Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Is fear causing the struggle?


Blog Post#2

As previously mentioned before the key focus on this blog is not necessarily the price of tuition and their continuing growth rates but ,more so the reason why people are buying into college despite the high cost. The middle class is a lot of times used as a pawn for political reasons to convey a certain image. For some the middle class is portrayed as the everyday American, for other the middle class is depicted as a diminishing number however the middle class is perceived there is always the idea of that particular group of people trying to maintain that status if not move up.  Education is the most common way that middle class use to secure their place. Author Barbara Ehrenrich  of the  Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class writes about how from a historical aspect, despite the cost of tuition, this has always been a fear.

 

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