Telegraph today - Class system

Uneasily middle class with a score of 250. Raised in one of Glasgow's worst areas, went to a state school, but I attended college for my degree in Building Science and I do have a coat of arms.

I would have been among Ireland's upper classes had it not been for the little fight in 1690 and the religious intolerence that followed as my ancestors where robbed of their property and money. As the family motto says though - 'I have broken my bonds'.
 
im working class, my parrents are middle class, my grandparents are upper middle class, we do have a coat of arms and i wear it on my little finger, im proud of my family history.
 
Eddie182 said:
Well, I'm very, very lower class. And damn pround of it.
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I'll join you there Eddie - scored 180 on this quizz thing :rolleyes:

Meh - am happy both with my background, my job and my life - thats what counts in this day and age :D
 
Well I've always been an odd-ball in the archaic English class sytem - brought up in a working class household, council house, 2 sisters left school at 16 with less than 5 gcse's, while I walked out of a public school (scholarship boy), 2 degrees and head of legal for a multinational by the age of 28..

Chippy? Yes. Is the class system relevant anymore? Certainly not.
 
My girl firends one of these posh snobby types, as are her friends.

I spend all day earning decent money in The City and her lot still reckon Im "common".


Damn Peasants
 
AthlonTom said:
My girl firends one of these posh snobby types, as are her friends.

I spend all day earning decent money in The City and her lot still reckon Im "common".


Damn Peasants
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its nothing to do with ho much you earn, its the culture you have developed yourself, they may seem going to a pup common but a wine bar as posh. Its all in what you perceive as class.
 
dsb said:
its nothing to do with ho much you earn, its the culture you have developed yourself, they may seem going to a pup common but a wine bar as posh. Its all in what you perceive as class.
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It seems to be nothing to do with the money I agree, talking to my girlfriend about it, she said it was because of the schools I went to, my parents and the area I was raised in. I'm well mannored and well dressed, I know good wine - still "common" though

I hate snobs
 
sativa said:
...2 sisters left school at 16 with less than 5 gcse's...
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I think you mean 'fewer than 5 GCSEs'. Shame your public school education didn't teach you basic English. ;)

My opinion is that the class system in the UK is alive and kicking, and has an impact on the everyday lives of most people in the country. To deny that is naive. Occasionally I've been known to indulge in a little bit of class consciousness, even though logic compels me to admit that it's pointless and has no sound grounding.

I have no problems at all with people who are manifestly upper, lower or middle class, but what I really dislike is overt class warfare. I hate snobs who look down on the lower classes, and equally I hate militant middle or lower class knobbers who immediately denounce the upper classes as too privileged to know they're born.

No one has any choice over the class they're born into (and hence, in part, the outlook that they have on life) so it seems stupid to judge people on it. I have friends who I could happily pigeonhole into upper, lower or middle class, and guess what? They're all pretty regular people.
 
AthlonTom said:
It seems to be nothing to do with the money I agree, talking to my girlfriend about it, she said it was because of the schools I went to, my parents and the area I was raised in. I'm well mannored and well dressed, I know good wine - still "common" though

I hate snobs
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They probably think you are trying to fit in too hard and constantly reminding them LOOK! I WORK IN THE CITY! LOOK IM A CONSULTANT! LOOK I HAVE A 1 SERIES DIESEL!

Money doesn't buy class.
 
I dispute the relevance of the class system. I come from a moderately affluent middle-class family but went to the local comp, and now attend a Uni which many consider to be dominated by the upper class, though I haven't found this to be true.

Yes, the class system is a useful if rather generalised tool of classification - but it doesn't preclude interaction with people 'above' or 'below' your station. They're not castes.
 
Mattus said:
...and now attend a Uni which many consider to be dominated by the upper class, though I haven't found this to be true.
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That's because it's a mindless lie perpetuated by idiots and dilettantes.

Yes, the class system is a useful if rather generalised tool of classification - but it doesn't preclude interaction with people 'above' or 'below' your station. They're not castes.
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But you surely can't deny that it's still relevant? Even though modern times have seen progress towards the removal of class barriers, the very fact that class still weighs on the minds of many people makes the system relevant. Hell, you could argue that the very fact that we're having this discussion makes the class system relevant.
 
I find that class only matters to those who need it, I have never once claimed to be better than anyone else and have friends from posh familys and from ones you lot would cross the street to avoid, in this day and age I dont think it matters as much.

But as arcade has said to some it matters a lot.

I remember going for uni interviews and as you were given a tour by a drunken student being paid for nothing they were the people who went to a county college wearing at most a shirt and public school boys with 3 of their friends as they decided "they all wanted to do the same course at the same uni" together acting like immature plebs.

Opinions of people should be what you take from them and not what other people force on you.

KaHn
 
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