"Why do some pupils achieve more than others?"

"Why do some pupils achieve more than others?"
Why do some pupils achieve more than others? It is also a question that i want to ask.As a student,educational attainment which can be seen through exam scores is very important to me.When i was in the school,i would find that some students studied very hard but not with high scores whilst some could easily get high attainment with few efforts. Maybe i think,we can analyse from two perspectives.
From macro-perspective,considering the world,there are countless people from different ethnicity,from different class and gender.These three factors-class,ethnicity and gender make a difference to educational attainment-the educational qualifications and grades students achieve.Generally speaking,the higher your social class,the higher attainment you will get with Chinese ethnic
group you are in,and that girls always do better than boys.Therefore,we can first talk about the social class of people.
In reality,the point that class influences educational attainment has been proved over the last 50 years by sociological research and government statistics. During the 1960s,sociologist claimed thay the low attainment of many working-class pupils caused by a lack of something-one is material deprivation,the other is cultural deprivation. Material deprivation means a lack of money and the things that money can buy.Imagine that you are born in a high class,the high income of your family can provide adequate study resource,study facility and comfortable condition for you to get on well with your study. However,as for the children in low class as poor family,some of them may have to go out for part-time jobs that they can't concentrate on their study well.Besides,the costs of education pull children in working-class to leave school.With the longer education and the abolition
of student grants,many young people with working-class backgrouds feel it difficult to afford the fee although grants are available for minority of low income families.When it comes to cultural deprivation,this theory stands for a lack of certain norm, values,skills and attitudes which are necessary for educational success.Parents of working-class families are always less-educated and busy with
jobs to earn money that the children receive little encouragement and correct values of society.Therefore,they can't get assess to study and learn how to be a worthy man.What's more,home and school should be considered as well. Firstly,the Home and the School, entitled by J.M.B.Douglas in 1964 claimed that middle-class children receive more attention and support from their parents that can encourage the
children to study.In addition,teachers in the school will care more for the high class students and always give opportunities to them.
Secondly,ethnicity is also a factor to affect students' attainment although it is three times less than the effect of calss.Among them, the most significant reasons i think are cultural factors and discrimination.To some degree,ethnic groups have their own values,norms and life styles which are distinctive to each ethnic group.For example,according to an Afican-Caribbean writer-Tony Sewell(1997),the low attainment of Afican-Caribbean boys insecondary schools are attributed to the culture that most of the boys are raised in lone-parent families by mothers.
Because of a lack of male role model of a father figure,the Black will possibly be opposite to the authorities of teachers and rejections of academic attainment.The other thing to refer is that the discrimination still exists in the world that white people are better than others.This concept can affect the schools and the society and even the peer groups that will give stress to students of other ethnic groups.
For instance,in terms of a comprhensive school called Jayleigh,a greater proportion of White puplils entered for GCSEs than Asian pupils and
higher marks are needed for Asian pupils if they want to get to top schools.
The last but not least fator-gender that girls do better than boys are dueing to changes in attitudes towards marriage,work and education.
In terms of th comparison by Sue Sharpe between attitudes of working-calss girls in the 1970s and 1990s,girls are tend to be more confident,independent and ambitious.Maybe it is also because of the "bedroom culture"that girls prefer staying at home to study while boys are likely to go to pubs to spend their time.
From micro-perspective,when we observe our friends and classmates,we can find that people who are hardworking are more likely to get high scores although minority is depends on their intelligence.Therefore,I believe that no matter which class,ethnic group or gender you are,if you always spare no effort to concentrate on your study,you will possible to attain your goals.