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Questions to think about when reading The Rise of the Educated Class, by David Brooks:

1.    What kinds of ideas does the title give you about the content of this article?

2.    Where did the author find information for this article?

3.    What are the author's main topics?

4.    Where are his examples coming from? Why do you think he used these?

5.    Who are the people he is talking about here?

6.    Why do some people call the N.Y. Times Wedding page the "mergers and acquisitions" page?

7.    If you had to underline a sentence or two that reflect the main idea of this article, which would you underline?

8.    Describe how a person joined the ruling class in the past, how the class was maintained.

9.    Describe the ruling class in America today.

10.    How does the majority feel about the ruling class? How do you know that?