The Importance of Class Within School

Both Marianne and Connell earn that sort of four year's academic scholarship thing that Rooney got herself. Like for Marianne this is a mostly social like reassurance that she belongs in the place where she is. And for Connell it is like this is the difference between like me having a cushy upper middle class life and you know doing subsistence level work for the rest of my life. I mean I totally get it. It is Ireland so football means literally football just you know soccer. You talking about soccer? We're you know living in the post to Lesopo Bowl land over here. Okay. Can I tell a really quick story about a time that I was in Dublin?