Inner-city "schoolboy" life
By: GUNN, Raymond
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, September 2004The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science 595, p. 63-79Abstract: Academically oriented young males, or "shoolboys" who reside in inner-city communities are often required to choose between their home and their school and are at risk of becoming alienated from either community, with far-reaching and dire consequences. The two cultures are often mutually antagonistic, and most students are severely challenged when trying to maintain a balance. The author uses relevant insights from his own childhood to approach his ongoing research with African Americanmale students in a college preparatory magnet high school in Philadelphia
Academically oriented young males, or "shoolboys" who reside in inner-city communities are often required to choose between their home and their school and are at risk of becoming alienated from either community, with far-reaching and dire consequences. The two cultures are often mutually antagonistic, and most students are severely challenged when trying to maintain a balance. The author uses relevant insights from his own childhood to approach his ongoing research with African Americanmale students in a college preparatory magnet high school in Philadelphia
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