Hanging Tongues: a Sociological Encounter with the Assembly Line WILLIAM

question 17

Multiple Choice

Hanging Tongues: A Sociological Encounter with the Assembly Line WILLIAM E. THOMPSON
-The "trick" of getting everything done and being able to take scheduled breaks proved to be:

• A) periodically working at a frenzied pace in order to "get ahead"
• B) pretending everything important had been done, even when it hadn't
• C) "blowing off" much of the routine work and concentrating on the "bangers" that catch people's attention
• D) stuffing unfinished work in a bag and doing it at home at night, bringing it back the next day
• E) changing the charge slips in such a way that less work was required in order to meet a quota

Recognize the influences of socialization processes within educational settings.

Identify and analyze the phenomenon of the "McDonaldization" of education.

Understand issues of inequality and bias in educational contexts based on race and gender.

Analyze the concept of the hidden curriculum and its impact on student behavior and learning.

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