Image via Wikipedia There are different levels of social class in the United States. The most common is the middle class. The people in the middle class are usually managers, small business owners, lower status professionals such as teachers, and sales workers. These people have a high school education and generally some college. There are also different levels in the middle class. The lowest level of the middle class is the lower middle class. These people are the lower paid white color workers. However, they are not manual laborers. They usually have a college education. Some … [Read more...]
Plights Of A Lower Class Indian Family
The entire Indian society is divided into upper class, middle class and the lower class. What divides the Indian society into these stratums? MONEY – the sole reason. Money is what the lower class is deprived of and because of this, there is no end to the woes faced by a lower class family. Education – Children of lower class families are deprived of proper basic education. This leads to unawareness and illiteracy among them. Although the government has provided them free education in the municipality schools but these schools suffer from lack of proper, trained staff. So, there is … [Read more...]
People In Lower Class The Worst Affected Due To Recession
Recession which started in the end of 2007, resulted in an economic meltdown by the mid of 2008. It affected almost all countries and many companies were shut down. Banks reported huge losses and declared bankrupt. Millions of people lost jobs and their investments. But the worst affected were the people in the lower class and below poverty line. In each country, there is a socio economic standard to measure or classify people in the lower class. People who are the low end in the socio economic ladder are usually termed as lower class. They are usually employed in the low tier and their … [Read more...]