I argue that class based on status is entirely built around classism. I went into a bit earlier in the thread with keryx but to assume that some low paying jobs (teacher, artist, etc..) are acceptable is entirely predicated on the original status of the person when they started out in their training. In theory it'll take more $$ to be a teacher, rather than a garbage collector - and that is why that job is 'ok' while both are obviously necessary in society.
Your personal experiences with class are of course valid, but they show how wide and vast the human experience is. My fathers family - largely college educated with 'respectable' careers in engineering & the like generally did not read, enjoyed crass humor, and did all the 'unclassy things' that my working class, but opera loving mother's side of the family abhored.
As far as college, I think any training will of course further a persons career... but the idea that college = acceptance into middle class is something a lot of working class folks balk at for a variety of reasons, but that is another rant entirely. I should add that I am a returning college student, I had to drop out at age 19 because I had no money and could not afford to incur the lofty debt that surrounds U.S. colleges today. I also hate hearing 'wow you are really well spoken for a person without a degree'
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Date: 2007-12-31 05:31 pm (UTC)Your personal experiences with class are of course valid, but they show how wide and vast the human experience is. My fathers family - largely college educated with 'respectable' careers in engineering & the like generally did not read, enjoyed crass humor, and did all the 'unclassy things' that my working class, but opera loving mother's side of the family abhored.
As far as college, I think any training will of course further a persons career... but the idea that college = acceptance into middle class is something a lot of working class folks balk at for a variety of reasons, but that is another rant entirely. I should add that I am a returning college student, I had to drop out at age 19 because I had no money and could not afford to incur the lofty debt that surrounds U.S. colleges today. I also hate hearing 'wow you are really well spoken for a person without a degree'