... by social class and language skills acquired by young children in the home can either help or hinder the children in school. The home environment has greater impact on the child than any other social institution and so if the culture being taught in schools is different from that taught at home the child's education would suffer. In Chapter 9 of the text we are introduced to the idea of the "interventions of middle class parents into education practice to defend and further their children's class interests." Having already been taught the skills necessary to succeed in the professional workplace, these parents know the steps of action their children can take through education and that ability alone is not enough to insure the success of their children in the educational system. The 'imagined futures' of their children are seen as being under threat because of an increase in competition ...

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