SOC355H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Professional School, Upper Middle Class, Business School
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What does it mean to be each kind of professional. First thing noticed was this idea of ambivalence uncertainty. It is surprising because uoft is hard to get into. Uncertainty is still common for different reasons. Several factors interesting career, decent money, make a difference. See both social justice helping people as well as intellectual reasons. Table 69 percent mention they want a good career (93 of business student) 75 law school say intellectual (51 business) Altruistic - 43 percent of law school students vs 12 percent of business. Law avg lower for women than men for career and intellectual (higher for justice reasons) Business same thing as law (women more likely to say social justice and altruism) People who are most likely to say law school chose me come from similar family background (someone a lawyer or prof at law school) Where we come from in terms of who chooses our professions.
