This article reveals some interesting aspects of one of our most important social institutions: schools, elite-boarding schools in particular. These institutions take on the role of educating, as well as acculturating, the fortunate members who are able to attend these prestigious academies. Students learn the values of the upper-class and are expected to conform to these expectations.
Students at elite boarding schools are exposed to a much more classical, conservative, and disciplined curriculum than public school students are. Just as all students, they are expected to take courses in the mathematics, sciences, literature, history, arts, and foreign languages. However, their schooling differs from that received by many middle and working class students. Upper-class students have the ability to take a wider variety of courses that are designed to whet their appetite for knowledge. They also take a greater number of these courses in comparison to the number of courses that......
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