"Prejudice, may be formally defined as the judgment of people, objects, or situations in a stereotypical way (Popenoe 2000; 246). It is a belief that is based upon unsubstantiated generalizations and ignorance toward those un-favored. Prejudgments such as a college student choosing a type of roommate or a business executive hiring someone occur on a daily basis. However, when an individual fails to discard prejudgments because of new evidence their thoughts become prejudices. Sociologists emphasize that prejudice is learned from friends and family (Popenoe 20002; 247). But, what about at school, where a child is suppose to be fostered? Do children learn prejudices while learning the three R's? .
The typical public school teacher is a middle-class white female. The typical curricula, tests, and learning tools used in public schools were created by middle-class educators and are geared toward the needs of middle-class children. Educators may not always be able to communicate as well with lower-class students as they can with middle class student. A poor minority student may have trouble understanding English if English is not his/her first language or if English is not spoken in his/her home. These factors and so many more are what cause students to learn their differences and are what foster future prejudices says J. Oakes, an educational sociologist. Oakes suggests that one of the reasons this happens is because of the existence of a "hidden curriculum," one in which teachers" expectations and judgments are based on behavior traits that are a part of each student's home life and are brought to the classroom. Oakes found that schools can help students to overcome class barriers by responding to cultural differences as well as by using the same types of skills in all levels of tracking. Though the school cannot separate students from their family environment and peer group they can help show that though students may have differences they all have equal potential.
BODY It is very common to find prejudice anywhere, anytime. Prejudice is not restricted to social classes or level of education. ... So, prejudice is in our nature. ... Prejudice is closely related to previous experiences. ... Very often our prejudice prevents us to do things. ...
. - Discrimination: acting differently towards someone based on prejudice. - Prejudice: stereotyping a person based on characteristics of a group to which the person belongs without regard to how the person may vary from group characteristics B. ... But this problem could be alleviated if we simply solve the interpersonal communication defect that is prejudice itself. 2. ... Discrimination and prejudice are both learned behaviors. ... Lack of support and education A. ... This lack of knowledge stems from a lack of education. ...
Prejudice is a foggy window, which we all look out of. ... To Kill A Mocking Bird presents many conflicting pictures of prejudice, the situations also show that prejudice can be overcome. ... Black people were not inferior to the white they just didn't have the advantages of a good education. ... The most typical of all prejudice views is that of race. ... Prejudice can be overcome if you let it. ...
Pride and Prejudice: Part One 1. ... Pride and Prejudice was written in England between 1796 and 1813. ... In Pride and Prejudice, Mrs. ... Pride and Prejudice has almost nothing to do with the political environment at that time. ... Jane Austen does a thorough job of creating a theme for her novel Pride and Prejudice. ...
Prejudice & Human Nature Prejudice is something human kind has always dealt with. ... Although prejudice can be embedded un us through experience or other's beliefs, I don't believe prejudice is inevitable. ... Prejudice can be intentionally produced. ... I don't think prejudices will ever dissapear. ... I do think, although, that the more education the world encounters, the less prejudices we will carry. ...
Jane Austen narrates Pride and Prejudice for the most part from the point of view of her heroine, Elizabeth Bennet. ... As in all novels by Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice centers around the education of its heroine, in this case Elizabeth. ... This emphasis on the education of a young heroine was made popular by Jane Austen and is a distinguishing feature of her writing. ... This theme is central to Pride and Prejudice and the object of some scorn from Jane Austen. ... These facets form a large part of Pride and Prejudice, ensuring its standing as a classic. ...
The sociology of education is a heart of the discipline of sociology as well as being a part of education discipline. ... Back in the eighties Young (2000) states that education became to disappear from the university curricula, especially in the department of education and teacher training (Saha, 2011). What is the Sociology of Education? ... Webster defines education as the process of teaching or educating. ... Nowadays such boundaries are well known as discrimination and prejudice against gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status and economic status. ...
Pride and Prejudice is a novel about men and women who feel they have to marry to be happy, successful and accepted. ... In Pride and Prejudice, Austen shows the reader which relationships she finds acceptable and also the relationships that she does not. ... Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society having now a good house and very sufficient income, [he] intended to marry" (60-1). ... He is very proud and his sense of social superiority, makes Elizabeth prejudice toward him. ... Towards the closing of the novel, one ...
The book investigates many types of prejudice. ... The rape plot shows the prejudice between the characters. ... Prejudice is spread out and you cannot escape it, it is all around you, and you would always be a victim of some kind of prejudice. ... Few could escape some sort of prejudice in the 1930's and the book shows this by showing prejudices even towards Atticus. ... The book is an education in prejudice, Scout and Jem start with not recognising prejudice at the beginning of the book and then learning about prejudiced people in community that they live in. ...
