[J-French21278]

It is entirely possible that lower-class parents believe that ‘what’s good enough for me is good enough for my kids’, especially when poverty runs in the family, because being poor can seem like a hopeless trap that there is no way out of. Why bother trying to get out when it’s impossible anyway and what we have is enough? Even when parents do recognize the value of education and encourage their children to learn and achieve, they will then have to deal with their own insecurities of having their children be more successful and wealthier and smarter than they are. My mother did everything in her power to help me through college and try to give me a better life, and now when I go home she says ‘you think you’re smarter than your own mother, don’t you’, or, ‘you think you’re better than me, don’t you?’ Lower-class parents worry that they will lose thier children to some sort of secret society of the rich that they will never be able to enter, or that their children will be ashamed of them and never want to come home again or help their parents out financially. Moving between classes is a tricky business for all involved, a veritable emotional minefield, and education is the first step into danger that many families may not want to face.

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Name : J-French21278, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 24, City : Houston, State : TX, Country : United States, Occupation : unemployed, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower class, 

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