don't they cease to be working class through the process of education?
No, but as I said, their kids might - as in your case. You're working from your personal conception of class, but there are specific ways to define it (which vary, a bit like technical definitions of gender).
it suggests that you can't move between classes which I strongly disagree with
The term for this is 'social mobility', which does of course happen - but a lot less than the right (and so-called centre) would have us believe. Studies of class consistently show that social mobility is still very restricted.
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Date: August 22nd, 2002 12:00 pm (UTC)From:No, but as I said, their kids might - as in your case. You're working from your personal conception of class, but there are specific ways to define it (which vary, a bit like technical definitions of gender).
it suggests that you can't move between classes which I strongly disagree with
The term for this is 'social mobility', which does of course happen - but a lot less than the right (and so-called centre) would have us believe. Studies of class consistently show that social mobility is still very restricted.