TFA is a rather thin "review" of the book, almost completely unsubstantive.
> “It’s not your fault.” Based on the diligent people she meets, it’s hard to disagree.
Sorry, but one can be diligent and still have made wrong choices. And the irony is thick. The author found herself in this boat through years of being a freelance writer, and now in heavy debt from culinary school.
I haven't read the book but I very much doubt I would find it compelling. I do agree, some and maybe most of the blame doesn't lie on the middle class's shoulders (except for lack of civic engagement), but it doesn't seem like this book is going to get to the heart of it.
I also laugh at this quote from TFA:
> Even lawyers, a traditionally risk-averse bunch who tend to choose their profession for its stability, are getting caught in the vise between increasing law school tuitions and decreasing job prospects. Precarity, Quart suggests, can translate into solidarity.
Even lawyers? It is well known that law schools are pumping out too many and too low qualified grads. The information about job prospects is available. Those who went into tier 3 law schools thinking that they would come out the other end successfully have made their own bed. Yes indeed much fault lies with the law schools themselves, but let's not absolve the students of blame here.
> “It’s not your fault.” Based on the diligent people she meets, it’s hard to disagree.
Sorry, but one can be diligent and still have made wrong choices. And the irony is thick. The author found herself in this boat through years of being a freelance writer, and now in heavy debt from culinary school.
I haven't read the book but I very much doubt I would find it compelling. I do agree, some and maybe most of the blame doesn't lie on the middle class's shoulders (except for lack of civic engagement), but it doesn't seem like this book is going to get to the heart of it.
I also laugh at this quote from TFA:
> Even lawyers, a traditionally risk-averse bunch who tend to choose their profession for its stability, are getting caught in the vise between increasing law school tuitions and decreasing job prospects. Precarity, Quart suggests, can translate into solidarity.
Even lawyers? It is well known that law schools are pumping out too many and too low qualified grads. The information about job prospects is available. Those who went into tier 3 law schools thinking that they would come out the other end successfully have made their own bed. Yes indeed much fault lies with the law schools themselves, but let's not absolve the students of blame here.