The research method that I am going to choose to further learn about the issues of social class is a survey. I am going to create the survey and hand it out to my parents, my family members and my parents friends. I chose this method because i feel that it will accurately show the differences in social class and what people think and feel about the social classes that they are not a part of. 

Out Look

As I was researching, I came across an interesting article  discussing how your social class is more than just a class, its a culture. The social class you are in can effect your out look on life. I had never thought about social class like this, but it seems to make sense. How you live, where you grow up, what school you go to, or the clothes you wear can all effect how you see the world. If you live in a bad neighborhood that doesn't have a good school system, it could make you see life in a much different way than someone who lives in a better town and has enough money to go to a private school. Social class is not just about how much money you have, its your way of life.
These different ways of life cause political debates and conflicting views.Studies have shown that wealthier people don't read peoples emotions as well as people from the lower class. People from the lower class depend more on others, than that of the upper class. The upper class focuses more on developing the self. Because the lower class lacks the resources and the education, they adapt more to their environment. They are more likely to accept help when it comes there way. Because the upper class has the resources and the education, they tend to lean more on themselves than let anyone else help them .
Studies show that wealthier people are less generous than they should be. As people rise up in social class, they become less empathetic. To believe that all the wealthy people will give back to those less fortunate is improbable. As people become wealthier, they do become a little bit happier, but not as much as you would think. As they rise up in social class, they have less attachment to other people and don't feel the need to connect  or be as close with people anymore. As we know, becoming connected to people brings great happiness in life, and once people loose that, they become less empathetic towards others.
I do agree with the basis of this article, but I also believe that it all depends on the person. It makes a lot of sense on paper, but looking out into the world I notice a lot of wealthy people giving back and devoting there lives to certain causes.

Affects of social class discrimination on health

While I was researching, I found an article about how social class discrimination affects teenagers health. Dr. Thomas Fuller- Roswell conducted an experiment including examining 252 seventeen year old students from upstate New York who enrolled in the Cornell University study of rural poverty. He found out that the poorer the teen, the more discrimination the teen faced and the worse their health was. Most of this came from stress. Discrimination is responsible for about 13% of the negative effects of poverty on health. To try and solve this problem, Fuller suggested talking more openly about these once taboo issues. He says talking about it in schools and in the media is the beginning of becoming more comfortable talking about it in every day life. People normally feel uncomfortable with this because we are supposed to be a classless country, but unfortunately that's not the truth.

Hi my names Nicole and I decided to blog about social class issues. Because of all the controversy with how tax laws  effect the different social classes, this topic interested me. I want to find out more about the details of what has been happening and share the information that I find with all of you. Thank you for reading.