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This 7 page paper highlights claims made by Cookson and Persell--as provided by a student--regarding elite preparatory schools. Authors' works are reviewed and discussed and a hypothetical school is created for purposes of discussion. Cultural capital is discussed in depth. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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wealthy people would ever consider sending their precious children to public school and so, when a child arrives at one of these boarding schools, he or she is only exposed
to others like themselves. There is no diversity. They only hear of the poor because their parents may be actively involved in raising money for them. But it is first
important to distinguish who the elite are. In discussing boarding schools, or private schools, one is not speaking of the middle class workers who struggle to send their children
to Catholic school, in order to separate their offspring from the lesser elements of society. Rather, in terms of elite boarding schools, children are from more privileged backgrounds. It is
important to understand the difference between the marginally rich, those who have probably achieved the wealth, and the super rich who more likely inherited the money. Social criteria, such
as educational level or occupation, may be helpful in identifying classes (Kacapyr, Francese & Crispell, 1996). At the same time, that does not necessarily help in defining the
established rich. What is apparent is that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer or at least, they do not stray very far from their initial
category. Those who do are often very bright or talented and are able to achieve at least marginal affluence through getting an education or excelling in sports or the entertainment
fields. The rest are either in the middle or lower classes where they were likely born. They are not very well educated and many do not have the substantial IQs
to prompt them into the higher echelons. They stay there because they are only of average intelligence and are not extremely talented, two ideals society values. That is why the
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