Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Elizabeth Moore - Blog 7

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Children come to class everyday from a home life that has a strong effect on them. There are many factors that can effect their day, one of ...
Sunday, 8 March 2015

Lexi - Blog 8

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I found the discussion in Chapter 8 “School-to-Work Transitions” on how educational attainment in Canada is highly polarized interesting...
Thursday, 5 March 2015

Evangelin Francis - Blog #8

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For this week’s sociology blog, we were required to read chapter 8, "School-to-Work Transitions." I found this chapter very r...

Randi Brooks 8

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Blog #8 I found the second last chapter of the textbook to be quite informative and a little eye opening. I found it to be ver...

Randi Brooks 7

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Blog #7 Throughout Chapter 7 of our textbook, it mainly focuses on the ascribed characteristics among us that affect how well ...

Ashley Fredette: Blog 8

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This chapter was somewhat a confirmation of what I already knew going into education. I was told that there are no jobs, that the only way I...

Amanda Devion – Yep, You Can Say That I ‘Purchased’ My Ed. Degree!

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Chapter 9 touches on the concepts of consumerism and academic entitlement and how these two concepts are linked. The i...

Jordyn Fernandes Blog 6

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The idea of the hidden curriculum bothers me, especially as these are things that my children will encounter. (p.164)  I do not believe it i...

Jordyn Fernandes Blog 8

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It was difficult to get through this chapter while staying positive about getting a job after graduating and being able to afford the rest o...

Tyler Schade Blog #8

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        After reading chapter 8 “School to Work Transitions” I found it frightening the lack of job prospects available to us after graduat...

L’Été Molnar "School to Work Transitions"

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Blog Eight             I found this chapter focused on the transition from the education system to the work force to be informative.   ...

Krista - Blog 8

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Chapter 8 focuses on the transition from school to work. There was a lot of emphasis on job mismatching in relation to the field of study t...

Holly Blog #8

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Post-secondary education is increasing in population with 28 percent of Canadians attending such in 2006, compared to only 13 percent in 1...

Elizabeth Moore - Blog 8

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The cost of opportunity "refers to the benefits that have to be forgone in order to pursue the activity of choice" (pg. 232).When...

Cheryl Wood (Blog 8)

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This week we looked at chapter 8 “School-to-Work Transitions”. Throughout the text it was comparing students today to students of the past ...