two groupsof teens, the Hallway Hangers and in the Brothers, show the struggle of being in a poverished society. The Hallway Hangers where slackers, drug users, and alcoholics, but not so much by choice,but by the environment that they where raised in. The Hallway Hangers had little asperations, predictingthat they would be either dead or criminals in 20 years. The Hallway Hanger lacked in parentalinvolvement, good role models, and came from broken homes. The majority of the group believed thattheir parents didn’t really care that they weren’t doing well in school, as long as they had a job, whichhardly any paid over minimum wage. The Hallway Hanger parents lacked ambitions for their sons,giving little hope for them to succeed..The Brothers, where a group of African American, who had aspiration to do well in school andin society. The Brothers worked hard to get good grades, didn’t drink or do drugs, and looked to thefuture. The Brothers where typical low-class families, like those of the Hallway Hangers. The familieshad low educational achievement and obtained unskilled jobs, but where different in some ways. Thefamilies of the Brothers showed discipline and movement in the social stratification which did providethe Brothers an advantage. Because some of the brother had movement in the social stratification, theycould possibly see light of a better future. In the end, neither the Brothers or Hallway Hangers madeadvancement in the social stratification, showing that because of their lack of cultural capital andbecause of social reproduction, they where destine not to achieve. Parental involvement and behaviors can be a determinate factor of a child’s future educationalachievement. Children of parents with inferior education achievements will tend to have children thathave a depressed education and visa versa of children of parents which have high education. Parents ofthe working-class deprive there children ...
