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Social Mobility

Running head : SOCIAL MOBILITY

Social Mobility

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Social Mobility

A person 's social standing may change through time . A family 's status may vary from past to present generations . From ancestral roots to the grandchildren , the blood lineage of a certain kin is categorized in the society . It is somewhere placed up or low in the societal hierarchy . The changes in the class system of an individual 's descendants or from a group based on attributes or uncontrollable factors are referred to as social mobility

p My grandparents originated from Jamaica . Life is difficult during that time . They never had formal schooling . Good thing they learned how to read and write even a little . The basic counting and arithmetic were practiced through constant trading . Education was set aside for they have to work to earn a living . Without money , they won 't eat . That is how hard life was in the 1920 's . After the arrival of the Chinese merchants , they were converted into Roman Catholicism . My grandparents resided in the coastal areas . There , many traders are busy the whole day . I can say that the occupation then was only blue collar types . Few have been professional , only those who are elite and born with the silver platter . They pictured themselves to be on the lower strata of the society . Money earned from trading merchandise was consumed for food . There is really no excess for any other expenditure . They may find themselves very lucky if they have enough to purchase few clothes for everyday work . One thing I can be proud of my grandparents , they served as the leaders of the local traders in the area . They fight along with the others for their rights against the Chinese whom at that time were dominating the market coming from Panama

My father was also very industrious , very hardworking . That was a great trait that he had inherited from my grandparents . He finished high school but looked for a job right away instead of going to college . He has many siblings too to take care of , so he had no chance to enroll in a college institution as a full time student . He tried to study management course on a scholarship grant but just finished one year Money was more important than education at that time . My mother also was just a high school graduate . She did not try to look for any job for she has to take care of her six children including me . We were brought up in the Roman Catholic faith as influenced by our grandparents . The whole family attended mass regularly on Sundays . My father 's income was sufficient for our daily needs . My mother budgets the family 's income and fortunately we had extra celebrations for special occasion . We never consume on anything that is unnecessary . All were allotted for basic needs education and for medical emergencies . That 's how our life evolved during those times . I can 't say that it is as...

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