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I'm always wary of upvoting a comment like this , but being from India and experiencing the difference getting into a good college makes , he has a point. Ofco
by thewarrior 11y ago
I'm always wary of upvoting a comment like this , but being from India and experiencing the difference getting into a good college makes , he has a point.
Ofcourse it's not a stark choice between getting into a Stanford and serving coffee at Starbucks but still . And I can't digest the snobbery in saying that a Starbucks worker is devoid of any dignity . But the comment still somehow resonates with me.
Perhaps it's a reflection of my own inferiority complex of not being able to study at an elite institution. It's a little hard to get over such feelings.
- kangman 11y agoYou should check out this podcast about impostor syndrome and cultural conflicts that occur when two opposite ends of the socioeconomic spectrum meet. http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/550/three-miles http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/550/t...
- plonh 11y agoIt isn't about dignity of the job. It is about health insurance and living wages.