People Like Us Video

This video basically spoke about what determines someones class. Things such as how you look, popularity, how much money you have/make, or how big your house is, leads people to judge what kind of class your in. As we move through life we seperate ourselves often unconciously from people who don't fit in our social class. I actually experienced this in high school. I always seperated myself from those who I felt I didnt belong with. The kids with the latest clothing, the most expensive bags, the longest extensions, were  people who I felt were some how "better than me". So I surrounded myself around people who were the same as I am. Not that I couldnt afford certain thing as to why I didnt have them, it was that my parents were very serious about money  and didnt think that those material things are important than what I was to achieve from high school, which was a diploma. Those material things made other kids look as if they were wealthy. As if they had a job but come to find out they were just recieving money from their parents. To me, those material things wouldve been a major distraction if I had put my concentration on them. I'd rather be looked down as a person with less income because I didnt have what was "expected" and be a highschool graduate, than to have all those things and  not graduate from high school. I think having a diploma and having the opportunity to go to college determines ones class after all.
 The video also stated that America is divided by class. The neighborhood you live in, how far you've reached in school, the type of food you eat, or the way you wear your hair too. Class is everywhere but often hard to see. The choices you make reveal your class. Such as where you decide to spend leisure time, the kind of kitchen utensils you buy for your home, the brand of your furniture, or the brand of your car. These little things reveals class. I find it to be a little sad, because its like saying the material things that someone owns, makes them who they are. Its like saying if your wealthy then your happy.  Most wealthy people are the most miserable people on earth because they have so much money that they dont even know what to do with themselves. So i'm fine with the class that i'm in. I wouldnt mind how people would judge me based on my physical appearance or material things I own. People today are so stuck in this mind frame that they have to be this "American Family" which requires them to be extremely wealthy and have a huge family, going to the top notch colleges, high schools or private schools. I dont think anything is wrong with going to the most known colleges or working at one of the top businesses, but I dont think that these things should determine someones class. It makes those who didnt get the opportunity to do such things or have such things feels less of them selves.