"Doing school" : how we are creating a generation of stressed out, materialistic, and miseducated students / Denise Clark Pope.

Author: Pope, Denise Clark, 1966-

Imprint:New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2001.

Descriptionxvii, 212 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:Welcome to Faircrest High -- Kevin Romoni: a 3.8 kind of guy -- Eve Lin: life as a high school machine -- Teresa Gomez: "I want a future" -- Michelle Spence: keeping curiosity alive? -- Roberto Morales: when values stand in the way -- The predicament of "doing school" -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. A. General information about the students in the study ; B. Common student behavior exhibited in pursuit of success.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references. (p. 207-212).

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