Social Classes

I believe that anyone can achieve there goals and dreams if they put there mind to. However after seeing this film I don't believe that Tammy and her family will achieve their goals. I think what holds them back is that they lack the motivation to succeed in following there dreams. I believe that there life chances are not very high because they are short on the funds they need to get there. Tammy's son dressed preppy to try and act like he is not in the lower class so he doesn't seem like he is in that class. I think that if he was really to set his mind to it he could leave the lower class and move up in his life. this is something that can happen with a little effort, finding a good job, and working hard at it. If he continues to follow his dreams he will have a good chance at succeeding in the American Dream.
I think that social classes in high school play a large role in were you are placed. even if someone is in the same social class but is not as high up in that class they are treated with less respect by the other students. Anyone can see who is lower in the social class just by the way they dress. Even in a small school like mine the people lower in the class aren't talked to much, or are left out of things other people do. If a person were to move down a class they would be treated with less respect as they are if they stayed the same. In a smaller setting like my school this probably wouldn't happen but in a large setting no one would think twice about it. On the other hand if someone moved up everyone would look at them like they were higher up no matter if it were a large or small setting. We don't just see this in a high school setting but it carries in to our adult lives also. If I were to put myself into a class I would say I would be in the middle class. I'd put myself there because I have more then what a lower class person would have but not near what an upper class person would have or there money.
 Social classes can be seen by what someone has. My family can be seen as a middle class family by a few different things. We have used cars, don't have an updated house. and anything were have we work hard for and if we want something we save up to get it. I think that if you are in a certain class it affects what you have and how much you have. If you are in an upper class you can just go and buy something if you want it, but if you are not upper class you don't have that kind of money so you either save so you can get it or you say "I don't need that" so you don't by it. This is not always true though. These days there are so many brand that are trying to compete with other brand to bring prices down. So if you cannot afford the name brand item you may be able to get the off brand item to fill that spot. This is how the classes can compete in a way so that they don't always feel like they are in a lower class.