieving, and deeply involved in the school’s institutional structure,” the popular students at my high school achieved or maintained their status by spending a great deal of time at our corresponding all boy’s school, took pride in a lack of involvement in extra-curricular activities, and were in general education classes. Bucholtz’s description of popular aligns more with the nerd identity at my high school, which consisted of students in honors or advanced placement classes, joined as many extracurricular activities as possible, and sought student leadership