The uninclusive 'we'

[beccaelizabeth]

"We all have fond memories of taking a few lazy months off after the stress of A-levels."

For definitions of 'we' that took A levels, didn't need to retake them, wasn't a mature student, didn't have a job at the time, didn't need to get a job straight away, and was heading for university.

So, British upper middle class kids, then.
(from something I just closed the link to in The Guardian)
(... so, their demographic is probably predictable)

Comments

[baronjanus]

I run into this -centric "we"/"everyone" all too often, in various and varied places and connotations.

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't describe myself as coming from an 'upper' middle class background but I did go to a grammar (and convent) school for my O levels but I only took A levels as I wasn't allowed to start nursing til I was 18 and my 18th birthday was right around the time that the A Levels finished - I was in a further education college for my A levels as I'd left school at that point (couldn't stand the nuns any longer).

And I'll say pffft to lazy months as it wasn't exactly lazy for me either. I did get some time off - and I had a boyfriend to share it with from June, which was nice - but most of my memories of the time between my A levels and starting nursing in the October are of my mum spiralling into depression because her only sister was dying. Not a nice way to spend 4-5 months.

Yeah, the grauniad has a predictable demographic.