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Caught Between Two Worlds: Working-Class Roots and Academic Life
I grew up in a working-class family—blue-collar through and through. Now I live in a world full of academics, PhDs, and prestige. And to be honest, I don’t feel like I fit in anywhere.
Both sides have their own kind of snobbery. On one side, being “too educated” makes you the outsider. On the other, if you act like a normal human—go to your kid’s baseball game, show up at a PTA meeting, take time to just live—it’s seen as a waste of time.
There are unspoken rules about how you’re supposed to act, what success looks like, and who belongs. And most days, I feel like I’m doing a bad job at…
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