Working with children is the easiest part of educating for democracy, because children are still undefeated and have no stake in being prejudiced.
Margaret HalseyRead
The stress laid on upward social mobility in the United States has tended to obscure the fact that there can be more than one kind of mobility and more than one direction in which it can go. There can be ethical mobility as well as financial, and it can go down as well as up.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes that social mobility isn't just about climbing the financial ladder; it can also involve ethical considerations, and movement can occur in various directions.
Margaret Halsey's quote challenges the conventional notion of upward social mobility, suggesting that the pursuit of success should not solely focus on financial gains. Instead, it highlights the importance of ethical growth and acknowledges that one's journey can also lead to downward movements in values or morality, inviting a broader understanding of what it means to progress in society.
Themes
Social MobilityEthical GrowthSuccessFinancial MobilityDirection
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion about the true measures of success in society, I might quote, 'The stress laid on upward social mobility...'
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