Rejecting negative labels (Internal Factors)

• Studied a group of black girls in year 11 in a London Comprehensive school.
• They were high achievers- untypical.
• The girls chanelled their anger about being labelled into educational success.
• They didn't seek approval from teachers.
• Conformed only when school work was concerned, they relied on themselves.
• Had friends from low streams.
• They viewed the teachers as racsist.
• They maintained a positive self-image by relying on their own efforts, rather than accepting the teachers' negative labels.
• Reliant on impartial exams.

Conclusion

• Many pupils still succeed even when they refuse to conform, negative labeling doesn't always lead to failure, there was no self-fulfilling prophecy.

• Studied Black and Asian A Level pupils at a Sixth Form College.
• Students didn't accept the labels.
• Their respose depended on their ethnic group, gender and the nature of their former school.
• Some girls felt that their experience of having attended an all-girls school gave them a greater academic commitment that helped them to overcome negative labeling at college. 

Conclusion

• Labeling does not inevitably produce a self-fulfilling prophecy.