Socio-Economics

Living on a small budget is hard. Everyone knows that, especially College kids and single young adults looking to start their career. But these individuals have the Opportunity to rise up through the social classes. Opportunity is key in America; It is one of the principles our great nation was founded upon. These opportunities do not present themselves to some people however, and it is very hard to make a better life if you cant move up in social class. These people are the poor blue-collar families that have been forgotten about, or newly immigrated families that do not have an education on-par with the education we get in America. For these people it is nearly impossible to movie up in social class. We learned that this week while playing Monopoly with individuals assigned a social class and given perks that that social class would likely experience (ex. Upper class does not need to go to jail). Moving up to overtake that upper class person was out of reach for me, and I was fortunate enough to get Lower-Upper class.  The person assigned tot he Lower-Middle class had an even tougher time and was forced onto "Welfare" quickly. This activity really opened my eyes to the gap in the distribution of money that can be seen in America today.