Social Class System

In America, we see people getting richer and poorer everyday. The rich gain more money and the poor get less money. In other countries like the Philippines, it may be considered a norm, but not in America. Both my parents were born and raised in the Philippines in the middle-class area. They have told me stories about how their country is like a social class system - you have the poor, middle-class, and the rich. In today's society, we're not used to that. In fact, most people don't even notice or care. People are just people and it doesn't matter how much or how little money they have. While in class today, we were having a discussion on America's social class. Sal told us how the Americans "kicked the Britain's out". Back in England, they have lots of norms that we Americans don't have. Their social class is so much different than ours. When I was growing up, my mom would tell me stories about how she traveled to London before I was born and even before she met my dad. I don't remember most of the stories, but I do know it was interesting to hear because when I grow up, I want to travel the world like my mom did. It was a complete eye-opener for her to see all these different people with their heads held high and their English accents. In the U.S., we don't have that; people just see what they think is rich and what they think is poor. Many people want to be rich and have lots of cool things to show off to their friends, but I think we should all appreciate what we have. I remember moving from house to house when I was younger because my parents wanted to give me a stable house to grow up in. I went from apartment, to condo, and now a house that i can move freely around. Sure, living in those places before the house was hard, but I learned to be grateful for what I had at the time. Some people don't even have a home. But more than anything I wanted to be rich like those people on MTV or like those singers I used to look up to when I was younger. "My Super Sweet 16" was the first show I thought of when talking about social class.

In this show, teens with giants amounts of money get to spend it on a party they'll only have once in their life. I remember watching this show thinking I wanted nothing more to be just like them. But judging on the show, they looked like spoiled brats. Social class in America is just divided; I wouldn't label anyone "poor" or "rich", they're just people.