Laura Polaine
Abstract
This article discusses sophistication (an inner state) and false sophistication (entrenched by the media, education and industry). Loss of sophistication is also described. The author shows how school deprived her of her sophistication and how she restored it out of school. She sees our role in helping individual children as restoring their sophistication.
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This article discusses sophistication (an inner state) and false sophistication (entrenched by the media, education and industry). Loss of sophistication is also described. The author shows how school deprived her of her sophistication and how she restored it out of school. She sees our role in helping individual children as restoring their sophistication.
Key concepts: Sophistication, Sociology, Social science