Why this sub forum is so obsessed with class and money

[Anonymous]

One would expect a forum about higher education to be more focused on higher education but unfortunately class and wealth seems to be the bigger obsessions here. Why is that so?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One would expect a forum about higher education to be more focused on higher education but unfortunately class and wealth seems to be the bigger obsessions here. Why is that so?

Because 99% of people care more about career prospects than they do education. College is a means to an end, not the end itself

[Anonymous]

Because higher education is viewed by many as a path to earning more money and because selectivity suggests--whether right or wrong--that intelligent,ambitious, hardworking, goal oriented students will be able to study among like-minded peers.

[Anonymous]

Because many of the people who post here don’t actually value education, growth, knowledge and relationships as much as they value financial security and the status that money gives them in their worlds. A certain kind of capitalism guides their lives.

[Anonymous]

Money is very important.

[Anonymous]

I agree it’s illogical. Objectively many technical blue collar jobs would earn more than many ba college grads with free or much cheaper training. Year they are shunned by the striver class. It is a perception only.

[Anonymous]

Because education is the great hope of the MC/UMC.

[Anonymous]

not class. this board is obsessed with things like engineering, which is what our granddads did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because many of the people who post here don’t actually value education, growth, knowledge and relationships as much as they value financial security and the status that money gives them in their worlds. A certain kind of capitalism guides their lives.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because higher education is viewed by many as a path to earning more money and because selectivity suggests--whether right or wrong--that intelligent,ambitious, hardworking, goal oriented students will be able to study among like-minded peers.

Ehhh. There are students like this at schools all over the country not just TT but people here mainly care about image and connections of certain schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:not class. this board is obsessed with things like engineering, which is what our granddads did.

That’s what jumps out at me on the college board. But there is some trickle over from the beauty and fashion which always has someone trying to rehash old money/new money with zero insight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree it’s illogical. Objectively many technical blue collar jobs would earn more than many ba college grads with free or much cheaper training. Year they are shunned by the striver class. It is a perception only.

Can you name any blue collar job that makes more than an engineer and 1) doesn't destroy your body and 2) has any upward mobility? The great thing about blue collar jobs is that the trade offs between health and salary are very clear. You can earn 200k as an underwater welder, but you will be lucky to do it for a decade let alone a career. A long haul trucker makes great money, but they are away from home most of their lives.

[Anonymous]

Because people want better lives? There’s no golden ticket in life but it probably doesn’t hurt to send a kid to HPSM, Caltech, Duke, Yale, Penn, etc. and give them a good floor at the very least. And there’s a high correlation between money and quality of life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:not class. this board is obsessed with things like engineering, which is what our granddads did.

Any talk about STEM on this board leads to snobby talk about how their child is a liberal arts major because that’s for people who are more well rounded and value education for its own sake. 🙄

[Anonymous]

Because this is DC Urban Moms. The DC area is full of people obsessed with status. That's all.