Sharro Status

Socioeconomic class negatively affects relationships. Its impacts have become a large issue and are recognized relatively easily today. Large aspects of relationships are affected, most of the time this is due to the fact that an individual's own status has many

While not it is not as common now as it was in the past, today we still judge people before we get to know their personality. We judge them based on things such as their appearance and accent. Somebody who is dressed neater may be judged as potentially smarter than someone who wasn’t. Another example is something shown in the Outsiders which is how the Socs and Greasers each judge each other based on their social class. Socs are stereotypically rich and smart and have everything given to them. Greasers, on the other hand, are classified as poorly educated and tough. This is not true with all the characters though. Bob, is a soc who didn't have the right discipline growing up, resulting in bad decisions regarding drugs. Johnny, is a greaser

Does social class change the amount of problems people have? The truth is, no matter what social class you are, everyone will always have problems, just like in The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. Even though the Socs have much more money than Greasers, they both equally end up with the same number of difficulties. Using the novel, including two articles,”A Generation Struggling: Rich Kids are Losing” and “Alarming Number of Teens are Quitting School to Go to Work,” the effects of money, low income, and stereotypes from both groups are discussed.

People can be born with the world having low expectations of them. It does not matter if they know anything about us. We are often judged based on our appearance, race and cultural expectations. These judgments can often lead to people discounting us and lowering their expectations of us. These expectations are all around us; we must choose whether we live up to them or not. People do not live up to these expectations, but instead make their own way.

Throughout life I have been judged, but I was highly judged and criticized in Middle school because I was quiet and to myself. In middle school I had friends but I still felt like I was by myself. People were around me constantly but when you’re observant you can feel the energy of a fake person. So moral of the story watch your back. Now I know the kind of person I want to be and the type of people I want to surround myself with. As well as personally being cateogorized, status continues to play a role in the larger

In our society everyone expects to be the same, however, no one is ever going to be the exact same. Everyone has different beliefs and different interests. Today people judge the nice stuff people can afford and the way people dress. In the story, “The Doll’s House”, there were two girls known as the Kelvey sisters and they were really poor. “They were dressed in “bits” given to her by the people for whom she worked” (Mansfield 203). Nowadays people judge you on appearance and if you are dressed sloppy you are more likely to be made fun of. If you cannot afford the up to date things people have a reason that they don’t want to talk to you. If you are wealthy you are more likely to be judgmental. Not all people are like this but it is known

Status not only affects me but it also affects other people in the world . Your status could bring you fortune or misfortune. If you happen to come from a rich or wealthy family, you most likely have a higher or greater status, rather than being wealthy, a poor man may be misfortunate. Your skin color also plays a major when talking about status. Most African-Americans have a lower status and there are deaths due to this low status.

People who have less than others are usually outsiders. People who have more misjudge people who have less. For example somebody might have name brand clothing while the other person has more of a generic or an off brand item. Instead of looking at one another for how they treat each other they look at how much or how little you have. Another big part of this is money. When you look at high schools, especially you see that most groups of friends if not all, have parents that make the same amount of money and are in the same social class. Most people that try to fit into a different group succeed only to find out that they are outsiders in that group. Weather they try hard to fit in or think they do fit in a group they are always left out in some way. “You’ve jumped through every hoop and worn all the right masks, but it seems that all your efforts still aren’t good enough.

“Repeated encounters between people from different social categories, when they present valid, consistent associations between a categorical difference and influence and competence, have a powerful capacity to induce status beliefs with implications for unequal treatment” (Ridgeway et al. 2009: 59). This unequal treatment doesn’t have to be negative, but it is apparent in our group. We tend to treat the higher status members a little better than we do our lower status members, not to be mean, but usually to impress or show respect for the captains and the best athletes. In his study “Being in ‘Bad’ Company”, Vargas proves that peers with higher status can cause a lower status peer to conform (Vargas 2011). This can be very clearly observed when talking about the classes. Typically, the freshman have the lowest status, because they are new and haven’t yet demonstrated any of the characteristics listed above that increase one’s status. They obey the norms placed on the by the team, captains, and coaches for many reasons, primarily so they can fit in and be accepted by the

Every person has a different idea of self worth. Worth has been linked to success and materials in this capitalistic and materialistic world. The United States wrote in its declaration of independence how each citizen has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and this saying has lasted throughout the generations. Class divisions have been set to distinguish between the lowest, the middle, and the ultra wealthy. These classes leave a lasting effect on the people and their idea of worth. To grow old in a nation where your life is deemed to be low class can negatively affect mental health and how people see themselves. Being born into a certain class will automatically place you beneath a percent and above others. What

Social class causes many rifts in relations. People let it determine who is worthy of something and who is not. In To Kill a Mocking Bird, written by Harper Lee, Scout and Jem see firsthand these rifts made. Some rifts cause injustice, some broken friendships, and others fights. Social class, a form of discrimination just as racism. Racism even has a part to play in social class, an African American was viewed lower than another which led to his unjust imprisoned. This eventually led to his death for a crime he never committed.

Classism affects people on an economical and emotional level; it divides society into two parts. Those who have and those who do not have, this mistreatment mainly comes from the dominant more in control groups of society, the rich. It affects the subordinated groups of society, those who are the poor and it continues to cause pain and suppression among the lower classes of society to the extent of personal fulfillment or survival. Theorized, if you are not born into this dominant class, there is no room for you in society to someday become successful and without this privilege; you are stuck, left to dogs. Yet classism is not only judged by finances, it is also judge by race, gender and religion. Classism affects the minorities of society, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and women.

People may think that social classes have an effect on what influences there how they are treated and what relationships they have, others may believe it has to do with success. The way people are treated can be based on anything from there beliefs, relationship, succeeds, and most importantly where belong in the social classes. It is very important what relationships you have and how others treat you based on your class because it sets your reputation. Overall, no matter what traits you have,who you know, where you come from, your class is very important and can play a big role someone's life. A person's social class can change from being in the lower to higher class, however it can also change from being in the higher to lower class as well. A thousand Splendid Suns is a novel written by Khaled Hosseini in which ideas are being analysed between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie, relationships, and taliban control.

In today's society, our natural reaction is to put people into a specific class that we feel they fit into upon our first impression. When we were in high school, they were called clicks. There were your jocks and your cheerleaders, who were usually the most popular students. Along with stoners, nerds, and then the people who really didn't fit into any crowd, they were just there. When we were in high school, all of us wanted to be in the "cool crowd". As described in When I was growing Up by Nellie Wong, "I discovered the rich white girls...imported cotton dresses...and thought that I too should have what these lucky girls had..." In stereotyping people, we perhaps have

I believe that everyone has felt at some point inadequate of deserving great things due to their appearance. Judgement from other people is not a good enough reason to not live your life the way you want. Sometimes it takes going through a difficult realization to learn you are only living for yourself. Everyone goes through rough patches in life that can taint their outlook on everything, but it only takes one change to make the difference. Look beyond the exterior because you will be surprised what you might find out about