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> [Particular individuals who might never consider dropping out if they were in a different high school might decide to drop out if they attended a school where many boys and girls did so.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/particular-individuals-who-might-never-consider-dropping-out-if-they/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

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> [In every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as a brilliant student.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/in-every-school-more-boys-wanted-to-be-remembered-as-a-star-athlete/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

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## More by James S. Coleman

> [It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and that scholastic achievement is at most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/it-is-clear-from-all-these-data-that-the-interests-of-teenagers-are/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

> [Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/schools-are-successful-only-insofar-as-they-reduce-the-dependence-of/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

> [Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/children-from-a-given-family-background-when-put-in-schools-of/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

> [For to change the norms, the very foci of attention, of a cultural system is a difficult task - far more complex than that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/for-to-change-the-norms-the-very-foci-of-attention-of-a-cultural/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

> [The higher the social class of other students the higher any given student's achievement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/the-higher-the-social-class-of-other-students-the-higher-any-given/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

> [Particular individuals who might never consider dropping out if they were in a different high school might decide to drop out if they attended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/particular-individuals-who-might-never-consider-dropping-out-if-they/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

> [The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/the-present-structure-of-rewards-in-high-schools-produces-a-response/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

> [A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/a-child-s-learning-is-a-function-more-of-the-characteristics-of-his/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

> [The educational resources provided by a child's fellow students are more important for his achievement than are the resources provided by the school board.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/the-educational-resources-provided-by-a-child-s-fellow-students-are/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

> [It is one thing to take as a given that approximately 70 percent of an entering high school freshman class will not attend college,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/it-is-one-thing-to-take-as-a-given-that-approximately-70-percent-of/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

> [Cultural dominance of middle-class norms prevail in middle-class schools with a teacher teaching toward those standards and with students striving to maintain those standards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/cultural-dominance-of-middle-class-norms-prevail-in-middle-class/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

> [In every school, more boys wanted to be remembered as a star athlete than as a brilliant student.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/in-every-school-more-boys-wanted-to-be-remembered-as-a-star-athlete/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

> [As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports, but participates with vigor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/as-an-example-one-of-the-schools-i-have-been-studying-is-too-small-to/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

> [There are many examples in high schools which show something about the effects such competition might have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/there-are-many-examples-in-high-schools-which-show-something-about/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

> [The results indicate that heterogeneity of race and heterogeneity of family educational background can increase the achievement of children from weak educational backgrounds with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-s-coleman/the-results-indicate-that-heterogeneity-of-race-and-heterogeneity-of/)

[James S. Coleman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-s-coleman/)

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