The Roots of Aspiration

If you hang around with two drinkers, you'll become the third. If you hang around with two smokers, you'll become the third. If you hang around two people who want to do well in life, you'll become the third.

This is the wisdom that Jay passes on at the start of our fourth and final episode of Boys v School.

It introduces another vital piece of the puzzle that we’ve been trying to put together – on why working class boys are falling behind in school, and what we can do about it.

In The Roots of Aspiration we look at how boys’ closest social relationships shape their values, identity and vision for the future.

A ⁠Dreamscheme⁠ media project funded by LFT Charitable Trust.

Produced by Stephen Mullan (follow Stephen's writing at RethinkingYouth.com)