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Created: October 25, 1998
Latest update: January 5, 2001
jeanne

Lemert, in his theory of secondary deviance, says that:

1. Which of the following statements best describe Kennedy's attitude towards his first-year law students at Harvard?

   1. Kennedy expects any Harvard student to be able to recognize and resist the puffed up bull frogs of the academy hierarchy.

      Not so. On p. 61 he recognizes that: "It would be an extraordinary first-year student who could, on his own, develop a theoretically critical attitude toward this system."

   2. Kennedy believes that students are entitled to tough exams that will allow them to excel competitively.

      Not so. On p. 65, Kennedy says that "A more rational system would emphasize the way to learn law rather than rules, and skills rather than answers,' making students less competitive and more equal.

   3. Kennedy believes that even at Harvard most students are weak, lazy, incompetent, and insecure.

      Not so. On p. 65 Kennedy explicitly excoriates law school and "the educational system as a whole" for giving such an impression to its students. Note that he said "as a whole." That includes us, folks.

   4. Kennedy believes that most liberal students rely on rights discourse to deny the hierarchical arrogance of the law school and defend their liberal beliefs.

      True. On p. 62 he notes that this is a fallacy that assumes an adversarial system. The "rights" framework is, he says, "a part of the problem rather than of the solution.

   5. There are no "real" liberal students at Harvard.

      Not so. He discusses the liberal issue on pp. 61-2.