Week 2 Assignment
Social and economic class and Freedom of speech: How changes in Society are reflected.
HMNT-300IP
I have researched the categories of social and economic class and freedom of speech
has been portrayed in society through episodic moving images and music.
An artifact that shows example of the lower social and economic class steriotype,
along with economic mobility is Shameless, a Showtime Series. In this series the Gallagher
family had many ups and downs. It portrayed the lower economic class because they did not
have money, groceries, closes were dirty, their home was a mess and the kids were wild
because they raised themselves due to the parents not being active, reliable parents.
Bempechat noted that literature supports the view that parental cognitive and academic
socialization practices can foster children's academic achievement. The middle-class parents
appear to have both the material and social resources to implement such practices,
researchers have examined the degree to which we can enhance the achievement of
educationally disadvantaged children through parent education programs (Bempechat, J.
(1992). The role of parent involvement in children's academic achievement. The School
Community Journal, 2(2), 31–41). With the Gallaghers the mother was not in the picture and
the father was an alcoholic that provided no guidance to the kids. However, they all
succeeded as they became older. where the odds were against them to be just like their
parents for society leads you to believe you are what you eat. Fiona the oldest became
successful when she bought an apartment complex, Liam became a college student at MIT,