Hillbilly Elegy Lesson Plan

In chapter 13 JD discusses the power of social capital and networking. What are examples of how this social capital impacted his life and that of the people around him. What point is JD trying to make in pointing out the power of social capital?

JD talks about the importance of social capital in knowing how to behave in interview situations, including the social tests around interviews, and in knowing what decisions to make around ones career path; his examples included the dinner with partners, trying out for the Yale Law Journal, and deciding what clerkships to pursue. JD makes the point that people who are not part of the "elites" (wealthy, connected, educated at...