The upper class were also the most hated in society and the most frowned upon people in society because of their beliefs that they were better than everyone else in society and anyone outside the nobility were considered below or inferior compared to them. ... Author Francois-Marie Arouet better known as "Voltaire" grew up in a middle class family in Paris where most of the people at this time were living in poverty. ... (Page 25) He believed that if he was living in the "best of all possible worlds", innocent women and children would not be brutally injured. ...

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He is a good boy living in a bad neighborhood while surrounded by violence and drugs. ... It is harder if not impossible for poor people living in bad neighborhoods to reach their goals than it is for an upper-middle class person living in a nice suburb. ... When taking the verbal section of the SAT a child from a household making below $10,000 would most probably receive a score of 446 while a child from a home that makes more that $100,000 would most likely to get a score of 559. ... When finishing high school most poor youth need to get a job to maintain living when he/she should be lookin...

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Social Stratification and Social Class The definition of social stratification is the division of people into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige. All nations practice social stratification, and always, the men are put before the women. There are three major systems...

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This illustrates the power Lady Catherine de Bourgh upholds, due to her fortune and position in the society she is able to control and retain her power against others, and make those below her obey and perform her demands. ... Living in the middle class also meant less power, in comparison to class, middle class men were less superior. ...

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This dramatic adjustment in people's lives, which took place due to living in cities, caused many to take a look at the conditions they were living in. ... Marx believed this would happen radically as "the modern laborer sinks deeper and deeper below the conditions of existence of his own class and here it becomes evident that the bourgeoisie is unfit any longer to be the ruling class in society" (Marx). ...

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As adults, they will need to earn a living, take responsibility for others (children and family members), and live healthily. ... (Microsoft Encarta 2002) The creation of the Board of Education attempts to improve the standard of living for people of poorer backgrounds; educating them is their step into a brighter future. ...

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