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Chapter 1
Foucault and
the Good Student
Like … we got ranked today in our maths class, and that’s how we sit—like the people who got the lowest marks sit at the front and the people behind say, “You are just sitting there because you are stupid. You are dumb. That’s why you are in front of me.” So students get really cruel if you get less than them.
Sometimes having a reputation is good, sometimes it’s bad. When the teachers joke around with you because they think that you are one of the tough ones, it is cool. Other kids respect that reputation. The flip side is that you always get blamed for things.
The Good Student
Schools and schooling are one of the few core experiences shared by most young people in the Western world. Since the late 18th century, education has become a key concern of Western society as the complex task of