Notes on Sociology

So as i wrote already in one of my posts about differences in educational achievement, one of the possible reaons of it is deprivation. Deprivation is a loss, the disadvantage of losing something. There are two types of deprivation: material and cultural and both of them affect educational achievement of pupils. When the pupil is materially deprived this means that he has lack of money and material things that money could buy. High income in the family provides many opportunities for children to have a success in a learning proccesses, as they don't need to care about different problems such as where to find books or necessary equipment, what they will eat. While children in poverty usually have part-time jobs, they tend to leave schools in early ages, they are more stressfull and more likely to have different health problems. Cultural deprivation means an absense of the attitudes and skills that are needed for the educational success. Douglas and Sugarman supported this idea and argued that those who are culturally deprived also is likely to fail in educational process, as their life lacks the kind of stimulation for high attainment. Those at the bottom classes have lack of educational equipment and also their parents are more likely not to encourage their children to succed at school. Because of lack of motivation and different life problems, these pupils fail at school.
Deprivation is an example of how important family life in educational achievement.
Cultural capital, according to Bourdieu, can be seen from the dominant culture which is the culture of those in the highest levels of the class structure which is generally regarded as superior, since it can be converted into material rewards - high salaries, high qualifications, etc.
As educational system reproduces dominant culture, so it helps to reproduce the class system. So by creating educational failure or success, it legitimates position of those who are on the highest levels and those who are at the bottom.