It is clear from all these ...

It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and that scholastic achievement is at most of minor importance in giving status or prestige to an adolescent in the eyes of other adolescents.
It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and that scholastic achievement is at most of minor importance in giving status or prestige to an adolescent in the eyes of other adolescents.
 James S. Coleman

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In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will be at a level easily maintained by the majority.
 James S. Coleman
If we refuse to accept as inevitable the irresponsibility and educational unconcern of the adolescent culture, then this poses a serious challenge.
 James S. Coleman
Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels.
 James S. Coleman
The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.
 James S. Coleman
The educational resources provided by a child's fellow students are more important for his achievement than are the resources provided by the school board.
 James S. Coleman