Week 3 - Social Class

It was really interesting talking about different social classes and out perception of them. I found it really fascinating how our view of different social classes is so dependent upon which social class we perceive ourselves to be in. It seems to me as though the upper class appears to look down on the lower classes because they view themselves as being "superior" their standing world while the lower classes seem to look down on the upper class because they perceive them as being "snobs," regardless of their worldly standings. I think what's interesting about this is that one view is based upon the ability to influence while the other is based upon a perception of attitude but who is to say that one perception is better than the other? In my opinion, neither is right. I don't think social class matters nearly so much in comparison to what type of person you constantly strive to become. There are good, honest people in every social class, just as there are "bad" people in every class; what's important is not your current standing within the realm of social classes, it's what you do with the standing which you have.