Fitting in, standing out : navigating the social challenges of high school to get an education / Robert Crosnoe.

9781107005020
1107005027
9780521182034 (pbk.)
0521182034 (pbk.)

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

English

x, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

HQ796 .C87 2011

305.2350973/090511

"In American high schools, teenagers must navigate complex youth cultures that often prize being "real" while punishing difference. Adults may view such social turbulence as a timeless, ultimately harmless rite of passage, but changes in American society are intensifying this rite and allowing its effects to cascade into adulthood. Integrating national statistics with interviews and observations from a single school, this book explores this phenomenon. It makes the case that recent macro-level trends, such as economic restructuring and technological change, mean that the social dynamics of high school can disrupt educational trajectories after high school; it looks at teenagers who do not fit in socially at school, including many who are obese or gay, to illustrate this phenomenon; and it crafts recommendations for parents, teachers, and policymakers about how to protect teenagers in trouble. The end result is a story of adolescence that hits home with anyone who remembers high school"--Provided by publisher.

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