Status attainment

Ideal parents have a goal they want to achieve with their child. One big goal that parents should want is for their child to be successful. With this, comes a lot of work and time being put in from a parent to their child, but first the parents must know what it takes to raise a successful child. Raising a successful child is not easy and usually it is more genetics or the parents’ success that influences their own child’s success. The first research study that focuses on child success is based on how a Mothers’ expectations for their child influence their education and occupational attainment. In this study, the researchers come to find that Mothers’ have more of an impact on their daughters rather than their sons. Eirini Flouri and…

strive for greatness and/or a way to provide for themselves; or simply a set of goals that may or may not be reachable for the average American depending on their status. Oxford Dictionaries defines the “American Dream” as “the traditional social ideals of the U.S., such as equality, democracy, and material prosperity”. As decades pass, the American Dream has evolved to keep up with the times, to adjust with what society wants. Living this so-called dream varied between ages; from children and…

The Journey to Maturity: Hair and Vanity in Alcott’s Little Women and Grimm’s “The Goose Girl” Hair, even today, is often used to symbolize femininity: while neat and tidy hair is often associated with womanliness, high social status, and proper behaviour or manners, short, messy, and boyish haircuts typically represent the opposite. Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women uses hair to symbolize the identity and growth of the young, impressionable female characters using the disproving of hair as…

p. 18). As the study progresses, another female becomes increasingly concerned with how she is perceived and focuses on maintaining a high grade point average, always being kind, and never being seen as selfish. She uses observation to make sure that she is doing and saying the correct things so she does not to stand out and continues to fit into the prescribed image of “perfect,” thus losing herself in the process (Brown & Gilligan, 1993, pp. 23-24). The task of maintaining a particular social…

The most prominent theme in The Crucible is upward social mobility. Most of the people in the play hoped to better their situation, whether it was through the acquisition of land, a desirable spouse, or simple freedom from financial worries. Abigail striving for a desirable spouse is one of the main examples of trying to gain a better title. She tried everything in her power to get what she wanted. Abigail out of all the characters had the most desire for upward mobility. This desire burned…

While Charlotte Bartlett, Lucy’s older cousin who accompanies her on her trip to Italy, shies away from this concept, Lucy becomes drawn in. Eventually, she starts participating in this form of lifestyle, with minor acts of insurgency, such as leaving the hotel by herself much to the protests of her elders. Soon after, whenever Lucy encountered a situation she disagreed with, “she would transgress it, and perhaps be sorry that she had done so.” (Forster 38). This quote shows that while Lucy…

uptown class system, the socio-economic disparity improved, but standards of beauty and status were still primarily determined by race and geographical location in Kingston. As described by Ulysee, the ICI’s attempt to blur these lines by going to the salon to receive a hairstyle and observe younger women so that they can mimic the look of an uptown lady. “This weekly ritual was important to the ICI’s for several reasons. It contradicts an existing stereotype of the ICI and her foremother the…

review highlight the complex interaction between socioeconomic status and HIV. All the different were universal in showing a significant association between low SES and HIV. Due to the fact that socioeconomic status encompasses a vast range of factors, it impacts HIV directly and indirectly, affecting transmission of the disease, management, drug adherence and overall quality of life of HIV positive individuals. A common trend in the articles was the association between lack of socioeconomic…

of schooling in Australia. It is evident that there has been a restriction to certain social groups in society when we discuss school choice as financial power creates a divide in accessibility to schools (Cobbold, 2007). The notion of choice is limited to many as the financial disparities of low-socioeconomic status…

According to Britannica Online Encyclopedia social mobility is the movement of individuals, families, or groups through a system of social hierarchy or stratification. It is a change in the social status relative to others social location within a given society. There are different types of social mobility, these include: horizontal, vertical, upward and downward mobility. Within the Caribbean however, upward mobility is considered to be pivotal. Openness of the society is a factor that greatly…