SOC102H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Isolation, Thorstein Veblen, Anomie
Document Summary
The paths people follow through life are often made clear when they"re still young (e. g. , tend to leave little room for change past a certain age) Give me a child until he is seven, and i will give you the man jesuit. Michael apted: directed the documentary seven up. Follows fourteen british children (10 boys, 4 girls) over the course of their lives. Represents the segments of british society, differentiated by class. Provided support for the jesuit quotation by noting obvious differences between the upper- and lower-class children at only seven years of age. Shows how the british class system influences education, aspirations, and life experience. The social class into which they were born largely shapes the clothes they wear, their body language, the way they talk, their education, and what they spend their lives doing. Bernd baldus and verna tribe: the same holds true for canada"s class system.
