What class are you? /tags/what-class-are-you What class are you? en-US 开云体育 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT Isaac McDonald reflects on class dynamics and his full scholarship to Columbia University /local-news/2025-04-18/isaac-mcdonald-reflects-class-dynamics-full-scholarship-columbia-university Isaac McDonald is from Newport, and this year he鈥檚 a freshman at Columbia University in New York City on a full scholarship. In the latest episode of "What Class Are You," Erica Heilman caught up with Isaac on his first trip home from college, and they talked about class dynamics at Columbia, and what it feels like to be on a full scholarship there. Fri, 18 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2025-04-18/isaac-mcdonald-reflects-class-dynamics-full-scholarship-columbia-university Erica Heilman Sheriff Ryan Palmer talks about the increasing challenge of affording life in Vermont /local-news/2025-04-17/sheriff-ryan-palmer-talks-about-the-increasing-challenge-of-affording-life-in-vermont Ryan Palmer is the sheriff of Windsor County. In this episode of What class are you?, reporter Erica Heilman drives around the county with Sheriff Palmer and they talk about the challenges of being middle class in an increasingly expensive part of the state. Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2025-04-17/sheriff-ryan-palmer-talks-about-the-increasing-challenge-of-affording-life-in-vermont Erica Heilman Radiologist Tom Burdick on raising children in a different class than he grew up in /local-news/2025-04-16/radiologist-tom-burdick-on-raising-children-in-a-different-class-than-he-grew-up-in Tom Burdick grew up on a ranch in a town of about 1,500 people in northeastern Utah. After high school, Tom worked to put himself through college and then medical school, and now he works as an interventional radiologist at Dartmouth Health. In this installment of our occasional series, What class are you?, Tom talks about the challenges of breaking into higher education, and raising children in a different class from the one he grew up in. Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2025-04-16/radiologist-tom-burdick-on-raising-children-in-a-different-class-than-he-grew-up-in Erica Heilman Kathy Quimby Johnson on blue collar roots and straddling two Vermont cultures /local-news/2025-04-15/kathy-quimby-johnson-blue-collar-roots-straddling-two-cultures Kathy Quimby Johnson grew up in East Peacham before attending college out of state. In the latest installment of "What class are you?," Kathy talks with Erica Heilman about growing up blue collar and straddling two Vermont cultures. Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2025-04-15/kathy-quimby-johnson-blue-collar-roots-straddling-two-cultures Erica Heilman First-generation college grad Joe Wills on class, privilege and the higher ed experience /local-news/2025-04-14/first-generation-college-grad-joe-wills-class-privilege-higher-ed Joe Wills is a filmmaker and software engineer from Richford, Vermont, currently living in Burlington. He put himself through the University of Vermont, working three part-time jobs, and still graduated with more debt than any of his friends. In the latest installment of our series "What class are you?," Joe talks with producer Erica Heilman about the challenges of higher education when you come from little money. Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2025-04-14/first-generation-college-grad-joe-wills-class-privilege-higher-ed Erica Heilman Tankhun Thongjunthoug on growing up in an immigrant family in the American class system /local-news/2024-12-20/tankhun-thongjunthoug-on-growing-up-in-an-immigrant-family-in-the-american-class-system In this episode of "What class are you?" Tankhun Thongjunthoug talks about what it was like to grow up in an immigrant family, and how he experienced the undercurrents of the American class system. Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-20/tankhun-thongjunthoug-on-growing-up-in-an-immigrant-family-in-the-american-class-system Erica Heilman Mark LaRouche prefers life in 'the lower class', but says it's hard to make a life without resources /local-news/2024-12-19/mark-larouche-prefers-life-in-the-lower-class-but-says-its-hard-to-make-a-life-without-resources "What class are you?" It's a question that 开云体育 reporter Erica Heilman has been asking people in Vermont, and this is the fourth installment of a new five-part series. Mark LaRouche grew up in a middle class family in Rutland, but says he prefers "the lower class," and he believes that addiction is the hardest class of all. Thu, 19 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-19/mark-larouche-prefers-life-in-the-lower-class-but-says-its-hard-to-make-a-life-without-resources Erica Heilman Katrin Tchana on growing up in the Upper Valley and the sorting by class that happens in school /local-news/2024-12-18/katrin-tchana-lyme-new-hampshire-upper-valley-sorting-by-class-school Reporter Erica Heilman talked with Katrin Tchana about her childhood in Lyme, New Hampshire, and how it has become increasingly difficult for people who grew up there to remain. Wed, 18 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-18/katrin-tchana-lyme-new-hampshire-upper-valley-sorting-by-class-school Erica Heilman Retired VSP trooper Ingrid Jonas on the class implications of being a cop /local-news/2024-12-17/retired-vsp-trooper-ingrid-jonas-class-implications-being-a-cop Retired Vermont State Police trooper Ingrid Jonas talks about class assumptions in law enforcement 鈥� and expensive condiments. Tue, 17 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-17/retired-vsp-trooper-ingrid-jonas-class-implications-being-a-cop Erica Heilman Porta-Rinx inventor Damian Renzello on white collar vs. blue collar life /local-news/2024-12-16/porta-rinx-inventor-damian-renzello-on-white-collar-vs-blue-collar-reality Damian Renzello and reporter Erica Heilman are the same age and both grew up in Vermont. But according to Damian, they will always be different fruits. Mon, 16 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-16/porta-rinx-inventor-damian-renzello-on-white-collar-vs-blue-collar-reality Erica Heilman