This article is an analysis of student evaluation board meetings as a space that reveals the classification systems and mechanisms present in the school and which underpin its moral order. Through field work in a federal school in Rio de Janeiro we aimed to understand how these moral criteria form hierarchies which produce different ways of evaluating students, and as a consequence, inequality.
Key words:
Moral; inequality; education; student evaluation board
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| Academic | Non-academic | Academic | Non-academic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| He/she doesn't cause trouble | Mature girl/ Leader | He/she has given up | Arrogant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| He/she never misses a class | Abandoned by his/her mother | He/she has trouble following classes | He/she has low self esteem | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Great student | He/she lives far | He/she doesn't make an effort | A big baby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| He/she clarifies his/her doubts | He/she lives in Rocinha slum | He/she has been approved by the student evaluation board | A complicated case | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Good student | He has a dark complexion | He/she understands nothing | Annoying | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| He/she goes to extra classes | Nothing special | He/she doesn't work hard | Disrespectful | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Good enough | Hearing impaired | He/she doesn't care | He/she has a bad attitude | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dedicated | He/she has nowhere to study | He/she does nothing | Underhand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| He/she studies hard | Financial difficulties | A difficult case | Bad influence | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asks questions | Great/ Excellent | Very likely to fail | Weird | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genius | Polite | He/she doesn't do any work | Closed person | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intelligent | His/her father is unemployed | He/she talks all the time | He/she is an only child | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| He/she has failed | His/her father is dead | Uncommitted/ Uninterested | Immaturity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Expulsion | He/she lost his/her father | He/she has difficulties | Detestable | Poor | A problem/ Worrying | Rude | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| English poise | He/she shows no interest | Rascal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| He/she has a difficult family background | He/she has trouble concentrating | He/she has a bad character | His/her family is educated | He/she has poor dexterity | Spoiled | He/she has sequels | He/she doesn't participate | He/she uses drugs | He/she has OCD | He/she wants to do nothing | He/she came from a municipal public school | The family cannot help | He/she doesn't help himself/herself | Family problems | He/she takes medicine to lose weight | He/she doesn't work hard | A product of automatic approval | He/she takes Ritalin and Frontal | He/she has much difficulty | Quiet | Easy-going | He/she lacks basis | Solitary | Lovely/ Darling/ Sweety | He/she lacks interest | Reserved | Excluded/ Weakened | He/she misses many classes | Reticent | He/she has a complicated background | He/she has no capacity | He/she boycotts himself/herself | He/she has a hard life | He/she is on the phone all the time | Sleepy | He/she is a victim of his/her father's absence | He/she has no limits | ADD | Love/ A sweetheart | He/she is likely to fail | agitated | Short | He/she doesn't go to extra classes | Apathetic | Good /Good girl | He/she doesn't value school | Timid | Ugly girl | Irresponsible/ Suspicious | Shy | Pretty/ Cute | Limited/ Weak | Typical municipal public school student | He/she has a cyst in his/her head | He/she shows quality when he/she wants | Marijuana gang | Poor little girl | He/she has trouble reading and writing |
| Name | Categories from the student evaluation board | |
|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |
| Adriane | Easy-going | Agitated |
| She has difficulty | ||
| She doesn't care | ||
| She sleeps in class | ||
| A serious problem | ||
| She talks in class | ||
| A. Carolina | Nothing special | |
| André | Cute | He is an only child |
| Spoiled | Annoying | |
| Good | A big baby | |
| Bernardo | He has a difficult family background | He has been approved by the student evaluation board |
| Carolina | She has financial difficulties | She has been approved by the student evaluation board |
| Dedicated | She has trouble | |
| She has low self esteem | ||
| Never misses class | ||
| Carina | Ugly | Quiet |
| Poor little girl | Sleepy | |
| She takes medicine to lose weight | ||
| C. Eduardo | English poise | |
| Arrogant | ||
| His family is educated | ||
| Cícero | Dedicated | A difficult case |
| He asks questions | He has been approved by the student evaluation board | |
| He has failed a grade | ||
| Limited | ||
| Daniel | Great | |
| Good student | ||
| He has a dark completion | ||
| Short | ||
| Intelligent | ||
| A sweetheart | ||
| Polite | ||
| Daniela | Weak | |
| Underhand | ||
| Limited | ||
| Davi | He has a cyst in his head | |
| His father is dead | ||
| He has a complicated background | ||
| Elisa | She doesn't cause trouble | |
| Good girl | ||
| Genius | ||
| Great | ||
| Lovely | ||
| Darling | ||
| Name | Categories from the student evaluation board | |
|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |
| Felipe | Worrying | Reserved |
| Poor | Suspicious | |
| He lives in Rocinha slum | Reticent | |
| Excluded | Self boycott | |
| Solitary | ||
| Uninterested | ||
| Gabriel | Poor little boy | He has lost his father |
| Closed | ||
| Weakened | ||
| Weird | ||
| Gabriela | Intelligent | She misses many classes |
| She uses drugs | ||
| She has family problems | ||
| She sleeps in class | ||
| A problem | ||
| Uninterested | ||
| Guilherme | Expulsion | He doesn't make an effort |
| He doesn't value school | ||
| Ingrid | She has cognitive difficulty | Typical municipal school student |
| She understands nothing | ||
| A product of automatic approval | ||
| She lacks basis | ||
| Immaturity | ||
| Júlia | Cute | She talk too much |
| Great | ||
| Sweety | ||
| Excellent | ||
| Mature | ||
| Juliana | She has financial difficulty | She has given up |
| She does nothing | ||
| She came from a municipal school | ||
| She doesn't help herself | ||
| She doesn't go to extra classes | ||
| She is likely to fail | ||
| She doesn't show interest | ||
| Name | Categories from the student evaluation board | |
|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |
| Lucas | A problem | |
| He has a bad attitude | ||
| Disrespectful | ||
| Uncommitted | ||
| He wants nothing | ||
| Uninterested | ||
| Marijuana gang | ||
| Luisa | Good enough | |
| Hearing impaired | ||
| Matheus | Lovely | He has trouble concentrating |
| ADD | A complicated case | |
| He takes Ritalin and Frontal | He has a lot difficulty | |
| He has OCD | He asks questions | |
| He goes to extra classes | ||
| He studies | ||
| Pedro | He doesn't have trouble | |
| Apathetic | ||
| He doesn't participate | ||
| He does nothing | ||
| Rafael | Leader | He has a bad character He has no limits |
| A victim of his father's absence | ||
| Intelligent | Irresponsible | |
| Uncommitted | ||
| Irresponsible | ||
| Rude | ||
| Tatiana | Expulsion | A bad influence |
| She does nothing | ||
| She has a lot of difficulty | ||
| Rascal | ||
| She has no capacity | ||
| She doesn't make an effort | ||
| Likely to fail | ||
| Tales | Abandoned by his mother | He has trouble following classes |
| Hard life | He doesn't make an effort | |
| He has nowhere to study | He has been approved by the board | |
| Financial difficulties | Timid | |
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