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‟ It is one thing to take as a given that approximately 70 percent of an entering high school freshman class will not attend college, but to assign a particular child to a curriculum designed for that 70 percent closes off for that child the opportunity to attend college.
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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.
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‟ Particular individuals who might never consider dropping out if they were in a different high school might decide to drop out if they attended a school where many boys and girls did so.
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‟ The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education.
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‟ There are many examples in high schools which show something about the effects such competition might have.
- James S. Coleman