It is clear from all these data that the interests of teenagers are not focused around studies, and that scholastic achievement is at most of minor importance in giving status or prestige to an adolescent in the eyes of other adolescents.
James S. ColemanAbout author
- Author's profession: Sociologist
- Nationality: american
- Born: May 12, 1926
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