we just have the not-so-common in the world ability to switch between them
I was just watching a documentary about China yesterday, and they were giving examples of class switching. Once China's doing it, it's almost by default not uncommon anymore, no?
Asks she with the cousin who was one generation from barefoot-to-school and now sits in British Parliament.
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A NANNY FOR A COLLEGE FRESHMAN.
I'm sorry, I couldn't get past that part.
"historically-not-so-common" then?
And is the cousin greeted with open arms by Lord Such-and-such's family if she wants to marry him? (Its an honest question.)
I'm not sure if "middle class" is a useful term.
As one social scientist noted, 85% of Americans consider themselves "middle class" but it means very different things to them. From well paid union labor to middle management to small business owners etc.
A NANNY FOR A COLLEGE FRESHMAN.
That was sort of my reaction, too. Also, if she wants someone young and pretty, which she seems to, wouldn't they be very close in age.
I'm not sure if "middle class" is a useful term.
As one social scientist noted, 85% of Americans consider themselves "middle class" but it means very different things to them. From well paid union labor to middle management to small business owners etc.
I think that's due to the "American's don't HAVE social class" notion -- we almost all want to consider ourselves middle class.
It's only going to be useful if you give it an actual definition.
A NANNY FOR A COLLEGE FRESHMAN.
I'm sorry, I couldn't get past that part.
Dude. I know. And then there's the part where she says it's a full-time job, but the person really only reliably gets one day off a month.
I'm not sure if "middle class" is a useful term.
Yes, I was pondering it in my own blog and I realized I don't know what the hell middle class actually is, let alone middle class values.
Therefore my pondering mostly focused on money rather than class.