Explain Why Some Sociologists Agree That Working Class Student Underachieve

“Discuss how far sociologists’ would agree that working class students underachieve in the education system is due to labeling processes that happen in school?”

I will be discussing whether the students underachieving is due to the labeling process’ in school or if there are other reasons for this, and how sociologists may agree with it.

Working class students can underachieve from the labeling process. When a student is labeled they tend to start believing in that itself as they have been told that they are what they have been labeled and may feel that they might as well be what people see them as, they can’t make them change their mind, this is known as the self fulfilling prophecy its starts with the setting which how they may become labeled, which can lead to them being streamed which makes them feel they are what they are being labeled and then act on them which will therefore make them true..
Working class students may also underachieve from there background and
This may also go into cultural deprivation where their cultures may differ but affects them in a large way as language can make it hard to mix the different cultures and ethnicities, which is where the ethnic groups come in and why there may be a difference in the grades, as statistics show that African students are more likely to underachieve than British students which leads on into the self fulfilling prophecy as some African students may feel that as they are being perceived in this way they may as well act like