What it means to be a “good” student from the commonsense point of view is complying with society – this is by “meeting standards” (Kumashiro, p. 27) within a curriculum.  For education the standard is to do it, get educated, finish school, and get a good paying job.  Teachers have a lot of pressure from society to make these students into well rounded citizens and if they don’t succeed it “…shows a teacher’s indolence” (Painter).  Teachers also feel “…pressure from schools and society to produce this type of student” (Kumashiro, p.21).  What society needs to understand is that education of the ‘traditional classroom’ is not for all.  The privileged students are the white population and middle, upper class – and unfortunately this is not good.  While lower class and people of color feel the pressures of oppression within the education system.