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Zorn, Jeff – English Journal, 1998
Presents an essay describing the rude misbehavior of two sets of high school students in two distinct cultures: white prep school boys whose transgressions are written off as harmless, and urban African-American and Asian-American students whose off-putting behavior gets no such exemption. Suggests that this misbehavior and the reaction to it turn…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Economic Factors, Futures (of Society), High Schools