Well, I'm glad we've wrapped that up.  

I will just say I, for one, am happy to be finished with Massey, and I'm glad that last chapter was quite the easy review read.

Since this can be about anything I thought I might reflect on the conversations we've been having in class in the context of Categorically Unequal as a review for myself over what we've discussed.

I must say that a lot of the discussions we've had in class have opened my eyes to some new and rather unfortunate facts which have helped me to paint the picture of inequality in the United States.

I feel like now I can be a soldier against inequality on the streets--not really, but still I feel much better equipped to grapple with the issue of inequality.

A note on Massey's final chapter; I may have read him wrong but I thought it was interesting how he suddenly shifted to a very strong stance on education as the primary form of stratification on the country.  I am interested as to why he did that?  Was it a sub-text all along and he's just tying the laces up now, or did I miss it entirely though the text.  It seemed to me that all along he was more interested in discussing schemas and boundary work instead of education--just wondering why the change?

Also, as a quick reply to Heather's post:

I completely agree with you about the whole DQ hiring deal.  I see the same thing at my workplace!