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One picture was of a girl that had been trying to get through college debt free. She had depleted her entire savings account in hope that she can avoid taking out student loans. She is considered the 99% because she does not have a wealthy family that can pay, or even help pay, her college tuition. She then says she knows that her salary will never break 5 figures, and she is ok with that. This directly relates to social class.

Another one is about an elderly couple who sold their business, but later went bankrupt losing all of their life savings. They are trying to live on social security, but it can only do so much. They cannot find a job due to their age. This is a pretty scary situation as they once were a fairly well off couple that had made smart financial choices, until now. This shows how at any moment you can drop in the food chain.

A story of a 24 girl whos healthcare will not pay for her cancer treatment left her with a vary large debt. She is forced to pay it herself, as healthcare will now cost her more than she makes. Doctors have told her the cancer returned, and without her healthcare, she cannot afford the treatment. Doctors believe she will die before 30. This is a devastating story of how healthcare cost so much and that we need to help, at least a little bit, the lower classes. I hope she finds a way to pay off the debt and for the treatment.

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4. I would think they would be more open to differences as they live with around each other every day. I think it is kind of odd that you live with people of different race yet still discriminate. I would expect more in our area where we don't live with it as much. Although, it makes me understand how a city like L.A. has such a high criminal rate. Race fights and gang fights can be a major contributor.

10. Mrs. Thayer and Jack Ryan. Jack Ryan comes off, and is, a complete racist and scum bag of a cop. He sexually assaulted Mrs. Thayer, and was rude to Shaniqua. Later in the movie, he put hit life at risk to save Mrs. Thayer in a car accident. I don't know what is was that caused him to risk his life, but it goes against how he has acted in the past towards African Americans. This was, to me, the most interesting relationship.

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Watching the In the Line video really made me realize the realities outside of this affluent area. It shows the struggles of what people go through from different backgrounds. It was really shocking seeing the ex-CEO living on welfare and having to take completely have to change careers, to a teacher, to make it. It shows what people have to go through in life just to make ends meat. I think that it relates to sociology in the sense that it shows how other groups of people living in America struggle everyday. We do no realize how good we have it at times. I think we need to really be more grateful for everything we have.

Bernies Books

I headed back to Bernies Books this last Tuesday to give me my final Hour. It was a 2 hour long event. Everything was the same this time, but we were able to get more people to attend. The fact that Bernies Books is capable of packaging over 30,000 books a week is pretty impressive. Watching the video again was pretty heart warming. This event is pretty easy event, but the video at the end really proves you are getting something done thats very useful.

Sunrise

Last Wend. I attended the event for Sunrise, the local retirement home, where we interacted with the older adults. We made them arts and crafts to keep. It was surprising to see some of the attitudes on their faces. Some were actually a bit mean. I would have thought they would love our company. This has been my least favorite event so far, but I did not mine interacting with a majority of the people their. I really hope I do not have to live in a retirement home till much later in my life. This event totaled 2 hours.

It relates to class in the sense that we interact with the past generations, and we see how they are different in the sense of how they interact with others. It gives us the opportunity to see how generations have changed.

Bernies Books

For one of my community service events, I attended Bernies Books where we packaged books for students who do not have the resources we have. The event lasted 2 hours and was pretty enjoyable. We were in teams of four, where 3 people bagged while one person, myself, boxed up all the books in bins. We were packaging books for kids in 3rd and 4th grade. We also saw a video on where the books were going and what it meant to the kids. This has been my favorite event so far, probably because of the video at the end showing us how happy all the kids are. I will be back to this book pantry very soon. This counted for 2 hours.

The way this related to class was we were helping under privileged kids. We were helping the lower class become more educated by providing them with books that provide valuable information.

Family Assignment

My family was a very wealthy family. We were making $380,000 a year with a savings of $500,000. While going through the assignment, I began to realize the value of the dollar and made me think about the things my family will spend through the year. Vacation, clothing, gas, a new car this year. It makes me realize how fortunate I am. It also made me realize why some unfortunate families will go on Thanksgiving to do their shopping on the great deals. With the amount of money we were given. We were able to afford a very nice home in Glencoe. We were able to purchase a Porsche and an Escalade. This assignment made me realize the value of the dollar and how fortunate we all are at Stevenson. We should be thankful this Thanksgiving and should really reflect on what we have been given.