ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the issues of achievement and regulation for teenage mothers in high school. It illustrates how one young mother crafted spaces of achievement for herself amid a sea of marginalization. The chapter describes the more balanced—and positive—conceptualization of achievement for teenage mothers. Balancing success for teenage mothers on the fulcrum of high school graduation is the easiest and the most confined way to define it. In order to achieve Bianca goal of graduation her also had to figure out how to manage her new life financially. Bianca experienced marginalization when she became a mother early into her high school career, when she departed from and then returned to school, and when her financial responsibilities required her to generate an income while still a student. Challenges within the school walls abound for students who are marginalized in some way.
