Sunday, July 14, 2002

Middle-Class Snootiness

Lamenting about the fact that they cannot get a job after college.
There seems to be a characteristic snootiness affecting the middle-class whites of America.  They think highly of themselves because they have a four-year college degree.  Well, this would be valid... if the degree were actually worth anything.

Not all college degrees are created equal.
///[[[[[They think that because they have a four-year college degree, this automatically makes them smarter than someone who only graduated from high school.]]]]

**And by the way, what do you mean there are no jobs?  There are TONS of jobs for someone with your qualifications.  Cashiering, working at grocery stores, working at McDonalds, janitor-- the custodial arts (that's from "breakfast club"), waitressing, hotel maid, customer service store clerk.

They think that to actually workkk is an affront to their dignity.  "I should go and get a job as a waiter??  How dare you!!"  "I should get a job as a janitor??  NUh-uh!!"

They take umbrage at the notion that since they cannot find a high-paying professional job right out of college, that they should ever humble themselves to the level of accepting a cashiering job.  "I went to college!  I'm not going to settle for a minimum wage job!"

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