Hidden Curriculum?

Maranda Brown

Professor Young 

English 1100

25 September 2015

                  Hidden Curriculum

"Why every rich black nigga gotta be famous

Why every broke black nigga gotta be brainless

That's a stereotype" -J Cole

In Jean Anyon's work she studies and discovers the difference of social class and the type of schooling they receiving. I do believe that teachers provide different instructions because of social class. These children are stereotyped right from birth. It seems to be that the lower and middle classes are expected to do less and not be able to follow instructions well while the affluent and executive classes are supposed to be extremely smart right from birth. Every single person is born and start off the same way, dependent on others. They cannot walk or talk so how do schools know how well they will succeed without trying to providing them with the best and same education. 

When I was in kindergarten I started off in Elizabeth Public Schools, a lower class city,  until the middle of first grade and that is when I moved to Cranford, and upper middle class town, schooling. Thinking about it now there was a difference in education in the schools. Transitioning was hard because I was behind in some of the work and because of that I had to go to in school tutoring classes in order to catch me up. It is a bit harder to tell how teachers taught when I was younger, but I can compare myself to my cousin who is just a year older and went to school in Elizabeth. While I was having more projects and independent work, my cousin was pretty much only doing simple worksheets every night. (Below a photo of us)

Jean Anyon's research is still relevant I believe. I believe this because when applying for college, colleges look at where their possible student has come from. I am not saying they use that as a big factor but in the case of choosing someone from a lower class school compared to a private upper class school, we know exactly who they will evidently choose. The teachers perception on how a child will participate and learn is unfair because right from birth they are not given the chance to prove themselves and how much they can retain. It seems that students are not helped into achieving and striving for more than what they have in lower classes. Lower class students seemed to be prepped for jobs in jobs in their town and working for someone instead of making goals to be better than where they started. Executive class is expected to be the leaders because they are taught that way but why can’t everyone be taught that way in order to succeed further?