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    What If Privileged College Kids Were Required to Do Low-Wage Jobs?

    The pros and cons of an internship program that tries to teach students about class divisions
    by Michelle Sutherland Jan 02, 2014 4 minutes
    Source: Miguel Villagran/AP Images

    Updated at 1:00 p.m. ET on July 14, 2021.

    Lina is a student at L'Ecole de Gouvernance et d’Economie, a private college in Rabat, the capital of Morocco. The summer after her first year at the school, she prepared for an unusual aspect of her education: an internship selling furniture at KITEA—think French Ikea.

    “I had my nail polish, my hair done, my makeup done. I felt good, but everyone was looking at me like, ‘Who’s this bourgeoisie coming here? Why is she talking in French every time she’s talking on the phone? Why is she always smiling?’” said Lina, who is currently in her third year, and asked to use a pseudonym to protect her

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