There is a competitive streak in this generation of middle-class parents.

这一代中产阶级的父母中有一种竞争的倾向。

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"I still grew up in an upper middle-class home with parents who didn't have college degrees," Schneider said.

施耐德说道：“我的父母没有大学文凭，但我仍然成长于一个上层中产阶级的家庭。”

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Middle-class and higher-income parents see their children as projects in need of careful cultivation, says Annette Lareau.

安妮特·拉罗说，中产阶级和高收入家庭的父母把他们的孩子视为需要精心培养的项目。

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And I sent home a questionnaire, asking their parents because most of the children in the class come from other countries. In fact, just about everybody in America comes from another country if you trace far enough.

我还给家长们发了一张问卷，因为班上,大部分学生来自,其它国家，事实上，如果追根溯源，任何一个美国都来自,其它国家。

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Conversely, if I chose a Beta and my pair chooses an Alpha, so I end up with a C and she ends up with an A, then you know I have a bad time explaining to my parents why I got a C in this class, and I have to say about how I'm going to be president anyway.

相反如果我选β我对手选α,我得到C她得到了A,我回家后很难跟父母,解释为什么我只得到了C,然后我还得表示下雄心壮志

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According to an academic paper published recently, people born soon after the second world war were much more likely to move out of their parents' class than those born in later decades.

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How generous of Hillary Clinton to help out middle-class parents crushed by college bills.

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And that was after an email discussion among class parents that week about her allergies.

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