stratification

I have been sitting here for a while thinking of a good example of stratification. I have read and reread the books definition of stratification several times. I decided to write about social class stratification, and the first thing that came to mind about social class stratification was a college student.

I have been thinking about how many men and women never get the chance to challenge their intellectual abilities in college because of their social class. Maybe their families are from the working poor class, the working class, the lower middle class, or even the middle class. And because of their families status in America they cannot afford to go to college.

I know many people argue that they could get into college if they could get a good scholarship from academics. But, what if their middle school and high school did not have the tools to give them a good education because of the neighborhood they lived in, and they live in this neighborhood because that's what their parents can afford because of their social class?

Also, many people argue that they could get financial aid. However, financial aid often cannot pay a student's tuition in full and their parents usually cannot make up the difference. Even if the student has the intellectual ability to go to college they still cannot because of their social class.

I understand many students work their way through college, but sometimes these job opportunities do not arise for students with a low social class because of simply the class they fall under.

After reading about stratification and thinking about students from lower classes that want to go to college but cannot, I have really learned about the impacts that stratification has on our country. Many of these students did not ask to be in the social classes, but were born into them because they are ascribed statues. It is very unlikely and difficult for these students to break away from their ascribed status of lower class and move up the social class ladder. America makes it hard to break through social class stratification because once you are in a social it is basically inevitable that you will stay there.

It will always be a challenge for these students and the people of the lower social class to get by. They constantly struggle to make a better life for themselves when the middle class ad up tend to have it easier and do not even think sometimes about the simple things that come to them because of their social class.