Argument of Jocks and Burnouts

1. Argument of Jocks and Burnouts

3. Eckert, Jocks and Burnouts, p. 6 �While many of the origins of the Jock-Burnout split are in the adult economy, that split is made real by adolescent social dynamics. Adults do not impose their class system and ideologies on adolescents; they provide the means by which adolescents can do it themselves.� If one were writing a paper about gender socialization, how could one use this statement? How could one re-write it? While many of the origins of adolescent ways of maintaining and negotiating their gendered identities are in the adult world, that difference is made real by adolescent social dynamics. Adults do not impose their ideas of gender on adolescents; they provide the means by which adolescents can do it themselves. While many of the origins of adolescent ways of maintaining and negotiating their gendered identities are in the adult world, that difference is made real by adolescent social dynamics. Adults do not impose their ideas of gender on adolescents; they provide the means by which adolescents can do it themselves.

4. �Adolescent social category is the adolescent interpretation of . . . parents� socioeconomic class� (Eckert 1989, p. 99). Why not just say Adolescent social category = adult social class ?

5. Peer Social Category and Social Class

6. Status The local term for �status� in adolescent cultures is �popularity�. Popularity is not about being liked but being visible and being known.

7. Three Characteristics of Status Systems Status. . . Comes from conformity to group norms Comes from social associations Is limited