The Rich Kids

Book Synopsis Our Kids The American Dream in Crisis by Robert D Putnam Chapter 1 - The American Dream In this chapter, Putnam recalls that back in the 1950s, income equality was relatively high which meant opportunities were relatively equal to people no matter their background. But as many years have gone by, there is a huge income gap and children are split based on class status in their communities and schools. Putnam's main question, that he says we will get to, is, “ Will today's youth coming

the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton such as, a delinquent /gang member (same thing kind of), the basic man, and a rude rich kid. Well first I should tell you what a stereotype is, a stereotype is an overly simplified image/idea of someone or something. Now to the real stuff The first stereotype is a delinquent. When you think of a delinquent you probably think about a kid who has parents that abuse them, they steal from old ladies, they do drugs, they drink alcohol and murder. That is kind of

Economic inequality will cause some social problems like the high crime rate. As the income gap between rich people and other people is increasing at a very high rate year by year, it is necessary to point out what are the causes of economic inequality. There are three things contributing to the economic inequality: capitalism, privilege, and the increasing cost of living. These factors benefit the rich while they leave the working class at a disadvantage. One of the main reasons of causing economic

issue is the huge gap between the rich and poor. This issue affects a lot of thing within and therefore needs to be put in place and fixed. For this issue we need to implement a statute stating better tax laws for citizens. Again the people say “Laissez-faire” but again it's unsuccessful and doesn't work. If The government implement these laws people will begin to be more happy and pose a better outlook on the society. For example, after the revolution the rich has bigger houses and the poor live

for the crime. The justice system is more lenient towards the rich and celebrities because the rich make excuses for their crimes, they can afford better lawyers and celebrities aren’t held to the same

Reflection 2: Born Rich Jay-Z, an american rapper and businessman, once said “As kids we didn't complain about being poor; we talked about how rich we were going to be and made moves to get the lifestyle we aspired to by any means we could. And as soon as we had a little money, we were eager to show it.” In other words, as children we are demonstrated that having money is the way to be happy. We are taught that once we have a large amount of money we will be happy. As we grow up, we realize that

to the further stratification of classes by race”(Yin). The fact is kids black school funding and because they lack school funding they are faced with numerous amounts of problems. Interviewing Pastor Kevin Allen he explains, the inequalities that exist today are the underfunded schools, not enough of teachers, not enough school books or library books, and there's no technology. He states “ it limits the furtherance of kids education and it makes them feel they don’t need to finish school”.

classes are Steinbeck’s 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath and Pazzanse’s article called “The Rich and the Rest”. The Grapes of Wrath encompasses the life of the poor migrant farmers during the

about all people or things with a particular characteristic. In the series Freaks and Geeks every student is labeled something. In the show some stereotypes are rich/ poor people, Freaks, and jocks. When being called rich or poor by other people they look at your physical appearance. In Freaks and Geeks Kim’s mom thought Lindsey was rich because she got good grades, she lives in a bigger house than them, and Lindsey’s father owns A1 sporting goods. So Kim takes Lindsey to her house because her

girl who has a crush on a rich boy in her high school, they eventually start dating but due to society their relationship struggles. It’s a story about love versus social acceptance. The movie has two different versions of its endings due to unacceptance of the test audience in the 1980’s. A lot of people didn’t like the ending, which forced the director to change it. Andie is a middle class teenager who goes to high school in the "rich" part of town, full of wealthy kids. Her best friend is Ducky