I worked for a class 1 railroad and some of my coworkers had been working there for 30+ years. So they knew the job well and took pride in their work. This instilled confidence and made them feel powerful, which is a good thing but sometimes it turned into arrogance. I mean it’s a fine line but when on occasion, when confronted with people who had chosen a different path, they would cross some lines. I’m not sure if it was from experience or from media outlets but they tended to have disdain for younger educated people. Like they weren’t as good because they had done something different. It’s a shame because such close mindedness and over simplification of who a person based off limited information is ridiculous. Anyways yes I have experienced it and I feel bad for people who are scared of others differences.
Honestly having seen what comes out of college these days. They have nothing to brag about, hell they should feel ashamed having amassed all that debt and come out less intelligent than when they went in
Not necessarily discriminated against but definitely judged. I’m the youngest in the leadership team for my BU, working in STEM. I’m female and I don’t have a degree - there is judgement. But my work speaks for itself and I continue to prove myself against any assumption 🤷🏻♀️ I’d never allow myself to be undermined at work and we can be assertive without being aggressive.
If someone speaks disrespectfully ask them to clarify what they meant by that and wait. Don’t help dig themselves out - let them correct their words
Yes often. But I just ignore it. Why lower yourself to the same level and discriminate them.
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My aunt did that to my dad (she is my mam’s sister) my dad is a plasterer by trade and she works in an office. She would always say how much more well off she was to me and my family purely because my dad was a plasterer yet my parents own everything they have, no car loans or mortgages etc while she has a mortgage on her house, a car loan for not one but two cars.
Her attitude only changed recently when her son decided to become a carpenter by trade. I know for a fact she will not let her younger son do anything but get an office job so he won’t “drag the family through the dirt” he is such a Mammy’s boy anyway so he will probably get an office job to keep her happy.
she is such an eejit, I hate her.
So you are discriminating against those you consider less skilled than you and also those who do not earn as much money….
This question reminds me of..
Our education system was not even a system. But the current educational opportunites are pretty good now. I do not think that current students deserve this education system. Our generation went through a shitty education system, now we feel so ignorant.
I would ignore it. I have a degree, but that doesn't mean I am smarter than someone else without one. Intelligence is also relative to the situation.
Keep accumulating money, and laugh all the way to the bank, as the saying goes. A good trade school skill is far better than another lame liberal arts degree, even if they Masters or PhD it!
All of the time since I'm a high school dropout. But I don't mind though. Mainly because I probably have a higher IQ than the average high school dropout.
If you have more money and more success, then it will speak for itself. Having a degree, a useful degree (STEM), will always be good in the long term because you will have more flexibility in jobs. Of course they take on huge student debt which is probably why they won’t be able to show off their money for a while until after they pay it off.
No, not really. I've had roommates with degrees from some of the top universities in the world and I've never felt slighted.
Though in a place I worked a couple years ago most of the guys my age had Ph. D's and there was a little bit of unspoken snobbery.
I am a white guy who went to an all white school in an all white community. Discrimination was usually between people of German descent and people of Dutch descent. Not a lot of physical difference there. The Thanes vs. the Danes🤔
u nope.. and I don't even have a degree, I dropped college lol
Seems like half of women are that way.
I’ve heard very often women express a preference for educated men. But there’s no specificity it what. Seems like the bar is literally any degree whatsoever, which is just an absurd standard to have.
Yeah. As a social scientist, i had my "opinion" (professional education) invalidated on multiple occasions cause "me not being black means i can't know shit about sociological facts around black communities" apparently.
Just put them down for not making as much money? Call them a nerd? Two ideas that come to mind for you.
u Only at an all black car wash when I was a young teenage guy I only lasted one hour before all the blacks complained to the manager. I didn’t even get paid either
I have not, sorry if this happens to you... find Better friends
I don’t care. Education or lack of it means nothing to me
Depends on the situation. Is this a professional workplace?
They put in the time. Why shouldn’t they feel superior?
Discrimination is in all aspects of life and education is not left out of it..
Can’t stand these types
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