This week I learned a lot of new things about social class. A lot of these things I have never really thought about because they come as a second nature to me. The projects really opened my eyes on how people live in our country. My group had the upper class, so we had no stress picking out our lifestyle for our family of five. It's amazing how we did not have to worry about any money or life happens cards because we had so much money. So we bought a beautiful house in Lake Forest, which would be anyone's dream house. We also made sure our kids had good clothes, education, food, and activities going on. On the other hand, the lower class had some stress creating a lifestyle for their family. They got the worst of the life happens cards and could not even give their child a birthday party, which is something we have all taken granted for. It makes me sad to think that there are plenty of people living out there pay check to pay check. And that there is a gap between the richest of the rich and the poorest of the poor, and to me it's really sad to think about. I learned a ton also from the video we have been watching in class. I still can not get over how "white wonder bread" goes along with social class. Poor people want cheap bread and do not care about the health benefits, so they won't buy the 9-grain bread or anything that seems remotely healthy. And then you have Thomas from the WASPS group who basically thinks he is the S***. He looks down upon everyone else, but that is the social class he knows- upper class. I was thinking about it, and it must be hard to legitimately be a social class climber. Imagine going from lower-middle class to upper class. That has got to be a hard transition, you need to learn so many little things you have never thought about. Such as how close you can stand to people or how to dress or what kind of food to eat. It's CRAZY!
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