Teachers tend to evaluate pupils in comparison to an imaginary ideal student by looking at their social class > negative labelling leads to self-fulfilling prophecy of failure
Ball, streaming
Pupils in top streams tended to be from higher social classes
Woods, subcultures
Many reactions to school, but non-conformist reactions were more likely to come from working class students
Nike identity
Archer = some pupils may wear branded clothing to gain status as they can't gain status through academic achievements
Willis
W/c boys formed an anti-school subculture and disrupted lessons to gain respect from others within the subculture, believed school was no use
