Which of the following best illustrates the relationship C. Wright Mills discuss

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Which of the following best illustrates the relationship C. Wright Mills discusses between “private troubles” and “public issues"?1 (a) If a few teenagers drop out of school then there is probably something wrong with those children, and as a result they're more likely than other teenagers to end up creating social problems. |(b) If a few teenagers drop out of school then there may be something going on with them or their families, but when drop-outs outnumber graduates in certain school districts then there's probably something wrong with the broader social environment that's causing these students' difficulties. (c) If a hundred thousand students drop out of school, it's a big public issue that so many people are being lazy. (d) If a student is having a problem at school but doesn't tell anybody it's a private trouble, but if the student's problem gains more widespread attention (for example, if the student's story is picked up by the national media) it can become a public issue.

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Correct Answer - B

According to C.Wright Mills there are differences between private and public issues, a private issue may arise due to personal or private factors of an individual and may affect few persons, whereas, public issues affect many individuals and the causes could stem from public policies or governance. Here, in this case when few teenagers drop out of the school, it could be due to their own personal family problems, but when they outnumber the graduates then their is problem with the social environment which has caused them to do so.

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