... into the sociological consciousness. In the story of Kes, the book illustrates two common school rituals namely Registration and Assembly. As straightforward as it seems the formal purpose of registration is to check on attendance for reasons of safety. This is also an opportunity for the teacher/tutor to give out any relevant information for the day. If we look a level deeper into this, what is actually happening during this ritual is a reinforcement of the tutor group relationship. Students feel a sense of belonging in a team and discipline is established. However, the experience for Billy Caspar and the rest of his class was somewhat different. Whilst Mr Crossley, the teacher is taking the register, Billy makes an interrupting comment resulting in Crossley making a minor error in the register. He becomes angry at this and abuses his authoritative power by shouting excessively and humiliating Billy in front of ...

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