Sociology 2240E Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Snowplow, Credentialism And Educational Inflation, Sociological Theory
1 Feb 2017
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Rise in anxiety, depression and suicide rates on ontario campuses. Rising cost/ lower value of education degrees becoming washed out. Stigma makes it worse (does not cause it) Prolongation of youth family pressures (high expectations) Changing in parenting techniques (nation of wimps) Not letting kids figuring things out for themselves not learning through bad experiences. Parents aren"t allowing their children to mess up removing failure. Snow plow parents pushing the obstacles away. Parents are living vicariously through their children. Hyper-scheduling a lot of credentials, doing all the scheduling for their kids. Children are lacking imagination not allowed to play. On each end we have an extreme, in juxtaposition to each other (left and right) Research area sleep and grades, grades and anxiety, extracurricular activities and grades, social life and grades, ses and grades, use of alcohol and gpa. Does consumption of alcohol impact gpa (numerical value) at western university? operationalize drinking.
