“Society is really not at all dissimilar to high school. It's the same thing. It's wanting to belong, it's wanting to hang on to a group that you feel is the privileged group ...It's simply a matter of feeling like you belong and that in a way is an affirmation of your existence.”
What are the class divisions the teenagers talk about? How do these divisions relate to class in American society? Is it really about money? Or is it about expectations? How closely does this portrait resemble your school? Why is it important for people to feel that they belong to a group? How many students have cultivated friends outside their group?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf2dScTlvOQ&list=PLC6D871A2A8C3C8EF&index=7
Do you agree with the statement of the young woman who laments the unfairness of the social order? Is “unfairness” an immutable fact of life? Do you think unfairness can be eliminated? If so, how -- and what role could you play in eliminating it?
What effect, if any, do our textbooks or literature assignments in school (elementary on up) have on our views of class? Do we study class issues in school? Why/why not?