‘Built not bought’

Which "folk" are you referring to?

Most people from wealthy backgrounds can just buy everything, including qualifications. They can afford additional tutoring at the very least, and often are in more stable environments due to the money so don't have to work half as hard to learn and pass. They can afford to attend uni rather than leave school to go straight into the first job that will have them, to survive.

Then you of course have the ones who are entirely useless but managed to come out shining anyway due to family connections and money.

It is harder if you're from a poor background and disadvantaged.

Well they’ve paid a fortune for their degree, haven’t they? Mine was free.

It does make them look a bit thick.

Sure, but claiming someone in that position BOUGHT their education is pretty offensive imo. Surely there are other ways of saying you're proud of your own hard work against the odds?

(I say that as someone that definitely would be classed as 'built' to these people, council estate, addicted dead parent, bankrupt young, criminal siblings, nobody else had been to uni in my family, and so forth, never would have thought to try and put someone else down to elevate myself. That's one thing about a degree that's so cool, it's an equaliser, you all walk across the stage just the same)

I don’t think anyone is saying that people who had lots of privilege (like a private education) didn’t also have to work hard. But people who did well having not had all that privilege have every right to celebrate that they did it despite not having all the extra help.

If a private education, tutoring etc didn’t make things much easier, nobody would pay for them, would they?

It’s well recognised that it’s much easier to do well academically if you have more resources - it’s much harder if you’re financially strapped and things like a hot meal, appropriate clothes, a warm home are a struggle or even out of reach. It’s ok to acknowledge you’ve done well despite the odds. As an adult I can see that many kids have to overcome a lot to achieve what’s taken for granted by many others.

I took it to mean they hadn't had a private (paid for) education so got to university on their own. Yes public school students work hard but let's not pretend it's the same as going to a comp on a sink hole estate

#builtnotbought right next to #free palestine or whatever. Fashionable stuff for peer approval. Young people post stuff that they'll cringe about down the line.

Scroll on.

What? How in the hell do you come to that conclusion? That’s some snobbery.

Most of these folk get a degree and end up stacking shelves at Asda.

Thick as fuck. Passing an exam doesn't mean you are intelligent.

That's a bit silly tbh, they're showing their lack of knowledge in assuming that people who aren't from a disadvantaged background 'bought' their education. Nope. You have to submit the exact same assignments, sit the same essays, as everyone else. Even if someone has the resources to pay for private tuition or has family in the industry they're studying, they still have to do the work.

Ironically it just makes them look a bit stupid.

I'm sure no-one gives a shit really once they've got the degree they've studied hard for.

Besides there'll be a different hashtag and phrase soon enough.