How Do Schools Function as a Means of Social Reproduction

question 15

Multiple Choice

How do schools function as a means of social reproduction?

• A) Schools train, reward, and sort students into social classes and for future roles in a "justified" capitalist society.
• B) Schools mirror the workplace in such a way that students are acclimated for capitalism the moment they graduate.
• C) Students are managed, leveraged into the roles that make them useful. Students who refuse to be useful are leveraged out. In this way, inequalities are both established and perpetuated.
• D) The schools harness the creative power and intelligence of their students and channel them to serve the interest of the oppressor.

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