McJobs
I don't think university attendance has as much to do with class as it does from your parents putting value on education. My Dad's a truck driver... But he works bloody hard, and taught me to do the same. Both of my parents wanted me to go to uni, and I did. I didn't "not fit in", because there were people from all backgrounds there, an part of the experience is being able to get on with a wide variety of people.
So, when people say that working class kids can't go to uni, I think "bollocks". What they actually lack is an attitude that values education and values hard work. Unfortunately we have an ever widening underclass, who have never worked, who will never have these values.
(, Mon 14 Mar 2011, 8:30, Share, Reply)