Sarah has lived all of her life in a small town where most of the residents work in either the local paper mill or cement plant. Although she excels academically, she has never seriously considered attending college. Few people in her family graduated from high school, and the only people she knows with college degrees are her teachers. Now, in her senior year, Sarah, like several of her friends, is taking cosmetology classes, with the idea of going to work in a hair salon following graduation. Which concept best accounts for Sarah's orientations to education and work?
A. Cooley's looking-glass self
B. Mead's game stage
C. Bourdieu's habitus
D. Goffman's dramaturgical perspective
Answer: C
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