Social Class

In sociology we watched this family that lives in poverty. The one son wants to be a lawyer or architect, the mom wants to be a teacher. I think the mom will not ever achieve the goal of going to college and become a teacher. The son if he tries hard in school he could achieve his goal of becoming a lawyer or architect. The factors that hold the mom back from achieving her goal of becoming a teacher is that she is already getting older and she still has to support her kids so she has no way of earning enough money for her and her kids. The son the only thing that could hold him back is that he could decide to drop out of school or not have enough money to go to college. The son portrays in the movie that he tries to make himself look decent and tries to clean up. I give him props for trying but he is only really kidding himself. The only way he will move up in a higher class if he goes to college and gets a decent job. We learn later on that that the son never even graduates from high school but he is living in a somewhat decent house. The mom is still working at Burger King, but does not have to walk very far anymore.


Social class in our school I don't think is that big of deal. In some bigger schools it may be a bigger deal. High school can set you up to get a better education and possibly help you get a better job. If someone was dating someone in a lower class or higher class than what that persons families income is it could cause some problems. The parents if they are a higher class may want their son or daughter to date someone in the same social class as them. I would be in the middle class if I was in that film.


Possessions that show my families social class is our vehicles, house, anything that a typical middle class family may have. Does the things people own describe what class we are in? Not necessarily there are some people that buy high priced stuff that they really can't afford but they buy it anyways to make themselves look better. My family shops at Kens, Walmart, Kesseler depends on where we are at. Are family eats white bread because that is the only kind that my father likes.