Low-income students at Little Ivy could be made to feel powerless, according to Aries and Seider. Which of the following can be used as an illustration of this feeling on the part of lower-income students?
a. Lower-income students reported receiving lower grades in their classes, especially during the first year in college.
b. Lower-income students felt powerless when discussing their futures after college, sensing that they could not count on future education as easily as their higher-income colleagues.
c. Lower-income students actually felt superior to higher-income students because they had the sense that they were at Little Ivy based on their own credentials, not on the legacy or their parents or the amount of money they could afford to pay for tuition.
d. Since most students at Little Ivy were on scholarship, there was little differentiation between students based on social class.
Question 2
When higher-income students at Little Ivy discussed their European trips, dinners at high-priced restaurants, and their privileged backgrounds, Aries and Seider maintain that lower-class students felt
a. excluded.
b. included.
c. not bothered at all.
d. that they would adjust in time.
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