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| Titre : |
Is it possible to change one's destiny? The answer of the preparatory class |
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| Numéro : |
25 |
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| Année : |
2005 |
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| Volume : |
XI |
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| Auteur(s) : |
Christian BOURION |
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| Résumé : |
To exchange a perspective of personal suffering in a life perceived as out of one’s own control for another perspective brought about through free will encouraging success, adolescents from Education Action Zone schools decide, against all the predicted odds of social failure, to make the required effort to enrol in and succeed at ICN School of Management. The first contact the students have with the road to success is not made in the here and now of reality, but rather in the imaginary, via circulating anecdotal stories. Those who have already taken this journey will eventually return to visit potential applicants and convey horrifying accounts regarding the metaphorical monsters they have had to battle and slay. This perpetual story mill, taking on mythical proportions, explains in part why adolescents from EAZ schools are so few and far between at risking success and taking a chance. This unknown territory is perceived to be hostile directly because of these circulating stories. From misrepresentations and exaggerations are born anxiety and fear. It is surprisingly not the academic workload but rather circulating and distorted anecdotes that discourage these adolescents from taking a chance. Once the choice has been made, though, difficulties are created, but these difficulties become real and not at all imaginary. |
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| Pages : |
93 - 139 |
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| DOI : |
https://www.cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-psychosociologie-2005-25-page-93.htm |
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| Type : |
Research paper |
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| Keywords : |
preparatory classes, training, royal road, apprenticeship |
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| Citations : |
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https://www.cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-psychosociologie-2005-25-page-93.htm |
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