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Date: 2010-09-17 10:13 pm (UTC)I'm currently doing a prac in a moderately disadvantaged school in Sydney, and I think one of the biggest influences is the home environment: essentially, how much the parents value education, whatever their 'socio-economic status'. Are you thinking of particular people who've been 'let down' by poor quality teaching? True, it happens (I know, since I've been a perpetrator now!), but when you're in an environment where everyone in the English staff says "there's no point setting homework; they won't do it..." and where at least 15% of the students are absent, even the most engaging lesson has limited impact.
James H.