Why Are Sociologists Often Critical of the Idea of Universal

question 60

Multiple Choice

Why are sociologists often critical of the idea of universal education as it exists as a "great equalizer" that creates a more free and equal society?

• A)because schooling and education-particularly literacy-create elitists who wave their educations around as signs of being better than others
• B)because work carries with it more practical knowledge than schools can teach
• C)because contemporary schools often carry within them a "hidden curriculum" that reproduces social inequality
• D)because sociologists, by and large, want to abolish schools
• E)because schools reinforce critical thinking skills that make it difficult for social scientists to educate people without them questioning their authority

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