“Me duermo, pero igual aprendo”: experiencias educativas exitosas de jóvenes santafesinos de sectores bajos

Abstract

This article explores successful educational experiences of high school students from the Argentinean city of Santa Fe, who live in unfavorable contexts to finish their compulsory education. In order to achieve this objective, interviews were conducted in two local schools, among low income students and middle-class students. This fieldwork allowed to recognize, among other characteristics, that the students of the low sectors perceive the school as a safe place that protects them from the violence of the neighborhood, and where they acquire specific skills and knowledge. Differences were also observed between these students and their middle-class peers, both in the way they establish links between school and other areas of socialization, as well as in their perceptions about knowledge, jobs and college.