Learning Capitalist Culture
Chapter 3 – Finding an Identity in the Social Status Scene (pgs. 63 -
100)
1. How did the girls act toward Foley?
2. Why
did the parents accept the drinking parties? (pg. 65)
3. What
was the cultural rule of North Town? (pg. 66)
4. What
was the cultural work ethic of North Town? (pg. 66)
5. What
was the main reason for gossip and competition among girls? Why?(pg. 68 - 69)
6. Why
did boys not want to fight over girls?(pg. 68 - 69)
7. What
did females gain by attracting the more desirable males? (pg. 69)
8. Who
do the football players hang out with? Who do they confide with? (pg. 69 - 70)
9. What
meaning did ‘going steady’ take on? (pg. 70)
10. How did
boys and girls differ in how they talked about romance? (pg. 71)
11. What
determined how kids classified each other? (pg. 72)
12. Who was
the lowest status group in North Town High School?(pg. 72)
13. What role
do labels play in terms of status in North Town? (pg. 72 -
76)
14. What
effect did negative labels have on students (nobodies, nerds, homeboys/girls?
(pg. 77 - 80)
15. What were
some common stereotypes and complaints made by Anglos against Mexicans? (pg.
82)
16. Why do
kids have they prejudices? Where did they come from? (pg. 82 – 84)
17. How did
the vatos view the school/ How did they view themselves? (pg. 86 - 87)
18. Mexican
American girls were far less likely to date Anglo boys, even from prominent
families. Why (pg. 94)
19. Why did
Mexican American males have tremendous pressure on them to date Anglo girls?
(pg. 94 – 95)
20. What roles
does male deception and impression management play prominent boys vs. vatos
picking up girls and using their ‘rap’? (pgs. 97 – 98)
