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You wouldn't characterize education as a commonly discussed component of upward mobility? It seems to me that an education is exactly how you'd expect your chil
by wonderzombie 13y ago
You wouldn't characterize education as a commonly discussed component of upward mobility? It seems to me that an education is exactly how you'd expect your children to do well, as opposed to the "effort" and "hard work" of a mostly-unskilled job with an obvious ceiling on wages, etc.
- gaius 13y agoThere's education and there's education. Academic learning is only one kind of intelligence, learning physical skills is intelligence too. Which is why plumbers are so well paid. Here in the UK the Labour government told all the working class kids hey, don't bother to learn a trade like your parents, go to an ex-poly and get a degree in media studies! Now they're unemployable and all our tradesmen come from Poland, where they do still understand education and they do still respect the trades. And without them, the UK is in a lot of trouble.
- j2kun 13y agoI mean that going through the education system is not enough alone to guarantee success, but this is implied by the use of the word "ticket." A phrase that makes it clear there's no entitlement would be "opportunity to reach the middle class" when this is more like "pay money and you'll get there just like everyone else."