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    black neighborhood there is a big difference. In white neighborhoods there is usually a garden, dogs, fences, and etc. In a black neighborhood it's hard to find those things. Neighborhoods are segregated as well as schools. Someone that lives in a "rich" neighborhood wouldn't send their child to a school that’s in a black neighborhood. America has enforced laws that prevents segregation, but we're still separate in a way. Schools in poor neighborhoods aren't considered high quality schools. Hardships

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    In Opinion: Syrian kids need an education — rich countries must pay for it by Malala Yousafzai and Muzoon Almellehan, School just a dream for many Afghan children, working hard for low pay by Los Angeles Times and the MSNBC video. There are similarities with all of the articles’ central ideas, but there are differences with the author's craft. In the middle eastern countries, the children do not have the proper education because some of these schools have been blown up by terrorists and also most

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    A Generation Struggling: Rich Kids are losing, Doctor Bryan Carr states “High rates of substance abuse, depression, anxiety, cheating and stealing give a new meaning to “having it all”. This explains many of negative outcomes that can occur with having money. This shows how different the Socs represent their anger towards the Greasers, and how they use their wealth to their advantage. In the article The Allure of Gangs it states, “there are many different reasons that kids join gangs, to feel better

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    Suicide Vs Middle Class

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    Rich and powerful people often have less to worry about than the middle class or other non-rich people. That can be true, but if you really think about it, every sing person has to go through things that everybody else has to go through. Death in the family or a loved one can be devastating. People can get so depressed over a loved one dieing that it had led to suicide. Everybody has to go through it, so prepare for the worse. No body is promised tomorrow and some wealthy people do not see that because

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    because they don’t want to take the kids that are rich because their parents are probably paying the government more than the poor people. So the government needs a favor from the poor people so they take their children to fight. The rich kids might also put up more of a fight because they aren’t used to being told what to do and they have things to make their lives easier. Some kids are required to kill a family member (Child Soldiers). If their parents are rich and are paying the government a copious

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    Short Film : Born Rich

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    The short film, “Born Rich,” illustrated a different perspective to the life that I thought rich people lived. Before watching this film, I was under the understanding that all kids born into wealth were happy and satisfied. However, the individuals shown have created a different feeling. For about 3 of the characters my view was pretty accurate in the sense that money went to their head and they became arrogant. For the other 8, my view slightly changed. This film also made me realize how unsatisfied

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    Social Class Inequalities

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    Where do you consider yourself to be in the class system? Are you a member of the upper class, middle class, or lower class? If you’re a part of the upper class your associated with being rich or born in to a rich family. Then there is the working middle class also know as the “ white collar workers.” Most people of our society would fit into this category of the class system. Lastly there is the lower class that consists of the homeless, those with low-paying jobs, and other who are struggling to

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    college kids (Cubberly). Being able to pay for college is getting tougher for students straight out of high school, without the help of their parents. In the meantime, middle class and hard working Americans continue to see their hard earned money be given away through taxes. Why should the middle class people be held down by this extra taxation among other things? Higher tax rates, college diplomas would be a minimum requirement, further the entitlement culture, and more money in the rich families

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    about savage inequalities, I realized that at this time, there have big of different in the conditions of school between many poor children and many children rich. Although nowadays, we are provided the equal opportunity for everyone, at this time, the poor children live in an education is more inferior than the children who grow up in rich families. I think that the huge differences in the public school system are based on racism and social class. All my sense is assaulted when I see what the poor

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    The Millionaire Next Door is an exciting breakdown of the common characteristics of the millionaires existing amongst us. Authors Thomas Stanley and William Danko throws more light on the myths and will give you a wide-ranging view of what and how actual millionaires look like. 1. Meet the Millionaire Next Door These individuals cannot be millionaires!!! Because their appearance doesn’t look like millionaires, they do not act like millionaires, they do not eat like millionaires, neither do they

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