If one starts at the bottom of the rung, it is very difficult for them to get to the top. I feel that a person’s social class determines where they stay in terms of earnings and lifestyle. As negative as that may sound, there are small chances that people leap from the bottom rung to the top step; this includes luck or innovations. In reality, the underclass can move up to the working poor or even the working class, but it is near impossible to reach up to the upper class and top 1%. The card game exercise the class performed in the first week of class is a good example of this. I knew from the beginning, starting at table 7, that I would never make it to table 1 in the allotted time. Now, I imagine that people in society feel like this when they reflect on their current social class, and it upsets me how impossible it is for people to move up in these terms. The exercises and readings have been difficult to realize as reality, but I’m pleased that I am aware of them now instead of being
If one starts at the bottom of the rung, it is very difficult for them to get to the top. I feel that a person’s social class determines where they stay in terms of earnings and lifestyle. As negative as that may sound, there are small chances that people leap from the bottom rung to the top step; this includes luck or innovations. In reality, the underclass can move up to the working poor or even the working class, but it is near impossible to reach up to the upper class and top 1%. The card game exercise the class performed in the first week of class is a good example of this. I knew from the beginning, starting at table 7, that I would never make it to table 1 in the allotted time. Now, I imagine that people in society feel like this when they reflect on their current social class, and it upsets me how impossible it is for people to move up in these terms. The exercises and readings have been difficult to realize as reality, but I’m pleased that I am aware of them now instead of being