Need help with my writing homework on Analysis of Learning to Labour Research by Paul Willis. Write a 2000 word paper answering; Willis doesn’t undermine the significance of structures, rather he feels that these young lads are not only influenced by their own beliefs but are heavily influenced by the values and traditions of their class background, geographical location, local opportunity structure and these are what impact their job choices later in life. But he consistently reminds us that apart from these influences, the counter culture that these lads had developed for themselves also played a crucial role. For this reason, Willis explains that if we want to understand the phenomenon of social reproduction, we must not fail to comprehend:

how and why young people take the restricted and often meaningless available jobs in ways which seem sensible to them in their familiar world as it is actually lived.