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This 4 page paper provides answers to sociological questions. Three questions are asked and answered. The paper is divided into parts and some questions include a case study. Concepts such as anomie, drift theory and differential opportunity are discussed. No bibliography.
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behavior of five students in the context of Mertons concepts. First, Greg is an A student, is active in extracurricular activities and plans to attend business or law school
in the future. Here, Greg is able to live up to societal expectations and this is shown in his ambition. It is likely that he has the means to achieve
it or at least his background is conducive to such motivation. Mary is also active in school, but has good grades only in the subjects she feels are important.
Mary also believes that letter grades are oppressive and argues with staff. To some extent, Mary is acting out. Anomie is present as there is a sense of normlessness. She
does not conform as to Mary, there are expectations of her that she feels are impossible to fulfill. Mike on the
other hand is a C+ student and hopes that he will be able to graduate on time. He has applied for several clerical positions and has said he will be
happy just to get by. Clearly, Mike is either not living up to his potential or he is simply not ambitious. Either way, anomie is experienced. To Merton, along with
the precepts of his social strain theory, one can say that the way in which the world is structured does not permit a C student to thrive. He has given
up. There is a sense that whatever he does, it does not matter anyway. He is happy to get by not because getting by would actually make him happy, but
because he feels as there is nothing else he can do. Mark is one step ahead of Mike. Mark is deciding whether or not to drop out and is
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