hi,the requirement is below, I will give you the reading document you might need personally when you accept writing the essay

• You will be presented with five questions and have the choice of picking ONE to respond to.
• Your response MUST be between 4-6 paragraphs, any less and you will lose points.
• The Final exam will be available to students on Monday (12/07) of week 10, and is due Wednesday (12/16) before midnight.
• Please read the questions carefully before answering, an incomplete answer or a response that does not adequately address the question(s) will lose points.
• Please cite your sources in text when quoting. If you are using sources from this course, you DO NOT need a reference or works cited page. Only if you are bringing in outside works.
  • It is okay to bring in outside sources when answering a question, however, the bulk of your response should cover readings from this course.
• Make sure that you submit your final as a Word Document (not pages or gdoc), a document that is unable to be opened because it was submitted in the wrong format will receive a zero.
• Citation style (MLA, ASA, APA, etc.) does not matter, just choose a style and be consistent in your writing
• Final Exam Prompts:

1. In 4-6 paragraphs, and citing at least 4 sources from this course, how does education play both a socially transformative and socially reproductive role in society?
2. In 4-6 paragraphs, and citing at least 4 sources from this course, explain the structural and cultural forces that affect a student’s ability to achieve educationally. What are the differences between these forces (optional), AND how do they work in tandem?
3. Imagine two individuals raised in inverse environments and into different socioeconomic status (SES) groups (low-SES and high-SES). Using readings from this course (no minimum sources required), and your analytical and creativity skills, create a hypothetical narrative that tracks these students’ academic careers from the time prior to entering formal education to the time they enter college. Highlight the major differences and/or similarities in their experiences in the education system. Note: in this course we’ve discussed the roles and intersection of race, gender, and economic class, but you DO NOT need to discuss all three in your narratives.
4. In his discussing on Max Weber, Stevens writes: “Weber understood that raw power, without status to render it legitimate, is inherently unstable… Those who held on to their power over time and across generations were able to do so because they had figured out how to maintain status honor for themselves and their offspring” (32-33). Explain the overall role education plays in legitimizing the passing of “power” and “status” from one generation to another. What does this process look like at the micro-sociological level (ex: in the classroom; through interactions between student, faculty, parents, etc.)? (no minimum sources required)
5. Read this two-page USA Today article titled, “What does it really take to get into an Ivy League.” How does the concept of cultural capital–as discussed in the Lamont and Lareau article–help scholars understand the processes that legitimize high cultural capital in society? How does the process of applying to the most elite universities highlight the separate aspects of cultural capital as discussed in Lamont and Lareau (see below)? [no minimum sources required]
   • “institutionalized—i.e., widely shared—high status cultural signals (attitudes, preferences, formal knowledge, behaviors, goods, credentials) used for social and cultural exclusion, the former referring to exclusion from jobs and resources, and the latter, to exclusion from high status groups” (p156)