Saints And The Roughnecks Analysis

For the Saints and the Roughnecks, class was a big factor into how resistance was accepting in school for one group and not the other. Being seen as good students, who were involved in a variety of activities, the Saints, who were upper-middle class, were able to skip class and participate in deviant behavior because they hid behind a façade. As well, they had access to more resources, for example cars, that allowed them the luxury to avoid getting caught. The community responded harsher to the Roughnecks as they were the ones who were caught. As well, it is a sad social fact that those students who behave badly and are of a lower class are just reckless, hopeless youth. On the other hand, those who are upper class are perceived as boys just being boys. To further elaborate on the influence of class, Bullshit as resistance showed again how this façade created by high class students (that of involvement, desire to go to college, etc.) allowed them to cut corners and manipulate the school …show more content…
The “hidden curriculum” that was discussed showed that the school operated on the ideas of the dominant group, of whites. The way in which students were expected to act, dress, and speak were all constructed around the way in which those of the dominant class behave. Students were then punished and seen as deviant when they tried to resist these rules. These rules of what is right and wrong behavior shows that the community values that of whites. Minorities are expected to operate in the way in which whites want them to. For example, when a white student wears a hoodie to school, they would be seen as just wearing a sweatshirt. When a white student talks back to the teacher, they are seen as standing their ground. If a black, male student did either of these things, the perception would be significantly more