As I read the lesson this week on social class, which according to Weber is a large group of people who rank closely to one another in terms of property, prestige, and power, I read that the poverty line for a family of four in America is about $22,000. ... For example a child may live in poverty but work his or her way up to college and become a lawyer with a good stable income. ...

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Cooley's college like lasted seven years, having been interrupted by illness, a journey through Europe, and brief periods of work as a draftsman and as a statistician? ... Cooley rose pretty rapidly in rank at the University, from assistant professor in 1899 to an associate professor in 1904 and finally a full professor just three years later. ...

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