tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911464913331967955.post228398508619911120..comments2023-11-08T00:34:04.692-08:00Comments on Tropics of Meta: Brother, Can You Spare a Social Capital?blackpepperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16889926595548195987noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911464913331967955.post-64577400729345535852010-09-17T12:35:48.555-07:002010-09-17T12:35:48.555-07:00the best example of accumulated social and economi...the best example of accumulated social and economic capital as almost perpetually self-sustaining are the minor major league schools (mostly liberal arts colleges: smith, kenyon, skidmore, etc.) that educate the students who largely attended prestigious private schools (brearley, collegiate, etc.) and public schools (townsend harris, stuyvesant, etc.), but still can't get into the major league schools (ivy league, univ. of chicago, mit).<br /><br />they're not particularly intellectually gifted students but are able to continue their privileged upbringing because their parents have enough money to socialize at the local yacht club. meanwhile, their kids memorize facts about art and think about how precious they are.<br /><br />it is self-destructive for the usa to allow so many americans to tread in the shit of their sink-or-swim financial obligations/constraints without (a lot of the time) ever having an affordable and quality opportunity (it shouldnt be privilege) to study. <br /><br />solution: marxist revolution?<br />what does professor cummings suggest?<br /><br />next post, professor reft should write about wade-giles vs. pinyin or hugh grant's increasing resemblance to a lima bean or david miliband's spray-on white hairs.ON THE RUNWAYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811084945037870612noreply@blogger.com