This is because universities across the nation have been increasing their tuitions. A perfect example is the University of California, Berkeley, which has just approved tuition increases by 5% each year. The tuition hikes do not affect the poor, who have an annual family income below $150,000, and they do not affect the upper class, to who has 5% increases are minor. ... For those that come from wealthy families, parents tend to pay their child's tuition completely from their own annual salaries or, if they have a "big money" family, from saved up money of their own. ...

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With so much money in your possession, you could own literally anything your heart desires. ... The video shows just how wrong our perspective on our economy is; 5,000 Americans were surveyed and expected that the top quintile owned 58 percent of our wealth when in reality, they own 82 percent of it, the top 1 percent owns 24 percent of that. ... UC Berkeley for instance, cost $320 for a year of tuition back in 1970. Adjust to current inflation and you get tuition that cost roughly $2000 for a whole year. Sadly, the current cost for tuition at UC Berkely is roughly $13000 for a semester; ...

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School is a viable solution, but how is a minimum wage worker supposed to pay the sky-high tuitions of higher education? ... Ehrenreich says that the poor, " neglect their own children so that the children of others will be cared for; they live in substandard housing so that the other homes will be shiny and perfect; they endure privation so that inflation will be low and stock prices will be high To be a member of the working poor is to be a nameless benefactor to everyone else (p.221, Fine and Weis)." ...

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Other examples include parents spending "thousands of dollars for outside help, on top of tuition" in order to maintain a higher status among competing students (Anderson), or parents who pay to send their children on specialized vacations simply to enhance a college application essay (NY Times). ... The images portray four different types of house owners, distinguishing hierarchies by the type of house you own. ...

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The school even owns its own boats accessible to any student who wishes to take a ride on a nice day. ... Most of the houses have dining rooms, each with its own kitchen staff. ... An honor code permits students to take exams and finals without the professor in the room, and on dates that fit their own personal schedule. ...

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