Critical Interpretation
Sentences
class.”
– -Here Anyon is telling the reader how the findings are all about social class
and are purely theoretical. As a reader this does not give off the
confidence an authors may have in their piece of writing. Anyon also uses
the word “attempt” as if she is unsure whether or not these fifth graders
– Pg. 227. “A person’s social class is defined here by the way that a person
relates to the process in society by which goods, services, and culture are
produced.”
– Anyon is giving her definition of social class so that later in the essay she
can refer her findings back to this model. After seeing the children relate
show how the different class of school teaches the students. To a reader
legitimized.
find out about social class. Anyon knows it is a lived process so that the
children in the different classes will act and be taught different. The
second part of that sentence however makes the reader wonder when
does development stop? If these children are only in the fifth grade it
would not be right to assume they will never develop into a higher class.
And developing process means that one day, with a few adjustments, a
child in the working class schools could develop into a child that fits right
– Pg. 231. “However, the examples of school work which follow will suggest
number of schools.”
– In this sentence what Anyon says is that although her findings matched
not appear at the end of the essay otherwise it would have been a waste
to read. Anyon clearly states that in order for a true test to be conducted
perfunctorily.”
of view, it seems the higher the social class the better the teachers. There
is no evidence to prove this, and even before the essay Anyon describes
each teacher as one of the best and having taught for no less than four
years.