看看说的是不是你(我) They are hyper-focused on getting their kids into great schools and themselves into great jobs, at which they’re willing to work super-long hours. They want to live in great neighborhoods, even if that means keeping others out, and will pay what it takes to ensure their families’ fitness and health. They believe in meritocracy, that they’ve gained their positions in society by talent and hard work. They believe in markets. They’re rich, but they don’t feel like it — they’re always looking at someone else who’s richer. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22673605/upper-middle-class-meritocracy-matthew-stewart
美国这段时间非常流行诋毁meritocracy. 我上次说看了the tyranny of merits 看吐了。这些逻辑简直无法直视。 比如这篇文章 “One of the things you write about in the book is how much this 9.9 percent are willing to invest in their children — in nannies, in schools, in extracurriculars. Where does this pressure come from, this urge people have to make their kids the best? I think the driving motivation is fear, and I think that fear is well-grounded. People intuit that in this meritocratic game, the odds are getting increasingly long of succeeding. They work very hard to stack the odds in their kids’ favor, but they know as the odds get longer, they may not succeed. That’s coupled with another one of the traits of this class, which is a lack of imagination. The source of the fear is also this inability to imagine a life that doesn’t involve getting these high-status credentials and having a high-status occupation. This life plan looks good, and it certainly looked good in the past when the odds were more sensible. But it’s not a great deal. It’s something that isn’t just harmful to the people who don’t make it, it’s also harmful to the people who get involved and do make it, in some sense.” 他们的逻辑就是你追求强追求知识追求更快更远更高是因为你怕。其实脱离温饱追求的人都知道追求和努力是做更好的自己。让孩子做这做那是为了不让他们天天躺在床上消费YouTube. 我早就说了美国这种反智非常恐怖。比如日本80年代就是小鹿纯子圣斗士星矢拼拼拼强强强,现在就是大家啃老低欲躺平,真正是垮掉的一代。 这跟物欲金钱毫无关系,精神的追求其实比物质追求更加痛苦,需要更多的努力自制执着和merit. 大衣被禁 发表于 2021-10-14 11:37
住在NYC的,可能要更苦了 https://apnews.com/article/new-york-new-york-city-race-and-ethnicity-education-d027be86b7d202f1d4ef62e5c3255802 NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will phase out its program for gifted and talented students that critics say favors whites and Asian American students, while enrolling disproportionately few Black and Latino children, in the nation’s largest school system. Starting in the next school year, the city will stop giving 4-year-olds a screening test used to identify gifted and talented students, according to an outline of the plan released by the city’s education department on Friday. The program currently admits only 2,500 pupils a year out of 65,000 kindergartners citywide. Mayor Bill de Blasio said the change will help tens of thousands get advanced instruction, instead of just a select few.
抛开左右立场,作者揭示的事实是虚构的吗?
我们只看见收银员开心的那一刻,她们付不起房租哭时我们看不见,她们信用卡还不上时我们看不见,她们车坏了没钱修时我们看不见。 低收入的生活不是只有开心的时刻,而且也没得选,而高收入的人想要开心的话还有选择。
So true
钱不是万能的,没钱是万万不能的
我们还是从上中产往上看比较好…
值得一读。不是文章本身多好,相反,很恶心,但是典型的白左世界观。作者Emily Steward,年纪不大,水平很低,但不知哪里来的指点江山的勇气。
我也是牢牢记住了这个comfortable。深得我心啊哈哈
快乐有时很简单!穷学生时无忧无虑的
这位,这篇文章是访谈好不好?!主旨是Emily本人的吗?
面试如果遇到你这样式儿的,我会毫不犹豫拍死!
没人强迫你做上中产啊,还不是你自己死皮赖脸的非要做上中产,活该被剥削。
时移势易。成家立业,拖家带口之后再谈
请问你觉得阶层固化在美国社会是真实的还是假想的?
好莱坞华尔街一票明星大款不惜以身试法 非要伙同名校教练造假推孩子入学,为什么?
能否提供些反方论据?
问题是,这样的局面 在上层可以决定得了的吗?
属实 很多人把个人能力和风云际会的天时地利运气混为一谈
你有见性成佛的潜力
特立独行而傲视天下的绝对凤毛麟角 绝大多数都会在社会规则面前撞得鼻青脸肿,被多数人视为疯子
人生皆苦,是佛教里最大的谎言。人生可以不苦,完全可以活得喜悦又安宁。而基督教里的最大的谎言我认为是天堂地狱的存在。根本没有地狱,如果说有,那就是现在的地球。地球是灵魂最严酷的炼狱场。
好莱坞华尔街一大票明星大款不惜以身试法吸毒嫖娼超速酒驾逃税为什么呢?因为他们乐意啊。
这么转移话题抬杠就没劲了
当然是谁觉得不公送给每次叫外卖给100块小费啊。 资本主义解决不公只能用脚用钱投票啊。
并不以为然。生活中感觉快乐幸福的人,往往都不是很在乎所谓的社会规则。灵魂修炼的最终目的,就是找回自己的神性,找回自己的主权。
你超然了,超越了 你的家人孩子呢? 除非你不在乎他们…
每个人来到地球都有自己的soul purpose。父母给孩子灌输所谓的社会标准,是对孩子心灵强加的锁链。尊重孩子,是父母对孩子最大的爱。
人自我设限越多,活得就越痛苦,因为总会不知不觉地跟别人比,总感觉自己的生活有缺陷,在某些方面没有达到社会所谓的标准。
幸福感是一种感觉,这感觉来自于你关注的焦点。关注自己的缺失部分,就会痛苦;而关注自己拥有的部分,便是幸福。
https://apnews.com/article/new-york-new-york-city-race-and-ethnicity-education-d027be86b7d202f1d4ef62e5c3255802
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will phase out its program for gifted and talented students that critics say favors whites and Asian American students, while enrolling disproportionately few Black and Latino children, in the nation’s largest school system.
Starting in the next school year, the city will stop giving 4-year-olds a screening test used to identify gifted and talented students, according to an outline of the plan released by the city’s education department on Friday.
The program currently admits only 2,500 pupils a year out of 65,000 kindergartners citywide. Mayor Bill de Blasio said the change will help tens of thousands get advanced instruction, instead of just a select few.