Are there Different forms of Capital?

Nicole, I think you have brought up very interesting questions, particularly in the application to the contemporary life as you suggest. Though the resources that give agency, especially in achieving a profession through university studies, are available to all, it is arguable how equally and readily the availability is. It is challenging with the barriers of entry into university for the lower class youths. Universities continue to become more expensive and exclusive, particularly in North America. These standards exclude many from further acquiring both cultural capital and economic capital. Consequences of exercising this form of agency is often being left with large student loans and debt, which delays life milestones. Students financially supported by their families do not have these loans, which gives them an advantage even though the education process of a degree is the same to all students. To a certain extent this is the unequal opportunities offered to higher status students that have a parent or such paying for tuition and expenses, as Nayantara had suggested earlier.