Media Magic Making Class Invisible
supports his statement that the class you are in effects you in the classroom and your level of achievement, by using statistics from researcher William Sewell. Sewell “showed a positive correlation between class and overall educational achievement. In comparing the top quartile (25%) of his sample to the bottom quartile, he found that students from upper-class families were twice as likely to obtain training beyond high school and four times as likely to attain a postgraduate degree†(pp.342-343). Sewell concluded: “socioeconomic background…operates independently of academic ability at every stage in the process of educational attainmentâ€( pp.342-343).
The point here is that again, if your parents make $100,000 a year, you are most likely to succeed far in life and go to college get your degree. However, if your family makes $10,000 a year, you most likely will not succeed very far and might not go to college. It all comes down to family income, which determines what social class you are in; you can see how it affects lives. Mantsios is convincing in that, he has hard facts, (meaning that his examples are real true, and taken from a scholarly source), true lifestyles and data to show the reader. He uses secondary sources which are legitimate and the reader can choose to research it for themselves. Mantsios back himself up by using more than one source to prove his theory about test scores and what class you are in. Whether you choose to believe him or not, the reality is the facts are there, written on the paper right in front of your eyes.
He also backs his theory by giving examples of “some typical lifestyles and some not so typical lifestylesâ€, which means he shows you a complete profile of a persons life including: “Mother and fathers name and occupation, Principal child-rearer, Primary education, Supplemental tutoring, summer camps, secondary education, family activities, higher education, first full-time job, subsequent employment, present
The point here is that again, if your parents make $100,000 a year, you are most likely to succeed far in life and go to college get your degree. However, if your family makes $10,000 a year, you most likely will not succeed very far and might not go to college. It all comes down to family income, which determines what social class you are in; you can see how it affects lives. Mantsios is convincing in that, he has hard facts, (meaning that his examples are real true, and taken from a scholarly source), true lifestyles and data to show the reader. He uses secondary sources which are legitimate and the reader can choose to research it for themselves. Mantsios back himself up by using more than one source to prove his theory about test scores and what class you are in. Whether you choose to believe him or not, the reality is the facts are there, written on the paper right in front of your eyes.
He also backs his theory by giving examples of “some typical lifestyles and some not so typical lifestylesâ€, which means he shows you a complete profile of a persons life including: “Mother and fathers name and occupation, Principal child-rearer, Primary education, Supplemental tutoring, summer camps, secondary education, family activities, higher education, first full-time job, subsequent employment, present