If I Didn'T Grow Up In The Middle Class . Growing Up In

It is important to choose the right friends, good friends can take you wherever you want to go in life, and the wrong friends can be a disastrous decision. A quote from The Pact sums this up nicely, “Friendship can lift you up, strengthen and empower you, or break you down, weaken and defeat you.” (32) This is why it is so important to surround yourself with positive people, and

Despite only being in high school for two years, the friends that I have made have greatly impacted who I am as a person. Whenever I am struggling, my friends are the first people I turn to for advice. I learned from them that I always put others first even when it may cause a large amount of stress later on, am very talkative about the things I am

As I grew older, it was impossible to notice that my world was imperfect. In elementary school, all my parent’s problems here hidden; I didn’t understand my family’s economic status. As I grew older and began to ask my parents question about our lifestyle and compared it to the other people around us. This conversation would always end in the same place; because we can't afford it. My high school is composed of economically unstable families, and economically stable families. Seeing that other families were better off than mine, I grew up with the idea that a comfortable life, is a luxurious life. I know that others around

In the first article titled “Class in America” by Gregory Mantsios the discussion on class affecting the United States negatively is brought up. Gregory talks about the fact that people do not choose to be poor but they are put into situations where they cannot move up in class. Due to the fact that class creates an immense gap in communities, there are many issues linked to being categorized as the lower class. In the article Gregory states that “class affects more than lifestyle and material well being. It has a significant impact on our physical and mental well-being as well.” CITE) The author connects the idea that if you are in the lower class than you will also deal with other issues include your mental and physical health declining. Alongside this idea, the author also states “All Americans do not have an equal opportunity to succeed, and class mobility in the United States is lower than that of the rest of the industrialized world. (CITE) This goes along with the idea that once your born into a class, breaking out of it is virtually impossible. The author is also making the point that in the United States class is more problematic than other developed nations and because of this not everyone is given the chance to break free from a poor lifestyle.

The social class one is born into, more often than not dictates the social class they will belong to as an adult. There have been studies done in regards to social mobility, which greatly supports the concept that social class further promotes inequality, for 40% of individuals, born into either the top or bottom as infants, will remain there throughout their adult life. The stagnant nature of economic mobility, is only further worsened by absolute mobility. Those who begin impoverished are disadvantaged from the start and even with an increase of income, they most likely will remain in their same social class, for most people with time have an increase in overall income, and yet the relative increase remains stagnant, for all

Not one of us gets the choice of what socioeconomic class we are born into. So, each one of us has to make the most of what we have. Some people think that it doesn’t matter what class you are born into. If you truly want to succeed in life you can do so and climb your way up the socioeconomic ladder. To do this it will take hard work, and making sacrifices that not everyone is willing to make, such as buying things used and working multiple jobs. Others believe it is impossible to climb that ladder with all the hurdles and barriers you encounter at a young age. So, they do what they can to better their children’s chances of climbing up the socioeconomic ladder.

My family does have financial problems, but we were never judged or discriminate. Even with that type of social class, people would help us. Our social class does shape my family, but it does not contribute on how we interact with other people. We still act like everybody else, we are a independent family. We don't rely on other's majority of the time, unless it is needed. We don't like people feeling pity for our family because of our social class. At my family social class, it does change our belief on how we observe our happiness. My family rather working class because we are happy where we are. Even if we here in the high class, that doesn't mean that we would be happy. My family enjoys working, especially my father. He has to work, but now he can't because of work injury. Even though that happen we are still happy in our social

Second, my economic status has affected how I see myself. As one of the many Americans in the lower middle class I’ve had to work for everything that I have. I grew up in a very wealthy and privileged town and while most of my friends lived in the lap of luxury, I started working when I was 13 so that I could help my mom support our family. In being from a less fortunate economic background, I’ve pushed myself through multiple adversities. For example, in applying to college I knew I would have to get a scholarship to in order to attend. The motivation I found to apply to and win a scholarship was developed by my economic background. Being lower middle class has shaped my work ethic and my levels of motivation to get things done. In Goleman’s article about what makes a leader in

When I was in high school, I would allow my "friends" to influence an abundance of my choices. The mistakes I made reflected in how I acted at home, how managed school work, and how I took care of myself. What happened in my early high school years has become a factor as to why I made the decision to take social services.

Making friends who are always expecting the best of you, will help you become a better person. Having successful friends will challenge you by making you want to succeed more. Surrounding yourself with friends who make smart choices, will help you make smart choices as well. Dave Ramsey has said in his course, "Show me your friends, and I will show you your future." With this quote, I have put more into thought about who I want my friends to be, because I have set high expectations for myself. Also, I have noticed William's friends are supportive, smart, intelligent, hard-workers, and professional when in business. From my experience, I can proudly say that being around smart people will make you a smart person. At my job, Scott County Hospital, I have tried my best to make my job look professional. Working as a Certified Nursing Assistant has helped upgrade my speaking skills when speaking to patient's families, or my nursing team. Growing up with a foreign language, then later learning English can be difficult. Also, working around Doctors' and seeing how serious they take their job, makes me follow their steps. There has been many patients' family who did not believe I was only a senior in high school, because of the way I do my work. They often compliment how mature I am, and show great respect, because I take my job serious. Also, when I first became friends with William, I thought he was too serious, and

When it comes to my socioeconomic status growing up would be describes as middle class, I grew up on a farm and had a great upbringing by my family. My statues didn’t have any effect on my social mobility because when I turned sixteen I had a car and was able to drive overall. I saw my self growing up as not viewed as poor or rich but kind of in the middle, I always had a place to stay and food to eat which I would create my parents in that. My self-concept was always high in believing whatever I wanted to accomplish I could achieve this goal in my life, what connects with that is when it comes to my goals I wanted to set for my life, I’m glad my parents have always been there to motive and encourage me on my journey through life. I’m from

Social Class : My family and I are considered as Middle class, although we look nothing like the middle class in society. But out in the street people don't see that, they think because of our skin color we are lower class, because of the first judgement. Seeing political views from our class makes us ponder over taxes problems and homeless

The difference that social class has made in my life is that it leaves no aspect of life untouched. If I had to rank my families social class, I would consider us as the lower middle class. My husband and I are the main sole providers in our family and we work for the upper middle classes. We live off from paycheck to paycheck and we struggle here and there, but we learn how to manage our money wisely on things that are needed the most.

Over my life I would consider my class a sliding scale. I’ve been homeless, at poverty level, working class and upper middle class when I was married. My biggest fear when I divorced was whether or not I was going to be the typical older divorced woman starting over facing poverty. The one thing money does for you is allow you to access better schools, employment, housing and you’re not subjected to crime and violence. When I was homeless and trying to get assistance I was denied because my name was still on our house in Alaska even though I was in California.

If I were a well-educated and social kid, I would live a life no one could imagine of. My parents have been living on a farm ever since I was born. Every day of my life I have been raising cows, raising field crops, and livestock. Neither had we had enough time or money to move to an immense mansion or leave our farm. My life is all about working and I can’t even apply for school because of how poor we are. My life has changed like a series of books. I wish I could have known that my life was going to be full with sadness and mourning, but in life everyone has to…die