Education and Class-ism

I don't know which is more disheartening: the fact that the author thought this article was necessary, the fact that he just now figured this out, or the fact that he still comes across as pompous (one of the good things about going to a 'mediocre school' "is that it teaches you to relate to stupid people"). I often felt like people at our beloved alma matter acted like they were above "working class" people, and I'm positive that some of Jennie's colleagues at Rutgers thought they were better than people with less scholarly education. One of things I'm most grateful for in my life is that I'm equally at ease among blue collar, white collar, no collar people, etc... (I'm not so at ease among billionaires, but I don't run into them that often). I count that as some of the best education I ever received.