Since the beginning of established civilizations, we have sought to differentiate certain groups from one another suitable to their influence and wealth in society. Through past societies the social classes that were seen the most were made up of the peasants, the politicians or nobles and the royal families. Classes are social hierarchies that classify and categorized groups of people who occupied similar areas in the economy of society. Nowadays, however society is far more socially advanced yet still quite very similar to those types of social classes. In our societies there are far fewer classes, there are the rich capitalists, the middle class and then the poor working class citizens. Depending on your class determine how much power one
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To begin, the social class that one belongs to in a society will highly effect ones values, experiences, and perception in life. My family belongs to the working class in a sense; both my parents have a full-time job and work for a corporation …show more content…
My family and descendants wasn’t always part of the middle class of society, my descendants and great grandparents were in fact part of the working class in Canada or their home country. Generations ago my descendants were like the majority of other citizens, working in factories with hazardous conditions to get a dismal pay for such a high-risk job. However, as the generations past doing such dangerous work, an opportunity finally arose, they were to go to a new country to start a new life with the promise of a better life, the promise of the American Dream. This dream was believed to be with the sweat of one’s brow one could achieve anything and build a successful life up. People believed that everyone had an equal opportunity to succeed through their hard work, skills, and knowledge. This belief was known as meritocracy and many immigrants flocked to North America for just a taste of this promise. Sadly, this promise wasn’t actually 100% true, no one has an equal opportunity to succeed, and is highly influenced by one’s social standing in society. My descendants too fell prey to this false idea of succeeding and moving up the social ladder through hard work alone. This feat is very hard as my descendants were not from a high class and couldn’t afford a higher education to be able to get a high skilled job, which entails a high wage job. Consequently,
To begin, the social class that one belongs to in a society will highly effect ones values, experiences, and perception in life. My family belongs to the working class in a sense; both my parents have a full-time job and work for a corporation …show more content…
My family and descendants wasn’t always part of the middle class of society, my descendants and great grandparents were in fact part of the working class in Canada or their home country. Generations ago my descendants were like the majority of other citizens, working in factories with hazardous conditions to get a dismal pay for such a high-risk job. However, as the generations past doing such dangerous work, an opportunity finally arose, they were to go to a new country to start a new life with the promise of a better life, the promise of the American Dream. This dream was believed to be with the sweat of one’s brow one could achieve anything and build a successful life up. People believed that everyone had an equal opportunity to succeed through their hard work, skills, and knowledge. This belief was known as meritocracy and many immigrants flocked to North America for just a taste of this promise. Sadly, this promise wasn’t actually 100% true, no one has an equal opportunity to succeed, and is highly influenced by one’s social standing in society. My descendants too fell prey to this false idea of succeeding and moving up the social ladder through hard work alone. This feat is very hard as my descendants were not from a high class and couldn’t afford a higher education to be able to get a high skilled job, which entails a high wage job. Consequently,