haha im a fellow previous solent student too and just remember our chant back to them ‘i’d rather be at solent than a c**tI went to southampton solent and the uni of southampton people had some horrible chants about us, we were all glad they went to different clubs (and they went to the more disgusting ones lollll) Classist chants are probably rife in cities where there's a RG uni and also a poly.
100%, I went to Cambridge and the typical private school boat club lads would say some awful things about Anglia Ruskin.I went to southampton solent and the uni of southampton people had some horrible chants about us, we were all glad they went to different clubs (and they went to the more disgusting ones lollll) Classist chants are probably rife in cities where there's a RG uni and also a poly.
eyy I’m in Melbourne too! Originally from the land of Scots but moved out here a couple of years agoI love this thread and know a lot of you are in the UK. I’m in Melbourne and we just finished 111 days hard lockdown and it was bloody tough. Thinking of all of you English peeps and wish you the best for the lockdown. Remember to check in on each other and reach out for help if you need it xxx
Hope you are loving the freedom this weekendeyy I’m in Melbourne too! Originally from the land of Scots but moved out here a couple of years ago
Ahhh I have seen all the news coming out from Melbourne for the past few months. Congrats for making it and sending love and support to all of you in the UK from Southeast Asia. I'm sorry for the shit trash show that is the Tory government and psycho influencers like Grace.I love this thread and know a lot of you are in the UK. I’m in Melbourne and we just finished 111 days hard lockdown and it was bloody tough. Thinking of all of you English peeps and wish you the best for the lockdown. Remember to check in on each other and reach out for help if you need it xxx
I went to uni of southampton & come from a working class familyhaha im a fellow previous solent student too and just remember our chant back to them ‘i’d rather be at solent than a c**tand yea they went to places like jesters
literally same - I'm a council estate/ free school meals kid who went to a Russell Group, absolutely hated everything as everyone was SO ignorant and in this little bubble of privilege - had about 3 friends from uni and the rest i made through jobs working in pubs with non-uni kids who grew up in the cityI went to uni of southampton & come from a working class familymade me feel shit for the entire degree
Feel this, I literally had never experienced private school people ever before coming to uni and it was such a culture shock.literally same - I'm a council estate/ free school meals kid who went to a Russell Group, absolutely hated everything as everyone was SO ignorant and in this little bubble of privilege - had about 3 friends from uni and the rest i made through jobs working in pubs with non-uni kids who grew up in the city
even more infuriating when i graduated this year with a first and struggled for months to find a job whilst another guy on my course with a 2:2 fell into a job because his dad's an MP
yeh also most (as far as I am aware) youtubers (lifestyle ish ones anyway) are basically from very well off families, especially intitially making content like eating in restaurants, going on holiday etc is expensive to do (until it all ends up being undisclosed ads anyway)I went to a Russel Group uni, and one of the things I will never forget is some "entrepreneur" kid telling me that he never worried about taking financial risks because he always trusted that there would be more money.
In the same vain, not everyone could set up a YouTube account like Grace did. For me, coming from a low income household, social media was - and still is - a pretty risky business. Without family connections, my best chance at success was my education and having a professional public persona, so when I was at uni I studied nonstop and spent my free time doing extracurricular that would look good on my CV. Doing something like YouTube was just not an option: I never had money for expensive gym memberships or even proper gym clothes (let alone to do a clothing haul); I was always conscious that appearing online in sexy poses or in an immature way could jeopardise future career opportunities (my blog, Twitter and LinkedIn were for networking, rather than hobbies); and I couldn't afford to take up hobbies that would take time away from my studies. So I never took the risks that someone like Grace would take because the potential negative outcomes were just too high. This isn't just my personal experience either - the research into the relationship between childhood socioeconomic background and adulthood socioeconomic positioning says the same.
The reality is that Grace would have had to actively try to fail and derail her life for her to move down the socioeconomic ladder. Prior to going to uni, Grace didn't just work in a shitty low skilled job like most of us did, she had a coveted paid internship. Most kids wouldn't even know how to find such an opportunity, let alone get one. Even if Grace's business failed tomorrow, she'd still get a top notch job somewhere despite having a very unprofessional, immature social media presence. Consequently, Grace has been able to take social and economic risks most people aren't able to take, let alone have a positive outcome from.
Apologies for the long rant - it's just a topic I feel very passionately about!
I went to a Russel Group uni, and one of the things I will never forget is some "entrepreneur" kid telling me that he never worried about taking financial risks because he always trusted that there would be more money.
In the same vain, not everyone could set up a YouTube account like Grace did. For me, coming from a low income household, social media was - and still is - a pretty risky business. Without family connections, my best chance at success was my education and having a professional public persona, so when I was at uni I studied nonstop and spent my free time doing extracurricular that would look good on my CV. Doing something like YouTube was just not an option: I never had money for expensive gym memberships or even proper gym clothes (let alone to do a clothing haul); I was always conscious that appearing online in sexy poses or in an immature way could jeopardise future career opportunities (my blog, Twitter and LinkedIn were for networking, rather than hobbies); and I couldn't afford to take up hobbies that would take time away from my studies. So I never took the risks that someone like Grace would take because the potential negative outcomes were just too high. This isn't just my personal experience either - the research into the relationship between childhood socioeconomic background and adulthood socioeconomic positioning says the same.
The reality is that Grace would have had to actively try to fail and derail her life for her to move down the socioeconomic ladder. Prior to going to uni, Grace didn't just work in a shitty low skilled job like most of us did, she had a coveted paid internship. Most kids wouldn't even know how to find such an opportunity, let alone get one. Even if Grace's business failed tomorrow, she'd still get a top notch job somewhere despite having a very unprofessional, immature social media presence. Consequently, Grace has been able to take social and economic risks most people aren't able to take, let alone have a positive outcome from.
Apologies for the long rant - it's just a topic I feel very passionately about!
Yes!! I got the bursary too and I still had to work to keep myself afloat as the place I went for my first degree was really expensive to live in. And I was the only one of my wider friendship group who had a job at all. I had friends whose parents bought houses near the uni for them to live in, and rent out to their friends. Or their parents paid rent or even their fees (I had the 3k fee). But a sniff of the bursary and I had to deal with all this shit as wellEven the middle class semi normal people were arseholes as well, I remember my flatmates all being genuinely disgusted that I got a maintenance grant, and saying how unfair it was that they didn’t get one and literally just not being able to fathom that the reason they didn’t get one is because their parents earned like 100k a year each.
I had a friend who was super pissed that she didn't get the same maintenance grant as others. She didn't seem to resent me, but she resented a lot of others. Also have quite a few wealthy friends outside of uni who had similar gripes against their lower income friends.Yes!! I got the bursary too and I still had to work to keep myself afloat as the place I went for my first degree was really expensive to live in. And I was the only one of my wider friendship group who had a job at all. I had friends whose parents bought houses near the uni for them to live in, and rent out to their friends. Or their parents paid rent or even their fees (I had the 3k fee). But a sniff of the bursary and I had to deal with all this shit as wellthe worst person was actually a girl whose parents were both doctors and she had gone to a normal comp school in Surrey, clearly a very good one still, but also had a superiority complex that she had ‘just gone to a comp’ !!! Infuriating.
I find it so shocking how many of you have experienced such snobbishness at uni, my experience wasn't this at all my friend groups were very mixed, although looking at the state of British society/politics I guess I should not be surprisedI had a friend who was super pissed that she didn't get the same maintenance grant as others. She didn't seem to resent me, but she resented a lot of others. Also have quite a few wealthy friends outside of uni who had similar gripes against their lower income friends.
Find it super interesting that this thread seems to have a lot of very well educated women who didn't grow up with money. I thought we were all just trolls committed to misunderstanding Grace
Same. Maybe I somehow lucked out. I swear if I ran into someone like that in real life I would probably be actually violent lolI find it so shocking how many of you have experienced such snobbishness at uni, my experience wasn't this at all my friend groups were very mixed, although looking at the state of British society/politics I guess I should not be surprised
OMG the comments on this are giving me life!!!I could not finish watching this video, someone else can give the summary. I couldn't get past the first 20 seconds. She has the audacity to say she was asked to give tips on "how to build a business with no money" ... "TRUST ME I know that". Could they really not have found a business owner who actually built their business up from nothing instead of an Oxford educated rich girl from Kensington?
**THREADOMG the comments on this are giving me life!!!our qween is quick to defend herself of course with her nonsense. Sorry if this has been posted already, I’m working my way through the three
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