Class in Britain today by Cathy Gardiner https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f en-us 2019-03-29 11:04:32 UTC 2024-10-17 00:43:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Ivan 1147955476 https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346489401 Even within a comprehensive school, when they’re all in the same building, the working classes are still getting less education than the middle classes, just as they had when my dad was at school at the beginning of the 20th century.

England does not have an education system that is serious about realising the potential of all children, with those on free school meals and receiving pupil premium 27% less likely to achieve five or more GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and maths. Four-fifths of children from working-class minority ethnic families are taught in schools with high concentrations of other immigrant or disadvantaged students – the highest proportion in the developed world.

According to a report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Half of all free school meal children are educated in just a fifth of all schools.

Research suggests it is the wealth and inclination of parents, rather than the ability and efforts of the child, that have the most bearing on a child’s educational success today. “If you’re a working class child, you’re starting the race halfway round the track behind the middle class child. Middle class parents do a lot via extra resources and activities.”

Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/nov/21/english-class-system-shaped-in-schools]]> 2019-03-29 11:06:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346489401 shannon jsy0315jsy https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346489420 Upper class people are more likely to behave selfishly.
The higher a person's class, the more likely they were to tell lies in negotiations and cheat for money
Higher social classes more likely to lie, cheat, cut up other road users and not stop at pedestrian crossings.
STUDY 1
Researchers from University of California concealed themselves close to a crossroads in the Bay Area of San Francisco and spied on drivers who were expected to stop and wait their turn before driving on. Whenever a car arrived at the junction, the scientists ranked the driver's class on a scale of one to five according to the model, age and appearance of the car.
On average, 12.4% of the observed drivers failed to wait their turn and cut in front of other road users. Those in the less classy cars cut people up less than 10% of the time, but drivers in the most prestigious cars did so around one third of the time.
The researchers next recorded whether drivers stopped for a person who tried to walk across the junction using a pedestrian crossing. Drivers of the cheapest and oldest cars were most likely to slow down and give way, followed by those in average quality cars. But those in the most prestigious cars drove on regardless of the pedestrian around 45% of the time.
STUDY 2
In one study, 105 volunteers were asked to read eight stories that implicated a character in taking something that wasn't theirs, and comment on whether they would do the same. Their endorsement of wrongdoing rose with socioeconomic class, as ranked by income, education and occupation.
STUDY 3
Another study had volunteers play a computer game that simulated five rolls of a dice. The participants were asked to write down their total score, and told that a high score might earn them a cash prize. Even though the game was rigged to give everyone a score of 12, more upper class than lower class people reported higher scores.
STUDY 4
In a crucial last experiment, the scientists primed volunteers into seeing greed as good. They asked them to write down three ways in which it was beneficial, before answering questions on their likelihood of performing unethical acts. This time, the lower and higher classes scored the same, because those on the lower social rungs behaved worse after being primed.

]]> 2019-03-29 11:06:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346489420 job discrimination wangkeuk https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346489473 Over 52% of HR managers and directors believe social class inequality occurs in the workplace, with 79% believing an unconscious bias to exist in recruitment and promotion opportunities.]]> 2019-03-29 11:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346489473 The Equalities Act 2010 wangkeuk https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346492276
The Equalities Act 2010 was introduced to make discrimination illegal within the workplace and when recruiting for new staff. This only covers discrimination based on age, gender, race, marital status, disability, religion, expecting or having a child and sexual orientation. Class and economic status are not included, meaning that technically there is nothing illegal about businesses not hiring people due to such circumstances.

There has been some pressure put on the government to reform the Equalities Act to include social class or economic status, but so far it has not gone through. While there are of course many firms that do not discriminate openly when recruiting about class, there is a lot of unconscious discrimination that goes on.    ]]> 2019-03-29 11:19:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346492276 Legal and City Firms wangkeuk https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346494029
The same report discovered that over two-thirds of the job vacancies in legal and city firms were filled by university graduates who had been to private or grammar schools. Considering around 90% of all children go through the state school system, there is clearly an uneven trend going on, with class discrimination playing its part.

One of the problems is that many legal and city bosses will claim that they always want to hire the best candidate, not be forced to meet a quota. Plus, it can be harder to prove that someone missed out on a job due to class, rather than age, gender or race.]]> 2019-03-29 11:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346494029 Banking Sector wangkeuk https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346494513
The banking sector is another industry struggling with class issues, as many top banking graduates have missed out on positions because they lack ‘polish’. Various graduates with first-class degrees have claimed they’ve missed out on a job with excuses given including ‘looking uncomfortable in a suit’ and ‘having the wrong aura’.

These can be attributed to class perceptions which set up barriers for non-priveleged individuals. It’s not every banking institution though, Saffron Building Society and many others are all-inclusive, but the problem does persist elsewhere. Hopefully, the government will introduce and begin to enforce stricter class discrimination acts in the future to eliminate such barriers]]> 2019-03-29 11:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346494513 Ivan 1147955476 https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346494868 Barry Sugarman (1970) argues that middle-class and working-class children are socialised into different norms and values. Middle-class children are encouraged to plan for the future (deferred gratification) whereas working-class children are encouraged to live for the moment (immediate gratification). Deferred gratification is a big part of studying and training for a professional career.

Bonney, E., Cleasby, E., Keeley-Holden, S., Simpson, C. and Tate, R., 2016. A-Level Sociology. CGP Ltd. ]]> 2019-03-29 11:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346494868 job discrimination wangkeuk https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346496787 2019-03-29 11:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346496787 Ivan 1147955476 https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346498030 Research from University College London that found £12,200 a year is the average spending on a privately educated primary pupil, compared with £4,800 on a state pupil. For secondary, it’s £15,000 compared with £6,200.

Society has got more unfair, and the gap between the rich and poor is a lot greater than it was even 30 years ago. We’ve got to move back instead of going further in the direction of austerity, which seems to be punishing the poor.

To make things worse, an analysis of Department for Education data reveals that schools with the highest numbers of pupils on free school meals are facing the deepest funding cuts: in secondary schools with more than 40% of children on free school meals, the average loss per pupil will be £803. That’s £326 more than the average for secondary schools as a whole. And primary schools with high numbers of working class pupils are expected to lose £578 per pupil.

]]> 2019-03-29 11:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346498030 resources from kimi wangkeuk https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346498131 2019-03-29 11:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346498131 Shannon jsy0315jsy https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346498678 Growing up as a working-class girl in the UK

The UK has one of the widest attainment gaps in education within the developed world. This effectively means that if you are born in the UK to a family living in disadvantaged circumstances, you are much less likely to achieve your potential than your peers.

Many young people who grow up in an area that is considered a “cold spot” of social mobility – like many of the UK’s seaside towns and former coal mining communities – are caught up in cycles of deprivation. This affects their aspirations, academic self-confidence and adult life choices.

Most men work locally, while women marry local men young, have children and work part-time.

RESEARCH
Richards from Nottingham Trent University interviewed the girls about their dreams, hopes and fears for the future.They had all left primary school with dreams of adult lives involving exciting jobs and happy families. The reality was different.
Most had left school as soon as possible and taken different pathways to those originally planned, with some still having “no idea” what to do and feeling “lost”. Those who had early dreams of working in childcare, hairdressing, catering and social care had generally achieved this by attending college courses and taking local jobs.
Others, who had aspired to career paths that required university study and employment mobility – such as accountants, architects and lawyers – had often adjusted their plans as they progressed through secondary school and were now working locally.
These girls explained they felt they were not clever enough to do such jobs and were scared of moving away. All the girls I spoke with were worried about letting down their families – especially if their choices challenged community expectations of early marriage, motherhood and local employment.
]]> 2019-03-29 11:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346498678 Yan 18655818836 https://padlet.com/cathy34/6pygqoryps0f/wish/346500685 Britain is indeed among the worst countries for certain measures of social mobility, with the parents’ wealth strongly influencing the child’s prospects of higher education and a good salary. (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development 2010)
http://www.oecd.org/education/skills-beyond-school/EDIF%202012--N9%20FINAL.pdf
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