A conflict perspective on education views it as a social problem in what regard?
A. It is ineffective in promoting beliefs and values necessary for holding society together in a unified whole.
B. It unintentionally sorts students into social classes that resemble the classes of society as a whole.
C. It promotes values, beliefs, and ideologies that ultimately serve to perpetuate the interests of the ruling classes in society.
D. It provides a "playground" for school children to "bully" their peers.
Answer: C
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A. feminist B. symbolic interactionist C. communist D. functionalist
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a. subsystems b. competing interests c. cooperating factions d. segmentation
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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