In Distinction, Pierre Bourdieu discusses how the competence to appreciate “high quality” art, food, and music most often results from unintentional learning. Let's take a closer look at this to help you construct your answer.

Children typically learn the cultural preferences of their own social group. It is not as though they take classes in these preferences. They learn by observing adults, who in turn teach the children through their example. Children of higher social classes have more opportunity to encounter “high quality” cultural offerings. They may be exposed to classical music in their homes, for example, or taken to concerts. They may visit museums to view artwork. They may have a wider variety of foods to sample because their parents and others can afford such a selection.

Usually, these children acquire appreciation for things simply by experiencing them. While they might at times receive more formal training in art or music or lessons in proper table manners, most of the time, they simply absorb the culture that is around them. They learn that these things are normal and desirable. They also come to realize that the things of other social classes are not so normal or desirable. Again, most of the time, no one tells them that. They pick up the opinions of the people around them.