Comments on: SocImages Vacation http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/06/19/soc-images-vacation/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 25 May 2012 01:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nadav Perez http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/06/19/soc-images-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-1808 Nadav Perez Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:39:13 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=1513#comment-1808 Have fun. Don't get eaten by a horse this time. Have fun.
Don’t get eaten by a horse this time.

]]> By: dawn http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/06/19/soc-images-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-1803 dawn Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:38:34 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=1513#comment-1803 Gwen, I think class issues are a huge sociological topic. I come from a very poor working class family. My parents have not been able to contribute any finances to my academic career. I have had to work full-time all the way through my bachelors and masters in order to support myself and go to school (thus, it's taken me a long time to get those degrees). As I head into my doctoral program, I'm told that the class issues get even more extreme. My classmates haven't understood why it's harder for me to participate in after class group meetings, or why I can't just ask for money to make ends meet. It's not that simple. However, once I'm done, I will feel that I have paid my dues and that I really did earn by degrees...on many levels. Gwen, I think class issues are a huge sociological topic. I come from a very poor working class family. My parents have not been able to contribute any finances to my academic career. I have had to work full-time all the way through my bachelors and masters in order to support myself and go to school (thus, it’s taken me a long time to get those degrees). As I head into my doctoral program, I’m told that the class issues get even more extreme.

My classmates haven’t understood why it’s harder for me to participate in after class group meetings, or why I can’t just ask for money to make ends meet. It’s not that simple.

However, once I’m done, I will feel that I have paid my dues and that I really did earn by degrees…on many levels.

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