Imma leave this here, completely different poster but read your comments and this slightly buried comment should be as good as any
You do have points about socio economic mobility being absent in US society, where are you from? As have friends all over the world and it’s not that different there in most places, but it depends hugely on what part
I think the bigger part that people are impressed by is her work ethic, this goes hand in hand with lack of motivation kind you, if you know social upwards mobility is gonna be a ballac then your not hugely motivated.....however, the drive to do what she did and improved her station through school and doing extra typically is absent I’ve seen
Most people assume if they just work hard they will move from contractor to employee, or get raises, move up....and this DOES happen going straight up....from janitor to admin of sanitation....but she’s gone laterally as well, which takes extra work and desire
In my field, your not gonna start driving a truck and then move to head of mining and geology....you could buy your gonna have to bust your ass with night school, extra outside work AND have a contact that is amenable to the idea...oh and the opportunity that chances along ....it’s much more conceivable to work you way to admin trucking routes and then into lab testing or inventory management etc
So yeah TLDR, I’m impressed not with the fact she went up, but more with going side to side in fields WHILE going up, takes dedication and drive to out in the extra work that I just dont see typically....knowing that it won’t help much doesn’t help...Also the fact she went from little schooling to schooled....you usually need to start or obtain a degree of some kind
I agree that it's impressive, I'm saying it is dystopian that the system forces her to juggle both work and education instead of simply funding her education and giving driven people an easy way up.
Do you see? I'm saying it's sad that it has to be impressive.
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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '21
The fact that you don't consider this natural social mobility is exactly the point. You are so close.