Chapter 9 Blog Post #1

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Chapter 9 addresses the idea of hegemonic perspectives. Hegemonic perspectives are ideas/beliefs that society has that are dominant. They seem concrete, fixed, and not eligible for compromise. The idea of adopting christianity (without fully announcing it, just implementing certain aspects of christianity like opening with a prayer), and going to college are all hegemonic perspectives. Even though there is no law or rule that says this has to happen, it is treated as such. I have included an article that refutes the hegemonic perspective that everyone has to go to college to be successful. Even though college is not 100% necessary for success (more like 80%) many people feel pressured into going. The article states that there are quite a few successful people who have dropped out of/ or not went out of college (ie. Mark Zuckerberg and Henry Ford respectively). Of course, people should not skip out on college because they believe they will be millionaires or billionaires, but they should not feel the pressure society puts on them to go.