Class and Status

Class

Class is divided into three categories these categories are formed by your social or econmic status. You can also be born into a class for example if you are born into a family that are all upper class then you will most likely continue there business or have a private education where you will move on to a upper class job.

Status

The postion of an individual in relation to others for example if there was a teacher and students in one room the teacher would have the high status and the students would be a low status. But if then the teacher had a meeting with there boss then the teacher would then change to low status.



The three categories of class are:

Upper class
Stereotypes of upper class are:

• posh people
• rich
• businessmen/ women
• high paid
• Afternoon Tea
• Theatre
• Hunting
• Polo
• Ballet
• Lawyers/ Baristers
• Suits/ hollywood dresses
• Mansions
• Swimming pools
• Land
• Doctors/ Surgeons

Middle class
Stereotypes of Middle class:

• Teachers
• White collar
• Police/Fireman
• Nurses
• Stable lifes
• Have a family
• Good Education
• Can afford more than essentials
• Dress smartly
• Average sized houses.

Working Class
Stereotypes of Working Class

• Blue collar jobs
• Employed
• Wages
• Include unempolyed/ poor
• Industrail/ manual labour
• Builders/ Electritions
• Lower tier
• Basic house/flat
• Sometimes can struggle with payments
• Earns money to survive

The two categories of status are:

High status
Sterotypes of High status

• Important
• Controlling
• Leader
• Higher level
• More advanced
• Demanding
• Higher postion
• Power
• Teachers

Low status
Sterotypes of Low status

• Controlled
• Lower postions
• Students
• Less experienced