High School Stereotypes
We all seem to think of the same things when we picture "high school". Cheerleaders, proms, report cards, football games. We all remember the A honor roll students, and how much time they spent studying. The thing that I have always questioned is, do children that come from lower status families do worse in school than ones from higher status families?
I noticed as early as middle school that the ones who weren't as secure financially tended to study less than the ones whose families were well off. This bothered me to a point, for my family wasn't dirt poor, but we weren't rich, either. We had a normal house, two cars, both my parents had jobs and we were never hungry. My grades weren't perfect, but I managed to always get about the 3.0 grade
I noticed as early as middle school that the ones who weren't as secure financially tended to study less than the ones whose families were well off. This bothered me to a point, for my family wasn't dirt poor, but we weren't rich, either. We had a normal house, two cars, both my parents had jobs and we were never hungry. My grades weren't perfect, but I managed to always get about the 3.0 grade