MacLeod argues that some people adjust their aspirations to what appears to be inevitable. What I believe he means by that is the HH see themselves with nowhere to go. They see their parents in dead end jobs, they themselves have had many jobs without advancement opportunities and they feel their name and where they come from limits what they will be able to do in a profession, not what they are capable of doing as most feel they are smart. As a result of this, the HH feel it is inevitable that they will go nowhere and get nowhere, so since it is inevitable, they should just accept it and not aspire for more since they won't get it. I think what MacLeod means by "the primacy of occupational structure in determining aspirations" is that when there is a job opening the HH think they are qualified for and can get, they change their aspirations to fit that of the job opening. I believe this helps explain my aspirations in regards to the occupation I have selected for myself, (my parents are middle class, therefor I aspire to a middle class occupation).