According to Randall Collins, our educational system is much like a "tribal initiation rite," a "secret society," or a "closed occupational caste." For Collins, it is not a rational system that produces more efficient production but a mechanism for:

-creating gender inequality in the workforce.
-reproducing the existing class structure.
-punishing those who deviate from mainstream American values.
-teaching the values and ideals that we need to function in society today.
-making inner-city schools extraordinarily unhappy places.

-punishing those who deviate from mainstream American values.

Explanation:

Randall Collins is a very influential American sociologist today. His works have been translated into several languages and his thoughts regarding political and economic changes, social conflicts, micro-sociology and others are followed by many people across the planet.

Collins has a strong opinion about the educational system that we have today, for him this system is weak, unresponsive and has no responsibility and commitment to those who go through it. He believes that currently the education established in the country, informs that it will form citizens ready for the job market that will evaluate their technical and intellectual capacities, however, the educational system ends up indoctrinating people with the standards of cultural respectability that it believes is essential for the society. As a result, this system ends up punishing those who deviate from the main American values, to a lower quality life through precarious jobs.

no questions on whether they are allowed that right

question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals