https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm213gd5gjpo
di insomnimax_99
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm213gd5gjpo
di insomnimax_99
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Lower middle class kids are not the same as upper class kids whose parents can get them a free ride of work experience into whatever corporate they are senior in, thus netting them a substantial head start.
I feel like this change cuts things off too sharply for kids from parents who happen to have professional jobs, but are otherwise not wealthy that they are significantly advantaged.
wear some high vis to the interview. can’t get any more working then that
Lie.
They’re not going to check. And if they are planning to discriminate against you based on who your parents are, you do not need to feel any guilt about lying to them.
The intern scheme is just a front really. its not a job, its just a few weeks experience over summer
You get to do a few weeks internship. Doesn’t get you on the Grad scheme. Doesn’t get you on the fast stream. doesn’t get you a CS job. Those routes are still the same and quite frankly are still decided by many of the same unwritten rules that they are currently.
This makes 0 difference. Just sounds nice.
How do they check?
“My dad worked at Tesco” could mean anything from that he was on the tills to he was the CFO.
I just think if you’re gonna do this it should be based on household income, or maybe comprehensive schools only or something to that effect. The categories of jobs seems more like its about vibes than actual advantages.
Based on this, my cousin would not qualify as working class given that her mums nurses salary is what supports her household of four including a disabled woman. They’ve been made homeless several times and are kind of the archetypal working class (not a lot of education in the family, thick accents, multi generational household, insecure finances etc). But being a nurse is not a working class occupation apparently? That just seems completely insane.
When I was at school there were a lot of programs for working class kids to go do different things these were either specific to the school or based on eligibility for free school meals or whatever. Made more sense imo.
Bro bottom left standing in front of an Edwardian mansion wondering if he’s working class.
I get what they’re trying to achieve but this feels ham fisted. Children of teachers and nurses are not going to be well of families by and large yet they’re excluded. It needs to be a mix of parents jobs, household income and type of school attended (bearing in mind there are still grammar/selective state schools in this country). Maybe socioeconomic levels in the catchment of the secondary school as well. Even adding in extra criteria it’s not going to be perfect.
The (good) jobs at the CS are for the middle class and above. Always have been, always will be. Any attempt to make the CS more open to the working class is just posturing by the incumbent. Nothing will change and these kids have nothing to worry about