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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Perfectly Prep

Perfectly Prep

Chase

Hardcover

Series: Child Development in Cultural Context

General Education

ISBN10: 0195308816
ISBN13: 9780195308815
Publisher: Academic
Published: Mar 20 2008
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.43
Height: 1.03 Width: 6.49 Depth: 9.23
Language: English
Although New England boarding schools have been educating America's elite for four generations, they, along with their privileged students, rarely have been the subject of study. Living in a senior boys' dorm at a co-ed school, Sarah Chase was able to witness the inner workings of student culture and the dynamics of their peer groups. In an environment of ivy-covered buildings, institutional goals of excellence and aspirations to Ivy League colleges, the boys and girls acted extremely masculine or feminine. While girls typically worked themselves into a state of sleep deprivation and despair during exam period, the boys remained seemingly unconcerned and relaxed. As much as the girls felt pressure to be cute and perfect, the boys felt pressure to be bad ass and the best at everything. Tellingly, the boys thought that it would suck to be a girl, while over one third of the girls wanted to be male if given the chance.

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