Thomas Curran
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
That is so, I think that's so important as well.
I wanted to send to really this, um, it's not, not in class.
I suppose it is a class issue, but in the UK in particular, that is such a strong, uh, class system.
And if you come from a small town and you go to a state school, you kind of feel like you don't, you know, you, this is your place.
And, and if I came through with Blair, right.
So we had loads of money thrown at us to stay on an education and go to university.
And suddenly like,
Oh, shit.
I've ended up in a whole new world.
And you never really feel like you belong because you come from a working class town.
You're into a middle class world.
You don't really feel you belong in the middle class world because that's not where you grew up.
But then again, when you go back to your hometown, everybody's looking at you with a sense of suspicion because suddenly you're this professor.
And, you know, it's like, oh, we're not really sure what to make of it.
They don't fit in, I suppose.
So you kind of in between worlds and, and there's a kind of weird thing there.
Um, and there's definitely a sense like of, uh, uh, I don't know whether it's a hangover from my upbringing, but definitely a sense that, well, like it just don't feel like I belong here.
I'm not, I think, I think people are watching me.
They're waiting to pounce if I make a mistake.