Although formal education is intended to transmit knowledge and skills, it unintentionally teaches students that the same rules apply to everyone. This universality reflects what sociologists describe as ________.
A) a signaling system
B) a pattern variable
C) a latent function
D) a manifest function

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A latent function is an unintended or unrecognized consequence of an institution or social phenomenon, such as the idea that formal education unintentionally teaches the universality of rules to students.

Although Formal Education Is Intended to Transmit Knowledge and Skills