Chapter+14+Education,+Health,+and+Medicine


 * **__Schooling__**-formal instruction under the directed of specially trained teachers
 * A type of schooling would be in Ms. Norbury's math class. There are several scenes where there is schooling taking place. Cady is constantly working on math, quizes, and getting tutored. She even joins the mathletes. There is also a scene at the beginning were the trained teacher, Ms. Norbury was actually teaching a lesson.


 * __**Education**__-a social institution that has particular importance to people looking to advance their careers.
 * In the movie, the school is a very important place. The teachers push for good grades and success. Though some of the students are only taking importance in the social aspect of an education center, the schools prime purpose is to prepare the students for a more successful future.

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 * __**Tracking**__-assigning students to different types of educational programs.
 * Also in the movie, Ms. Norbury tries to steer Cady in the right direction she sees she is getting off course. She realizes that she is dumbing herself down for a boy, and Ms. Norbury gives her a bit of a wake up call, and for extra credit she tells her to join the mathletes, to help her get back on track with her life. Ms. Norbury realizes deep down that Cady is a great kid, but just needs a little push.
 * __**Functional Illiteracy-**__ a lack of the reading and writing skills neede for everyday living.
 * Karen Smith could be considered illiterate because of the way she acts in school and out of school. She is considered to be the dumb girl in the Plastics because she doesn't know how to function in school or in any social setting. She is always asking questitons that would be very obvious to other people.
 * __**Health-**__ a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.
 * Regina had it all until Cady came to town. Once Regina felt threatened by Cady for the homecoming crown, she decided to lose weight by going on crazy diets. This is an example of what it is like to do something very unhealthy because it hurts the body's physical well being. Also, another example is when Regina gets hit by a bus. This causes her to be the opposite of healthy and instead become unraveled.
 * __**Eating Disorder-**__ an intense form of dieting or other unhealthy method of weight control driven by the desire to be very thin.
 * Regina wants to lose weight, so she decides to try out outrageous diets. She first goes on a cranberry diet were all she drinks is cranberry juice for every meal. When she wants to lose even more she tries out Swedish protein bars that are supposed to help her lose weight, but actually make her gain weight. This up and down of weight gaining and losing is very unhealthy for her and is considered an eating disorder.