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I think it's less of an explicit class warfare type thing and more of an implicit one, but it's not just unpaid internships: - Afterschool classes and clubs re
by jmduke 13y ago
I think it's less of an explicit class warfare type thing and more of an implicit one, but it's not just unpaid internships:
- Afterschool classes and clubs require parents who are free after 3.30pm to drive you there and back.
- That spring break trip to Rwanda to help underprivileged youths would look great on your college application! Too bad it costs $500 to join the mission.
- You're not taking 4 AP classes and volunteering on weekends? You must be lazy, and its certainly not that you have to work 20 hours/wk after school to help put food on the table.
- etc. etc.
(I say this as a very privileged person who was fortunate enough to have two full-time parents -- but also as someone who knew people who weren't.)
- chrischen 13y agoI can attest to the after school thing. It was basically impossible for me to do any after school clubs or activities because my parents couldn't afford a house in walking distance to the high school, and they had to work and couldn't come home before 7 PM. It's rigged, but only in the short term.