Originally Posted by
Mrs Sam
i dont know the difference between working class and middle class. do middle class people not work?
i genuinely dont know the difference.
As a very, very, general idea - the typical stereotype is that working class tends to be inner-city, blue-collar workers, who don't really have that much money, don't tend to borrow much (because of the instability of paying it back), with children who go straight into work aged 16 or 18.
The middle-class stereotype is that they tend to have white-collar city-jobs, live in the suburbs, have one or two children who go to a grammar or private school, children will go to university, and will have music lessons, ballet or rugby, go on trips to the theatre or to art galleries.
Think The Times vs. The Sun, Waitrose vs. Asda, Villa in some quiet town in the south of Spain vs. package deal holiday to Tenerife, Polo vs. football - just for some general stereotypes.
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