Wanda,a Grade 12 Student at a Local High School,experiences More

question 34

Multiple Choice

Wanda,a grade 12 student at a local high school,experiences more respect from the teachers and from younger students than she did when she was in grade 8,even though she does not feel she has changed.Why has she experienced a change in status?

• A) because high school is age stratified, with more prestige afforded to older students
• B) because she is more mature and people around her appreciate her change in attitude
• C) because she lives in a society that stereotypes younger students as unworthy of respect
• D) because younger adolescents are generally viewed as intolerable by society.

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