When something has social worth, it means that it is worth something in society. In today’s society, it seems the more social worth a job has, the less salary that job will have. I chose to talk about the “Work and Worth” article by Robert Reich. In this article he talks about how a lot of jobs in today’s society pay less than what they should. I will use functionalism to discuss the article because each part of society plays a role that contributes to the overall state of society.
Functionalism applies to this article because in the article they talk about careers and jobs that have an effect on society. The article argues about how higher paying jobs have little to no worth to society. For example, a professional sports player can make millions of dollars a year. Playing sports for money helps the bank account of the player, but doesn’t help society out. While according to the article, a child care worker, someone who cares for children when parents or other family members are unavailable, earns an average of salary less than $25,000.
I believe that every role in society plays a part it’s entirety, so let’s take a few steps to explain the functionalism in this article. In the article, one of the …show more content…
If we are looking at what’s happening in the article using a symbolic interactionist’s perspective, they would say that people are paid based on how meaningful the job is to society. An example of their thought process would be that if a job isn’t meaningful then that job won’t have a high salary. But, in the article we can see that the more a job is thought to have social worth, the less the job’s salary is. In the article, the author says, “a good kindergarten teacher is worth his or her weight in gold, almost”. Although kindergarten teachers are thought to have a high social worth, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they will be paid what they are
Functionalism applies to this article because in the article they talk about careers and jobs that have an effect on society. The article argues about how higher paying jobs have little to no worth to society. For example, a professional sports player can make millions of dollars a year. Playing sports for money helps the bank account of the player, but doesn’t help society out. While according to the article, a child care worker, someone who cares for children when parents or other family members are unavailable, earns an average of salary less than $25,000.
I believe that every role in society plays a part it’s entirety, so let’s take a few steps to explain the functionalism in this article. In the article, one of the …show more content…
If we are looking at what’s happening in the article using a symbolic interactionist’s perspective, they would say that people are paid based on how meaningful the job is to society. An example of their thought process would be that if a job isn’t meaningful then that job won’t have a high salary. But, in the article we can see that the more a job is thought to have social worth, the less the job’s salary is. In the article, the author says, “a good kindergarten teacher is worth his or her weight in gold, almost”. Although kindergarten teachers are thought to have a high social worth, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they will be paid what they are