... is learnt and how it is taught. Students have no control over the contents of their educational life, they learn to accept the subordinate position they hold within the school stratification system. This acceptance thus prepares them for the position they will hold in the workforce, in which they will have to defer to the authority of their superiors. Within the experience of their school life students learn to be motivated by external factors. Education in itself is not intrinsically motivating to the student, as they have so little control over what they learn. They are expected to intake what is being taught without questioning it. It is therefore easy to see why most students do not find education or rather schooling a very satisfying process. As they are not obtaining any internal satisfaction, they turn to the external rewards that can be obtained as a result of acquiring an ...

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