tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post47807495014530049..comments2023-09-30T03:57:11.799-05:00Comments on ahistoricality: Low class is better than no class at all....Ahistoricalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-56080098938497595652012-03-11T18:53:28.327-05:002012-03-11T18:53:28.327-05:00I got a 33, and while I acknowledge many problems ...I got a 33, and while I acknowledge many problems with the quiz, in a sense, it was accurate in my case. I've written a comment about it at my blog. The link is:<br /><br />http://theolderepublicke.blogspot.com/2012/02/at-borders-of-three-social-classes.htmlGabriel Conroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566193099628849226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-70441428466012063832012-01-31T10:42:49.011-05:002012-01-31T10:42:49.011-05:00While I scored high due to living in Canada and th...While I scored high due to living in Canada and the UK, and WORKING in a cinema (gee, that's both a uniform AND film watching for free). I notice that pretty much ALL those with significant disabilities (which is 1 in 6 Americans) would end up tagged minority/low class/low intellegence simply because he is equating aspect of the social experience (which many individuals with disabilities or high health care costs) tend to be excluded from. <br /><br />He also excludes several religious groups, particularly those who are Mormon, Amish, mennonite and a lot of the religious Jews. <br /><br />I don't think that simplifying the US experience by eliminating all those who are just too darn complicated to understand (or did the writer think that his friend in school with CP actually HAD....what, 'diminished intellegence') - the film Pumpkin demonstrates the extreme discomfort people feel about intermixing of those with perceived intellegence differences. <br /><br />I read the last book simply because I wanted to decide for myself if it was a tedious simplification. Thankfully his notes to the test show this book to be another.Elizabeth McClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03627373214555333537noreply@blogger.com