"A Ditcher and a Scholar": Examining College-Going Socialization in an Urban Magnet High School

Authors

Julia Duncheon, University of Texas, El Paso
Stefani R. Relles, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Editors

Lynn Corno (Ed.)

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2019

Publication Title

Teachers College Record

Volume

121

Issue

2

Abstract

This article uses figured world theory to explore how college-bound youth construct college-going identities in an urban magnet high school. The study describes how the magnet program’s local discourse socialized students to choose between the identity archetypes of "a ditcher and a scholar," suggesting, ultimately, the ways in which the college-going culture inadvertently deceived students into graduating high school with an inflated sense of their readiness for college.

Language

eng

Repository Citation

Duncheon, J., Relles, S. R. (2019). "A Ditcher and a Scholar": Examining College-Going Socialization in an Urban Magnet High School. In Lynn Corno (Ed.), Teachers College Record, 121(2),