How Social Environment affects Lifestyle

Social environment is influenced by one's power and wealth. This, in

turn, determines success or failure in peoples' lives. If one were born with a

'silver spoon' in his mouth, he would easily be able to attend a fancy school

no matter how intelligent he is or have any luxury he wants just because of

power and wealth. On the flip side, if one were born to a poor family in a

bad neighborhood infested with violence and drugs, he would have a much

smaller chance of succeeding in life, more especially, going to an upper-class

school.

It is hard for many poor to go to college because of such high tuition

costs. Scholarships are available; but, even though one shows financial need,

one still has to have a high grade point average and test scores. Even if one

has a good mind, trying to study in a gang-ridden neighborhood with

constant gunfire isn't easy.

Poverty stands right in front of you

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With both parents working two jobs, there isn't

any parental guidance. Whereas, the affluent, even if busy or working, have

the means to insure that their children are supervised and well taken care of.

The rich also have the luxury of affording special tutors to help their children

while other children are on their own.

For example, there are three students, one from a clean, upper-class

community, another from a small, middle-class suburb and the other from a

graffiti-ridden slum. All three of these students have exceptional GPA's and

scored very well on standardized testing. The student from the upper-class

community will have the best chance of succeeding. Tuition will never be a

problem and chances are that those parents have some pull because of who

they are. The middle-class student won't have a great problem but there is

still the fact of...