Juanita is from a low-SES family.Her friends are also from low-SES families,though most of their peers are from middle class families.Jerita has decided that school is a dead end and does not want to succeed academically.Her Spanish teacher believes Juanita could make high grades in Spanish and some of her other classes.The teacher encourages Juanita to turn in homework and raise her grades,but Juanita does not want to sell out and act like the middle class kids.She seems to have become part of:

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Juanita's resistance to academic success and her association with low-SES friends suggest that she has become part of a resistance culture, where achievement in school is not valued and may even be seen as "selling out" to the middle class. This culture may be self-imposed, as Juanita has internalized the values and beliefs of her peers and community.

Juanita Is from a Low-SES Family