Horatio Alger
Click on “Trenn’s Bookshelf” then proceed to the textbook titled, “Rigging the Game”
After reading Chapter 4 of the text and the file on Horatio Alger, answer these questions:
1. According to Schwalbe, what is the distinction between Human Beings and Others?
2. What is the achievement ideology, and why does Schwalbe believe that it is false?
3. What is a “Horatio Alger” story, and why do such stories appear to support or contradict the achievement ideology?
According to Schwalbe, what is the distinction between Human Beings and Others? What is the achievement ideology, and why does Schwalbe believe that it is false?
