The Social Class And The Hidden Curriculum Of Work

In today’s society it is commonly thought that a person can only be as good as what they come from. The thought being, if Joe Smoe’s father flips burgers part time for a living, that is what Joe will be destined to do too. Or London Tipton from upper-class suburbia, whose parents are lawyers, she will be destined to be a smarty-pants that excels in school and gets a high paying career after college. The culture one grows up in will influence what they aspire to become, but for some that is not always the case. For many students where they come from is what pushes them to become more than what society expects, but they will have a long journey ahead of them just because they do not come from the right social economic background. Student from different social classes receive a varying quality of education because schools use standardized test scores to direct a students’ educational pathway, curriculum and how students are taught, are being based off of the schools social economic area, and students are being perceived and treated differently because of their status and wealth. …show more content…
In “The Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work,” in what the author calls the “Executive Elite School,” their work is “developing one’s analytical intellectual powers”. While in the “Working Class School,” “work is following the steps of a procedure” (Anyon). This is mostly because schools that are in a higher social economic area have access to better resources, which aids the teacher in providing a better education. Students that are in lower social economic areas are trained for the workforce, their expected pathway in life. For those born with a silver spoon in their mouth, achieving your goals is a simpler task. Unlike others, a little hard work is essential to finding the best