Chances of Moving Up in the World

According to observations, moving up in society in social class is near impossible. It seems almost as if the saying "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer" proves true. My mom grew up more so in working class I would say. Although, my grandmother also did not work, my grandfather worked two jobs, one during the day and one at night, in order to provide well for a family of twelve. My dad also came from a working class in Ireland. He had lived on a farm with his parents and his eight siblings. He helped his parents with his older brother in order to make money for his family.

After learning about social class in sociology and how hard it is to change your social and economic status even in America where the American Dream is a high value. I think that my parents did move up slightly in class by working hard in order to give my brother and I better than what they had. However, I do also agree that I will not change my class. It affected where I chose to go to college and also which career I will choose to pursue. These choice will ultimately affect how much money I will make in the future which in turn my class status will completely depend upon.