Making It By Waking It Analysis

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In Robert Grandfield article “Making It By Faking It: Working Class- Students in an Elite Academic Environment he argues that stigma limits one’s opportunities to participate in social life due to particularly gender or racial stigmas. I felt very much connected to this article and could totally relate being a working class student myself I sometimes find myself feeling out of place and not fitting in with the crowd. Sometimes I feel as if I have to hide my class background in order to maintain my identity that people perceive me to be. It can almost feel as living in two different worlds. I myself am guilty of wanting to go back and help my community as I plan to pursue a degree in social work. I can sometimes be very carful when speaking

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