Social Groups and Institutions

In  preparing  for  a  meeting  with  the school  board, an  interesting  study came  across  your desk . A study  of  a   multi-racial  group of high students by Grace  Kao in 2000 revealed that different  students  groups  define  success  in different  ways:

White  and  Asian  students  define  success  in school as  earning  high grades.
African-American students  define  success as  doing  as  well as other   black  students and  not  failing.
Hispanic students define  success as  attaining  a  white-collar job  in an office after graduation .

Discuss the  extent  to  which  you believe  these  self-perceptions are  created by  the  ways in which American society defines  race  and  ethnicity . Discuss  ways  that  you think educators  can change  these perceptions