Working class academics, when did you first discover ‘academic’ was an actual job that you could potentially do? For me it was during 3rd year undergrad. Based on a lightbulb moment conversation with the person who encouraged me to apply for funding & do postgraduate studies.
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Replying to @DrJoGrady @o_guest
I'm pretty sure I couldn't sensibly be called working class now. I was when I left home at 16, though. I didn't know university was a realistic option until I got there aged 26. I am not sure that "academic" IS the job that most university faculty now do.
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Replying to @TomFarsides @DrJoGrady
Based on what you wrote and the spelling of sceptical in your bio, I am going to assume you're from the American continents and probably North American. Class is very different in the UK and there are deep cultural divisions that cannot be ignored regardless of salary or job.
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Replying to @o_guest @DrJoGrady
I'm a Brit working at the University of Sussex, UK. (Schooled in a secondary modern in Skelmersdale, a new town in the north of England.) Most people think me right posh now. I live my life as an outlier :-)https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/36749/why-did-sceptical-become-skeptical-in-the-us …
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Replying to @TomFarsides @DrJoGrady
Haha. I'm so proud of you. Also sorry! Twitter is so hard.
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Replying to @o_guest @DrJoGrady
No need for apologies (but thank you anyway). Not sure about pride, either. I had a lot of help and support, not least from a government who cared about their citizens and society, as well as from academics who cared more about their students than their tick boxes. Good times.
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Shame that government has been replaced with sociopathic wankers.
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