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spring break

Spring Break?

March 23, 2017 by Jade Obler Leave a Comment

When I think of spring break, I think of MTV and early 20-somethings soaking up the sun. I believe that this ideal spring break is becoming more and more mythical with the rising costs of education. Classism enables wealthy students to obtain degrees debt free while low-income and working-class students are faced with more and more debt. I […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class cultures, Class in Higher Education, Cultural capital, Dealing with privilege, Pop Culture Classism Tagged With: classism, education, middle class, spring break, working class

How Class Affects My (Breaks from) Class

March 23, 2017 by Jude Diebold 1 Comment

As a teenager, I became acquainted with our modern society’s expectation of “spring break” through MTV’s spring break specials. I remember as a teen feeling an acute sense of “fear of missing out“ when seeing slightly older peers dancing on the beach and swimming in the ocean. Growing up in rural Ohio, I was nowhere […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class cultures, Class in Higher Education Tagged With: class cultures, education, middle class, spring break, working class

Debbie Downer’s Spring Break

March 23, 2017 by Muna Mohamed 1 Comment

Spring break is coming up. That means hearing about Cancun and Barcelona while walking by students, seeing Airbnb and hotel tabs on 101 laptops, and seeing Snapchat countdowns every day. Spring break is a college student’s dream – one that comes with a hefty price to make it a reality. As a student coming from […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Class cultures, Class in Higher Education, Pop Culture Classism Tagged With: class cultures, education, poverty, privilege, speaking up, spring break

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