Saturday, December 8, 2012
It took her 2 years to find a job even with a degree, and even with her current job she can barely afford to take care of kids' and her basic everyday needs. For her, a more fair situation would be to have better support for her children and more representation for working mothers like herself. This relates to social class because if she were part of the higher class, she would probably have had an easier time finding a job due to better networking and college education. Her current living conditions would also be more comfortable as opposed to marginally getting through. I chose this image because I sympathize with the fact that she works full time yet still only just gets by and how hard it can be to find a decent job even with a college degree these days.
When she was a college student, she didn't have any support financially for paying for her college education or living expenses. Even though she now makes a lot of money after years of hard work and dedication, she still stands with the 99%. She empathizes with their hardships of having to work that much harder just to get by and still fall into debt and most likely feels that more opportunities and aid should be given to students in actual need. This relates to social class because after her father lost his job, the responsibility to pay for her college education and taking care of her everyday needs all fell on her and she received no extra support from anyone or anything else. I chose this image because going into college soon, I too worry about the financial aspect of it even with my parents both being employed and find her story inspiring.
Her and her husband lost all of their life savings and are now being supported by Social Security and worries for the stability of their future. A more fair situation for her would be to have better support for senior citizens as they have less opportunities due to their age, and that there should be better, stable aid for people put into her type of situation. This relates to social class because her and her husband probably worked extremely hard to save up how much they had only to lose it all, and if she were part of a higher class, she probably wouldn't have had to go through the same experience of going bankrupt and losing everything. She would also have had more connections and opportunities to get back up after this happened. I chose this picture because I agree with the fact that senior citizens need to have better representation and opportunities/support given their given circumstances.
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Like you said, these stories are somewhat alarming since we are going to college next year and they just emphasize that working hard or being well educated doesn't guarantee a job. It is sad to see that the American dream idea doesn't actually exist but I think this shows us that things aren't fair very often and more of an effort should be made to fix these class issues.
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