In just the phrase "<span>muchachitos mal educados", the word "mal" would signal that the whole phrase has a negative connotation. "mal" in Spanish means "bad". The phrase all together roughly translates 'little boys with bad education', but it's really the 'mal' that makes the phrase negative even when looking at it without the translation. </span>
Answer:
Ponyboy feels scared, and mad at the same time. The socs are rich and wealthy incompared to the Greasers who are very poor, and strongly depend on each other. This makes the Socs think that it is ok to tease a Greaser.
The preposition in this sentence is in.
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