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The graph is disjoint. I remember when I was in school and teachers were asking me what I wanted to do in college, and I had known not one single professional
by hessenwolf 15y ago
The graph is disjoint. I remember when I was in school and teachers were asking me what I wanted to do in college, and I had known not one single professional individual ever, other than teachers, with a teacher/pupil ratio of 33/1. How was I supposed to know?
The problem with being poor is that everybody else you know is poor and also doesn't have an iota how to get out of it.
- wisty 15y agoThey know. At least, they have a rough idea. Of course, it wouldn't be much help to have your mother say "learn to read" if she can't help teach you. The other problem (which will be well-known by many hn-ers) is that trying to get out of is discouraged. Would you make friends with a guy who wants to study in another zip code, or a guy who wants to stay in the 'hood? If you think you are going to stay in the 'hood, then you are best hanging out with a fellow drop-out. That's the economic explanation for the jealousy and sometimes hostility that social climbers get. Whether or not the economic explanation is correct, it's hard to argue that a black kid in a black school who acts white may get beat up for it.
- stcredzero 15y agoSounds like there may be an "evaporative cooling" effect. http://lesswrong.com/lw/lr/evaporative_cooling_of_group_beliefs/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/lr/evaporative_cooling_of_group_beli...