What I Learned In A Social Class

Exam 5
What did you learn? One of the first things that I learned in this class was how to avoid getting chalk thrown at me. The second thing I learned was, (what is social stratification and what it does for us.) Social Stratification is basically the unequal distribution of resources amongst a society, where the upper class has more rewards than the bottom class. I learned where social stratification stems from: Although the social class you are born into has a significant weight on what social class you are in, it’s not the only determining factor. Other key factors include income, investment capital, skill capital, social capital, economic power, political power, and social power. The amount of power an individual has is reflected by …show more content…
By this class helped me understand that from a spiritual stand point money is not always answer. Yes, its essential to everyday live but true happiness doesn’t come from money.
What are you going to do after this class? Every day we walk into class and discuss a semi-depressing sub topic related to social stratification. One day in class we were asked what we would like to study if we didn’t have to worry about money. I stated that I would have loved to continue to play the clarinet or become a mechanic. I’m currently set to graduate this upcoming winter semester but I realized my degree is not going to get me any where in life. I’ll leave this university with a fancy piece of paper that I will hang on my bedroom wall. I would like to believe that I would eventually go back to grad school like my step sister but that’s mostly not going to happen due to my finical situation at the moment. I honestly have no idea what I will do after this class or after I leave this university. If I learned anything its that debt can be a trap both physically and mentally and can also hinder your social status. Therefore, I plan taking the advice from church leaders to pay it off as quickly as