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    Body Social class profoundly affects an individual’s academic achievement in school. In this case, social class shapes the attitudes and values of an individual which further influences their future both academically and professionally. Empirical evidence suggests that individuals/students attending college/university from a lower social class face difficulties when socially integrating into the school system leading to higher dropout rates and poor academic performance (Darnon, Jury, and Aelenei

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    Social class and equality of class’ has come a long way, from racial struggles all the way to woman suffrage. Although, with these advances there are still differences between social class’ that bring out a serious sense of inequality. Some of the social class differences could be because of things such as: a family’s income, race, and someone’s educational level. There are social “standards” that can limit certain class’ abilities to accomplish high reaching goals. There are some people that truly

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    Socio-economic class has an extensive social influence on language variation (Meyerhoff and Schleef, 2010 pg. 392). Individuals of higher socio-economic class typically have a greater income in which can be further invested in higher education. Consecutively, those who are educated tend to use more of the standard form of language and in contrast, speakers with lower educational levels tend to use more of the non-standard language (Meyerhoff and Schleef, 2010 pg. 415). Among the various social classes of

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    gap in education due to socio-economic class. Generations ago, social class was a major part of society that separated the different classes especially in education. The wealthy attended school and only a percentage of the poor received little education as most left school to help provide for the family. These days, although the Australian government is funding schools giving the opportunity of an education to all families regardless of their class, social class is still an intimidating debate among

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    Social Class and Inequality

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    Social Class and Inequality Social inequality has been defined as a conflicting status within a society with regards to the individual, property rights, and access to education, medical care, and welfare programs.   Much of society’s inequality can be attributed to the class status of a particular group, which has usually been largely determined by the group’s ethnicity or race (Macionis & Gerber, 2006).   The conflict perspective is an attempt to understand the group conflict that

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    Social And Social Class

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    this documentary, we see how social and economic class affect the views of others. It changes how people are perceived throughout classes and how it not only affects our cultures, and opinions but can also possibly predict the classes of our future generations. In America, it is seen as almost impossible for families who are already in the bottom two rings of social class to move up, and they hope for their children to do better. However, what would happen if social classes were nonexistent? How

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    a long enjoyable life is based on two factors: their social status and their social class. A social status is a person’s importance when it comes to other people. Social class is more directed towards ones finances or wealth. Armenakis (2015) states the importance of longevity pertaining to social factors are: “Education, income & occupation, ethnicity & race, religion, political affiliation, and geographic region.” The reasons one social class and status determine their length of life, can be viewed

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    “Does ‘social mobility’ provide evidence for the demise of social class?” In this essay, I will be gathering information and discussing the possible evidence regarding whether or not it is a component of the ‘demise’ of social class. I will be including relevant and up to date information as well as introducing sociologists such as Karl Marx and Max Weber. Also, I will be including references and a bibliography to support my discussion. Social mobility can be defined as “the movement of individuals

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    New Social Class

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    “A New Model of Social Class? Findings from the BBC’s Great British Class Survey Experiment” is an article written by Savage et. Al (2013), shows analysis of two surveys which results in a new way of mapping the social class in the UK. Savage et. Al. explains in his article the five steps of analysis that led to the division of the seven classes, and the explains the seven classes, and the economic, social, and cultural capital. In the article “A New Model of Social Class? Findings from the BBC’s

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    point in their life, but does your social class have anything to do with the type of mental health issue you have? There have been studies that focus on poverty and how that affects the mental health of the lower class, but how does social status affect the mental health of the upper class? There is a need to see how social status affects the mental health of the upper class, so we can compare it to that of the middle and lower classes. But, how does your social class influence the type of care you

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