Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work

Daniel Ponce

Professor Young

ENGW 1100

March 20, 2016

                                    Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work

            Should someone education be based of their social class? Jean Anyon wrote “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work” in 1980. In her research she finds out teachers use different type of teaching methods based on the student social class. I disagree with her only because the information she uses it out of date. The teaching methods use now a days have change due to the fact that we have advance so much in technology the last thirty-six years. Technology is now a big part in the teachers teaching methods in every social class.

            I used to attend Elizabeth Public Schools and it isn’t nowhere near an “Executive Elite School” as Anyon refers, and the school gives out laptops and IPad’s to every student. My teachers used to teach us with PowerPoints lectures throughout the class way different compare to what “The Working Class Schools” taught which was writing on the board.  Working Class School’s now a days are more advance than they were thirty-six years ago. They have more resources and more money than they had before. For instance, “The children copied the teacher’s sentences from the board.” (Anyon) It rare to see that in my school because no one would bring notebooks because you would use your laptop the whole day. Also we had smart board’s not regular boards. Her research is out of date because The Working Class Schools have the same resources to be as good the Executive Elite Schools.

            Teaching methods have a lot of influence on the way you grow as a student, but throughout Elementary, Middle, and High School I felt all my teachers had the same teaching structure. Anyon shows different type of teaching methods, but I feel as it changed throughout time. They might look different, but I feel as it was all connected. “In the executive elite school, work is developing one’s analytical intellectual power.” I feel we were taught the same way growing up. I see similar methods to the way we were taught to Executive Elite Schools such analyzing your answer, critical thinking, and strictness. The data she is implying is not matching with her research because lower class schools have progress so much throughout the years.

            Anyon research is too old for the modern society to even be acknowledge. As you seen social class doesn’t matter because my school is up to date in technology and isn’t a upper class school. Maybe thirty-six years ago it was different, but now lower class students have the same opportunity as anyone else. It up to the student to take advantage of it.