Analysis Of Dennis Gilbert And Joseph Kahl's Model Of Social Class

In the Dennis Gilbert and Joseph Kahl’s model of social class, there are couple of criteria classify people into different social class ladders, such as the Capitalist, Upper Middle Social Class and Working Poor. Usually the model will judge the people through looking on their family income, occupation of family member hold and their education level. Under the model, I believe that my family belongs to the Upper Middle Social Class. It is mainly because my family income is above $125,000, but below the income earned from capitalist. Also, my parents were the small and medium sizes business owners, the occupation of their job title is similar with the profession and upper manager. However, my parents did not receive so much education, they …show more content…
I receive an education told me to work hard and get away from the poverty. But when I grow up and start to realize there were some people could not make enough money to afford for their basic needs. Their expenses such as housing, food or transportation fee are relying on the social subsidy to pay off. Even though they work very hard, they could not get away from the poverty. I believe that the Working Poor Social Class teaches me the wealth inequality inside the society. Some people make money more than they need, but some people cannot make money to support their daily basic need. I think it influences me that education is necessary and important if people want to have an upward mobility, since most of the working poor people do not receive much education. Therefore, I will work harder to get my college degree which might open the door for achieving the upward mobility or stay in the upper social …show more content…
They always placed into the Upper Social Class Ladder because of their education and income once they graduated from the college. However, I decide not to go into the professional career path way. I think everyone should have own formula to achieve success, not everyone has to follow the other’s experience. Therefore, I choose to study the subject that I interested in. I believe that I will still earn a chance to have upward mobility in the social class ladder if I keep my passion on working something I am interested. In conclusion, I was placed into the Upper Social Class Ladder, which I think I will stay in the same social class in the future. I would like to walk into the financial sector in my future career and the Working Poor, Capitalist, Upper Middle Class have huge influences towards myself, which affect my future aspiration on the social class and career path