borgerlig skolmiljö

English translation: middle class school environment

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Swedish term or phrase:borgerlig skolmiljö
English translation:middle class school environment
Entered by: Charlesp

06:22 Aug 28, 2014
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Swedish term or phrase: borgerlig skolmiljö
The environment of a läroverk. Would "bourgeois school environment" be understood; or does the use of "bourgeois" risk giving it an undesired flavour (undesired sub-context)?

Perhaps there is a more neutral term that would be better used?
Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 12:06
middle class school environment
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Norskpro
Norway
Local time: 12:06
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4 +6middle class school environment
Norskpro


  

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53 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
middle class school environment


Explanation:
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Norskpro
Norway
Local time: 12:06
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deane Goltermann: Generally, yes... the farther back in time you go, the more this should be 'upper' middle class.
11 mins

agree  George Hopkins: But: middle-class
57 mins

agree  LilianNekipelov: Yes. Upper class, even.
3 hrs

agree  Michele Fauble
13 hrs

agree  Anna Herbst: Yes, as opposed to working class.
18 hrs

agree  Yvonne Tapper-Gardzina: More upper class.
18 hrs
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