Class

Social class stereotypes and status symbols are everywhere around us, and are something that Americans place a great deal of value into.  We associate people’s property and how they look directly to what social class they should or do belong to.  It can be easy to obtain these things that seem to elevate your social class, but in reality, being a part of a class is a lot more than just having certain things.  As seen in the movie in class, some people try to fake being in a higher social class than they are, or are trying to move up a class but simply do not have the means of doing so.  There are many social cues and underlying cultural differences that each class contain, and it may take a person a very long time to figure all of these out and learn to use them properly.  People of lower class status tend to be more family oriented and able to maintain close relationships, while people of higher class tend to be more independent and distant from people so they can form and break relationships easier in order to keep and attain the level of success they desire.  Social class is not something most people like to discuss or like to classify themselves by, but it is very prevelent in our society today.