In the United States, your social class is one of the first things people judge most about you. Typically, if you make more money than average, you’re considered a hard worker and smart. However, if you’re middle class or below, Read More …
Education 409
For most of my education experience, I can compare my path to most of my friends but only within my school. If I had to compare myself to my friends from other schools who have had more opportunities within their Read More …
Education 182
My whole life my parents have emphasized the importance of education. They told me that if I didn’t want to live in a broken down trailer with cheap things my whole life, that I need to go to college and Read More …
Parenting Style 606
Which kind of parenting style (Annette Lareau) did your parents use with you? How do you think that impacted you? (Accomplishment of natural growth or concerted cultivation) When we were being taught the exact definitions of accomplishment of natural growth and Read More …
Parenting Style 910
Definitely “Accomplishment of natural growth.” My family has stayed within the middle-class (at least in recent years, maybe we teetered in the working-class). My brother and I were allowed to do kind of whatever, as long as we went outside Read More …
Social Mobility… The American Dream 176
Personally, the American Dream used to be a gold haloed idea for people across the world and in decades ago it may have felt like the American dream that they were living; however, now-a-days I think the American Dream is Read More …
Place 910
I would often play outside with my brother and friends in all seasons. Hide and seek with my cousin, running through the small patch of woods (where we weren’t supposed to go), always winning. Splashing in the water puddles made Read More …
Place 227
TC, Texas, is a very academically competitive town. All kids are “pitted” against each other in order to individually soar in their academic career. My graduating class was 519—and all of us were playing as competitors since kindergarten. I don’t Read More …
Place 176
I am from Gregory Michigan, the town about 20 miles east form me is Leslie Michigan. The household income rate for both towns is similar but a difference. Gregory has an average income of $36,000 whereas Leslie is at $31,000 Read More …
Place 409
I grew up in a pretty diverse neighborhood. In elementary school, there were so many people from different backgrounds. I live right across from the neighborhood park. I used to think the park was huge! Realistically, It was a decently Read More …