Week 4: Global Inequality, Family Life, & Social Institutions

6/21/2012

Religion and education are two distinct social institutions that oftentimes have a lot more in common than we think. In the major world religions (i.e., those that are most common worldwide), it is evident that the perception of education is of a great degree of importance across all faiths/religions. In the same instance, however, inequality exists within both social institutions, and sometimes even across social institutions (such as in the case of the articles you read in class this past Wednesday). Based on your understanding of how functionalists, interactionists, and conflict theorists perceive religion, education, stratification, and inequality, choose only one of the three perspectives to analyze the following:

Religious discrimination in school/education based on the specific article you read;
and affirmative action in Brazil as shown in these two videos (Part I and Part II only).

***Note: For further reference, the PowerPoint briefly shown in class on religion and education is available here.

Your response should be posted below via the "Add Comment" link below. Please also make sure to include your name and email address as prompted (Note: your email address will not be published online). Each student is expected to "reply" to at least two comments posted by his/her peers by the following Sunday (July 1, 2012).

This blog assignment is due: Monday, June 25, 2012, 5:30 p.m., EST

51 Comments

Benard Azifack

6/23/2012 02:16:45 am

Looking at the conflect perspective, they said public schools must get rid of the concept of God and teach humanism that God does not exist. According to them, humanist should make sure the schools only teach secular knowledge so as to kill the God of christianity. They claim that important things which were to be history books are left out and replaced with signs of Godless, secular humanism. According to them the world has changed alot and student should be taught how to into trance and imaginary friends instead of God. The conflict perspective of the affirmative action show the tension that exist in the Educational system in Brazil. It show how students finds it very difficult to study in certain Universities due to high degree of racism in Brazil. It creats conflict between blacks and whites in Brazil as they openly know they don't belong in the same class or group. How about the legislative body that has just 5% blacks fighting aganst 95% white in this issue of racism?

celine weladji

6/24/2012 04:37:32 am

I agree that since we live in the world of diversity I think that public school should focus more on education, and parents are the best to oriented their children in a religion of their choice.

oumou

6/24/2012 06:28:04 am

I agree with you we live in the world of diversity and freedom for some countries. Specially in the USA people should really focused on their behaviors and not only on prayers because is not only praying people have to show their children the good example.In my opinion school needs to focus on education and not on religion.

Abby Asante

6/30/2012 03:01:53 pm

I completely agree with you, parents should be the ones to teach their children on the religion of their choice, because there are way too many religions for the schools to cover.

Keeley Mahoney

7/1/2012 12:57:52 pm

Are you saying the parents should teach their children the religion of the parents choice or of the child's choice? I think that children should be allowed to choose what religion, if any, they wish to follow/practice.

Personally while I agree that public schools should focus more on education, there are certain areas in which religion does come into play. There have been wars fought in the past in the name of religion and so that is prevalent to the education and teaching of children. That being said, I don't think schools should teach children any one religion/state that one is better than the other. One of my favorite classes in high school was comparative religion and we looked at various major world religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Paganism). We also got to create our own religions. It was a really fun and informative class which helped me define/discover my own beliefs.

Ryan Johnson

6/25/2012 05:41:26 am

I agree that the important thing is history books witout a trace of Christianity. It is an important step towards equality. The 5% black government in Brazil fighting to support the rest of the Afro-Brazilians in the country on the other hand seems like a loosing battle unfortunately.

erik riley

6/23/2012 08:46:13 am

In my opinion a conflict theorists would believe that religious descrimination in school and education is not fair to the students being discriminated against as well as the society around them and should be done away with immediately. The students who deserve to be there should not be discriminated against just because they don't share the same religious beliefs as the majority. Also, when you turn away these students whose grades would get them into the school, your denying thm the chance to get a better education which they would then spread to the society around them, so it turn your robbing the society from the knowledge the individual would have spread. Affimrative action in Brazil a conflict theorists would believe is a good thing because it allows the underpriviledged students a chance to succeed in school when they originally might not have been able to go because of funds or other reasons.

celine weladji

6/24/2012 04:30:43 am

do you think Eric that the situation of students in Iran who do not have the opportunity to go forward with their education can lead to deviation/crime of those students?

oumou

6/24/2012 07:00:22 am

I can give my opinion even if the question is not for me.An uneducated person or people can lead not only on deviance or crime but on war.Because the ignorance is the worst thing that can happrn to someone.In this century if someone is not educated he is almost an handicap person.Africa has all the conflict there because we have an uneducated people so leaders use them which lead to war because our parents are not usually informed.

Benard Azifack

6/24/2012 06:09:51 am

Yes that word descrination not matter how hard we try to do away with it but to no avail. It is true that descrination should not be done in schools because of religion but then if not religion it will be something else. What kind of society are we living in? Are we in the society to change it? Or for the society to change us? Where do we belong?

Thomas

7/1/2012 12:13:33 pm

I like the points you made Bernard. "Are we in society to change it, or for society to change us."
Thats a deep issue, but I think that we can give and take when it comes to the societies we live in or that affect us. It is good to keep an open mind and be accepting of things and ideas that society has to offer. At the same time, society can bestow some very twisted viewpoints and stereotypes. It is important to understand and acknowledge society, however do not be so "sponge-like" that we start to compromise our own beliefs and morals.

Chim

6/24/2012 09:51:56 pm

i agree, every student has the right of education. religion should not be mixed with education. conflict theory will supprot the brazlian situation. at the same time, there are students in brazil who worked hard to get to the university, but because of thier skin color, they did not have that opportunity.

Irene Washington

6/23/2012 11:59:52 am

Based on the article that I read, I would say that a conflict theorist would say that a person's religion should not be a factor in determining who is able to seek higher education. The desire to seek higher education and excelling in school should be the only concern. No one should have to deny their religion in order to have a better future. Education and religion should always remain separate.

Also, a conflict theorist would say that there are pro's and con's to affirmative action in Brazil. The pro's are that it offers free tuition to those who can not afford to attend college, it also guarantees a certain amount of space for the Afo-Brazilian's who otherwise wouldn't be accepted into the university. The con's are that it requires the Brazilians to "categorize" their race, it fuels racial tension amongst this country, and excludes those who aren't "dark enough". Affirmative action should have a different definition in this country; instead of it meaning those who look "black" are guaranteed a certain amount of spots, it should ONLY mean those who have a certain low income amount are guaranteed those spots.

Side note: I watched the entire video because it was very intriguing. There was no way possible that I could only watch two segments. I must say that I was truly sadden by this video. :-( To really see that an entire country that speaks the SAME language and has the SAME religion is so divided by race (yes, income as well, but more so race.) It's a complete shame to cause a person to have self-hate because of their appearance. I know that racism is alive and thriving in the U.S., (fortunately I've never personally been subjected to it) but Brazil is not as diverse like the U.S. This more so proves to me that this entire world is so screwed up. *tears*

Benard Azifack

6/24/2012 05:56:13 am

I think religion and education should be treated as different subject independent from the other. One should not influence the other . For example irrespective of what ever religion one is practicing, he or she has the to attend what ever level of education in any institution of his choice if the means are there. Religion should not be a barrier.

dagim

6/24/2012 11:38:20 am

i also share you opinion Benard because school and religion must be separable it is very difficult to include all beliefs on school curriculum.

tmerella

6/25/2012 06:58:38 am

I agree, because your religion has nothing to do with your performance in school, or your capability of learning.

Chim

6/24/2012 08:21:13 pm

i agree with you. watching the video was the most sad thing one can experience in the country you live in. Religion and education are two different subject and they should be treated seperate. familes are responsible to teach thier children about religion. Its sad to see Brazilians treat each other that way. i watched the entire video too. :(

mariama sandy

6/25/2012 03:57:09 am

I totally understand where you are coming from. I felt the same way after i watch the videos. I guess it was weird for me, because i surround myself with "open minded" people, For some reason i didn't/wouldnt think that racist exist within same nation or group of people that speaks the same language(apart from the US). And it makes you wonder and ask questions like why is that happening? And what makes other people feel so superior to another based on race? It was really sad.

Yana

7/1/2012 11:48:23 am

I had the same thought as you about perhaps making affirmative action to have to do more with income than race. But I figured there must be more benefits to having it about race? Maybe to ensure that all Blacks get ahead instead of just poor Whites? A White child, rich or poor, for example, has plenty of role models to look to in the corporate world and government. A Black child, or any child of color, rich or poor, has far fewer.

But of course there might be benefits to making it about class instead of race that I'm not seeing. Like increased racial tensions? (But does that even cause more racial tensions if because of it people are ultimately exposed to people of different races?) I just don't know :( so many problems :(

celine weladji

6/24/2012 03:59:08 am

I believe that base on what I have read, the conflict theory will argue that religion contribute does influence social behavior because for instance in the article students of the minority group are not allow to move forward with their education because of their religion. students living in the same country most have the same wright, and also that country is putting themselves at risk because the future of one country is on the hands of young people who are educated. the future of some students should not be stopped because of their religion. in Brazil the conflict theorist will agree with that situation because it is to help students in the minority group who never dream of going to the university and believe that their life will change one day. at the same time, that situation will raise racism amount student, and risk to put Brazil in the bad shape in the future.

erik

6/27/2012 11:04:41 pm

I agree with you that more racism will result from affirmative action but at least these kids are getting the education they deserve. Sometimes you can't change an individuals beliefs unfortunately

Yodit

6/24/2012 05:59:21 am

Based on my understanding, conflict theorists perceive religious discrimination in school that a powerful religion dominates or influence the minority religion, so inequalities may occur between students. These inequalities inhibit the educational opportunities of students who are dominated by powerful students. I learned from the article given on Wednesday’s class that the author notes, according to a study of University at San Bernardino, The American media has been responsible for providing a negative images of Arab Muslims. Discrimination Muslims is not supposed to, instead provide unbiased information to students and teachers without judgment.
After I watched the videos, I noticed that affirmative action in Brazil has created a public debate against racial discrimination. This affirmative action enables deprived students to get the opportunity of University.

Irene Washington

6/28/2012 12:08:40 am

I do agree with you. The media has been a huge factor in the negative portrayal of the Muslim religion. Aside from the 9/11 tragedy, I always felt that American's who practice Christianity believed that this religion is always superior to any other religion, and the media conveys that message at every opportunity. However, I would think that this is probably the case in all countries with a dominate religion. The entire world should understand and accept that everyone has their own beliefs, but it should never be forced upon another person, nor should it be included in any schools. Everyone's religion should be kept inside of the institution that was built solely for worshiping.

oumou

6/24/2012 06:54:03 am

The handout on Bahia community in iran is unfait.Based on religion or belief, in the Coran God never encouraged violence and discrimination against persons.He said that," love someone like yourself" We are all children of God. In my opinion, any religion is better than another religion because we all believe on something or have faith. Someone has mentioned that children are our future so if our children are not educated it can lead to deviation and probably it can turn a war in those countries.

dagim

6/24/2012 10:55:18 am

in some of your opinion i do agree but i don't agree on what you saying"any religion is better than another religion" that means which religion is better than which? if some one said my religion is better than yours think what gonna happen on between this two people.

dagim

6/24/2012 11:30:35 am

negative attitude for someone's religion is base for discrimination in school.for example on the last class article we have seen how bad is discrimination against masulem religion in america.confelect perspective is based on the idea of relation ship between students meaning teaching-learning processes must focus on non religious stuff. affirmative action is not always works because some people think is it as second types of discrimination or looking some groups as minority or below .

Chihiro Minning

6/24/2012 12:11:32 pm

I think conflict perspective would argue that students should not be judged by their religious beliefs or by their stereotyped images or viewpoints that tend to be perpetuated through the media.
It is everyone's responsibility to ensure that our educational systems are unbiased and that we are knowledgeable about different groups rather than holding generalized, superficial concepts of a particular religious group. Also, discriminated groups could make efforts to confront media or individuals in order to reduce biased information.

Yana

7/1/2012 11:42:15 am

I think you bring up an interesting point that groups that are discriminated against should try to make efforts to educate others. People don't bring up this point, but it reminds me of something we talked about in class--that it's important not to act like a "victim" (something I've never thought about before!)

Thomas

6/24/2012 02:48:45 pm

In class, the article me and my group read was about middle easterm people who have been discriminated against especially as of recent and how there is an ignorance of the musllim and islamic religon being taught in schools.
A functionalist perspective on this situation would contest that although it is unfair for islamic/muslim children in the U.S. school system, due to a lack of knowledge being taught about these religons, it helps stabalize the system for a majority of the country.
A functionalist would say that the majority of the nation is christian and therefore in order to keep stability, the main teachings about religons in schools will be based on what is relevant to the majority.
As far as the video about affirmitive action in Brazil, a functionalist would again support the argument, acknowledging that a distinction between race is being made by affirmitive action, it still creates somewhat of a equal learning oppurtunity for the majority who are less fortunate.

erik

6/27/2012 11:13:39 pm

I agree that affirmative action creates an equal learning environment for those less fortunate even though its unfortunate a distinction still has to be made do to race

Chim

6/24/2012 09:01:05 pm

According to conflict theory, they can urgue that it bring social interaction but based on the Brazilian video, thier is no social interaction because people that speaks the same language descriminate each other because of their skin.

When it comes to religion and education, these are two seperate subjects. in reality, their are some people that does not believe in religion. you can not combine religion and education for those that does not believe in religion. Based on the article we read in class, CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Children of different religion and beliefs goes to public schools. Religion education are two seperate subject. they can never go hand in hand. not every one believe in christianity. Also thier are some families that does not believe in niether any of the beliefs. According to functionalist perspective, schools should leave up to the families to teach thier children about their religion and teachers in all levels of schools should teach the student the knowledge they came to school for. Parents should take thier responsibility of teaching their children the religion they believe in. Also teachers have their own religion. they can not be assimmilated in teaching christianity. This article is not fair to the students as well as the teachers and the parents. Each one in this situation should take their part; teachers teach education and parents teach religion, in that way every thing will function well.

Yodit

6/26/2012 05:54:45 am

Sometimes parents ignore teaching religion because some parents also have two religions, for example I know a family that mother is Christian and father is Muslim, children go to church or mosque dependsn on that with whom children are close to. Children also may be confused where to go. In addition some parents leave children without religion because they want their children to decide when they are grown-up. Hence, in my opinion, it is good to explain children the similarities and differences of every religion as information without prejudice.

Ryan Johnson

6/24/2012 10:53:25 pm

Coflict perspective says that religion should be left out of education, a child should not be judged on their religion when in school. To me this makes perfect sense and there is no doubt about it that the education system and religious institutions and practices should be seperated. BUT if we must have some trace of religion in school, let it be of all religions. If a school is going to have a ceremony for Christmas, naturally there should be one for Hanukkahs and so on and so forth. I found it interesting that these officials in Brazil in Black and White kept saying how Brazil has always struggled to be a country not defined by race, but let's be real. If that were the case why would 95% of the government be held by whites and if you go to any news stand only magazines with whites are shown? Even in news paper ads looking for employers, they mention that sometimes "good appearance" means clear eyed and blonde hair? And majority of the students in federal colleges are somehow white? Why shouldn't the quota system be allowed? Whites have been favored all this time I don't see the problem in helping out Afro-Brazilians.

Mariama Sandy

6/25/2012 04:05:34 am

I understand where you're coming from and that's what i said in the last class group reading that i dont really thin that religion should be an issue, just make sure every religion is being taught, so students can choose if they want a particular religion or not. And as for the brazilian, it is insane because just like you said, the media does not really even recognize the "afro-brazilian" and if for the last many years they've been focusing on the white brazilian, why not have affirmative action in favor of educating everyone including the black brazillian.

Abby Asante

6/25/2012 05:22:58 am

Well while I do agree with part of your comment, I would also like to bring to your attention that there are a lot of different religions that most of us might not even be aware of, so the idea of representing all religions in schools may be a bit much and even impossible, I say teach your own children your beliefs as a parent and they will not depart from it and then as adults they can choose whatever they wish to practice. As for Christianity in Schools, it is not something that is new or sudden, the country was founded on Christian beliefs.

Yodit

6/26/2012 01:26:30 pm

Wow! Are you sure does "Good appearance" mean clear eyed and blonde hair? I didn't know this. In my understanding that means professional dressing. Specially when you have an interview. The position may need to wear suit. I guess I interpret this way, may be I am wrong.

Yana

6/25/2012 12:03:41 am

I don't know much about Brazil, but from what I can see in the videos, Brazilians who advocate against affirmative action, saying that it will cause US-style racism, seem to me ignorant of the US-style institutionalized racism that already exists in their country.

Perhaps there is no outward race violence, like in the US, but other, more hidden, parts of their system certainly remind me of the US. Just like here, the majority of those in leadership and at elite universities are white. While there are no explicit laws banning black or biracial students from going to universities, elite public schools (that tailor their curriculum to the entrance exams) for the wealthy and slums for the poor perpetuate racial stratification. So maybe a few people will unjustly benefit from calling themselves black--that seems a small price to pay for a more just society. And though Brazil might no longer be able to think of itself as "color-blind", it might be beneficial to become aware of race and racial stratification, instead of ignoring it.

Ryan Johnson

6/25/2012 05:46:45 am

I couldn't agree with the first paragrapgh of your comment more. As I said in my comment I find it all too ironic that those anti-quota system advocates can rage on about the inequality that it would bring, when it clearly already exist and is appearant in multiple forms through out the country. Because it's safe to say that many simply choose to ignore the segregation within Brazil, while others like one of the Black Brazilians in the video simply accept it for what it is.

tmerella

6/25/2012 06:55:35 am

I totally agree, and looking at these videos, to me Brazil is not " color-blind", just because these people werent labeled before by race, it was clear to see that they lacked opportunities because of their race.

Thomas

7/1/2012 12:08:07 pm

you guys really bring up good points. I had a childhood friend who is brazillian and moved there permantately when we were both 8 years old. A few years later, he and I caught up and he says that although he was considered black here, that in Brazil it is kind of a shameful thing to have to admit you are black rather than white. He told me that people who are considered "black" in Brazil get treated differently and even worse than when he and his family were living in the U.S.

Mariama Sandy

6/25/2012 03:08:48 am

In conflict perspective of religion, they believe that religoin/christianity should not be thought in school, and Karl Marx opposed that religion is like an "opiate" To harm people he said. And i choose conflict because my reading in class also stood on the the conflict perspective, they thought that religion should not be thought in school, instead they should let student have free will, that religion especially christianity should not be forced on people in school. As for the video, it was amazing because for some reason it has never occured to me that there are black brazilian and white brazilian, i thought they were all the same, i guess i thought different but i think conflict theory would still argue that religion and education should not be mixed, they actually want religion out of the picture totally and that is absurd to me because of people's background and what they believe in.

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Abby Asante

6/25/2012 05:12:34 am

Based on the article we read in our group, and viewing from a functionalist persepective, I would like to add that the United States was founded on Christian beliefs and to say that Christianity should be taken out of the schools and replaced with "humanism" sounds absurd to me. I think that Christianity in schools is not something new or being imposed on our children suddenly. It has always been part of our culture as Americans, as noted in our pledge "one nation, under God". People that believe otherwise can choose to teach their children different beliefs.

Irene Washington

6/27/2012 11:42:31 pm

I agree with you to a certain degree. Though Christianity is the American belief, this country is entirely too diverse to strictly continue saying "one nation, under God." As I have said before, I believe that every religion worships the same higher spirit just in different ways, as well as referring to that higher spirit with different names. With that being said, I think that the pledge of allegiance should not be stated in any schools, all across America. Again, school and religion should always be separate.

Abby Asante

6/25/2012 06:29:02 am

Speaking from a conflict perspective, my view on the affirmative action issue in Brazil is that, something needs to be done to make it fair for the Afro Brazillian population to able to get ahead and be treated fair. And so I agree with the idea of Affirmative action if that is what it takes because the stats on White Brazillians versus Afro Brazillians in their leadership roles is ridiculous. Eventhough they claim they do not see race amongst them.

Rich D.

6/25/2012 06:39:44 am

The article I read had to do with the religious restrictions in place by Universities to restrict the Bahal'i. As a functionalist, this stratification exists to keep the ruling religions in power. However there is in-equality here because this is the largest Minority group in the region. Other religions have fewer people, yet are not discriminated against. The religion also feels strongly that they should not shyun their beliefs in order to get into the schools they are applying to. This is put in place to keep the group below the others. In the video, affirmative action was put in place to try to help groups with less representation in schools gain traction and get accepted into schools. However people are seeing that this is creating racism, due to having a very mixed culture. 'Dark skinned' people are getting preference over 'light skinned' people due to some of the quota's having a photo test to see if you are 'dark' enough to qualify for the quota. This system was meant to allow opportunity to the primarilly 'dark' skinned poorer people. Functionalists would not have seen the problem before, and are now seeing new problems arising from people trying to game the system to see if they can qualify as 'black enough'.

Kebah

6/25/2012 06:45:51 am

Regarding the article we read on Wednesday are interactionist would say the lack of education and stigmas that are place on the Islamic religion is due to the society in which a person is in. What we are socialized to more often then not becomes what we believe.

Affirmative action in Brazil is a form of labeling theory from and interactionist perspective. If the majority began to dictate what is black and what is white, then people will start to see themselves as why they've been labeled as. Those individuals who don't feel like they fall into those "box" will be labeled as deviant.

tmerella

6/25/2012 06:52:42 am

Based on the conflict theory perspective and on my reading of the article “Iranian Baha’is face continuing discrimination in higher education”, I believe that religion should be completely separate from school. This article is an example of how a group of people can be treated unfairly based on their religious beliefs. It is unfair for Baha i students or any students to have to list what their religion is. I don’t believe that anyone in this world should be denied their right to education based on their religion/race/ethnicity. Whenever there are people being denied education, I believe it’s because the people in power don’t want these people to excel, or simply don’t care whether they excel or not, because of their own selfish beliefs or benefits of the situation. In the video about affirmative action in Brazil you can clearly see the inequality, and you saw that some of the people who were not poor and considered white felt that it would cause segregation. I don’t see how affirmative action would cause segregation when there was already segregation going on, the majority of the kids that were wealthy and going to good schools were white, and the majority of the kids who were poor and went to other schools were black. Affirmative action shouldn’t have had to even come into Brazil and measure how “black” people are to qualify, all of the poor people should have as equal of a chance as the wealthy people to get into schools. Lastly I do believe that the way they went about affirmative action was unfair because if you were poor and didn’t count as black you couldn’t qualify, and since the poor people as a whole (without regards to their skin color) are treated unfairly, affirmative action should be about making things fair for all poor people in Brazil.

Keeley Mahoney

7/1/2012 12:49:45 pm

I agree with you that all the poor people should be given a fair/equal chance to go to school. Race shouldn't even come into it. Then again, money shouldn't come into it either, but it does. In today's world money is the deciding factor. Those with money have power. those with power have influence. Those with influence get to make decisions. As it was already stated, affirmative action, while creating more problems, is at least giving some people the opportunity to go to school who never had that in the first place

nathalie rivera

6/25/2012 06:58:41 am

In functionalist understanding the system of both working fine and to change it would be to change was does not to be fixed. For this the article I as given for the Muslim students, in American schools justify the action of being lumped in groups with terrorist organizations. Classifying them as such even though they have no connection to the group is morally wrong. As for the idea of affirmative action in Brazil it brings into question the idea of the profiling of the skin tone although I personally do not agree with classifying a group based on the color of the skin I have to admit it offers a chance at a college education on a group that otherwise would be unable to receive it.

However according to the functionalist theory to section off a part of the college admissions would not work, the theory could argue that the higher education offered at the wealthier school has a right to have a higher rate of acceptance then the other schools. That the systems of education worked before it can also be furthered to say only those from the outer areas who have the capability to get into the school deserve it. I personally do not agree on this perspective it only creates a negative stigma in once case and economic disadvantage for the other. By this we can say that the functionalists theory only gives advantage to the dominating group and does not allow growth to the smaller keeping the balance of power uneven and unfair to the smaller groups by education and economy and by the creation of racial, ethnic and religious stigmas.

Keeley Mahoney

6/25/2012 07:13:37 am

Based on the article about Christian persecution in schools, a interactionist would say that it is a combination of teacher-expectancy effect and of individual religious expression through belief, ritual, and experience that is creating a more open system. Teachers have been told that they must teach a certain way that includes all beliefs and not strictly Christianity. Therefore, they expect that the students will have a much more accepting and open mind when faced with this new way of teaching. Because the students are expected to have a more accepting and open mind many of them actually do develop those traits and adopt that way of thinking. Then those who do not (mainly the parents of the students who have not been expected to think this way) get upset and feel persecuted as they watch the schools teach their children something different from Christianity which is what they were taught.

As far as an interactionist view on the affirmative action taking place in Brazil, I would say (based on my understanding) that it is a combination of the teacher-expectancy effect and of labeling theory that is causing such a divide. Now that the students are being forced to label themselves due to government legislation, they are accepting roles associated with whatever label they have chosen. The teachers who are also affected by this new legislation, are now expecting various abilities and things from students based on what they have been labeled as.

Joseph

6/26/2012 07:58:13 am

I think that an individual should be represented by the people they elect to hold office concerning thier countrys sovernty or rights. I mean I live in the US where I have the right to liberty and the persuit of happiness. Hence I should be afforded no matter where I am in the US to practice my rights and exercise my beliefs. It should be aforded to me as is written in my constitution, my bill of rights and my right to the persuit of whatever I define happenies to be just as long as I'm not in violation of physical harm to anyone around me. The govmnt is generally at least in America the extended voice of the people their elected to serve. I live in the US because I like the US constitution and laws. I just wish the Us would enforce and abide by them themselves. But what can you do when you live in a place that is considered a living constitution like the living english langauge. Change is change good or bad. We just need to decide who and what we want to be instead of trying to be it all. A jack of all trades does nothing.

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