Lubrano Working Class

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Lubrano expresses class status as a contributing factor for an individuals learning capabilities, yet Thompson regards poverty as insignificant. Alfred Lubrano’s anecdote, expresses the different perspectives a working-class individual can have from a middle-class student. Lubrano’s article, depicts the major differences between working and middle class, through the quote, “In a working-class home where conformity is the norm, all opinions are dictated by group consensus, by what the class says is so. There’s one way to do everything, there’s one way to look at the world”. The reader is able to understand the lack of exposure working-class children have to new ideas, the inability to create a new frame of mind, an inability to desire more
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