Importance Of Middle Class To American Democracy

Nearly everything is outsourced from this country, we are 100 percent dependent on other countries to produce our items. Sure, we can blame China, we can blame the 3rd world, but the real problem is the corporations. It is big corporations that do not care about where the product is coming from but about maximizing profits as much as possible. Even companies that produce quality products are outsourcing to save money because it appeals to the shareholders, which all makes sense to a business person. There are some pros to globalization as Mike Collins states that, "supporters of globalization argue that it has the potential to make this world a better place to live in and solve some of the deep-seated problems like unemployment and poverty."

Hourly wages are dropping and “it will likely be many years before young college graduates-or any workers-see substantial wage growth” (Source C). Since wages have dropped it is becoming pointless to get a degree due to the amount of debt and stress caused. Even though, we need to learn, higher education is becoming a risky

School Funding Inequality “One of the most powerful tools for empowering individuals and communities is making certain that any individual who wants to receive a quality education can do so” (Christine Gregoire). Everyone deserves an equal education regardless of where they live or who their parents are. Children are facing the consequences of decisions they can’t make. The current way public schools are being funded is not working effectively, students are suffering and there needs to be a change.

The case chosen is IBM at the Crossroads, published by McGraw Hill Education. 3 key Issues and Recommendations A rather mind capturing case, talks about the growth story of IBM. The three key issues and future challenges in IBM’s way are: • Slow Reaction to Change: The past trends followed in IBM, show that it lacks responsiveness to change in market trends and revolutions.

Often, they promote fundraisers and school-wide events to raise money needed to make these specific changes. To participate in high school student government, a large amount of prior leadership experience and creativity is needed. Peer counselors have the role of leading and guiding small groups of younger individuals through their difficult time transitioning into high school. Through advisory and prior experience of high school life, incoming freshmen are given an abundance of advice and aid. Peer counselors are not required to, but should have a great sense of the meaning of leadership.

Within social mobility, many people fail to have a sense of the realization of the American Dream because of the fewer advantages and more problems minorities have to struggle through. Therefore, our social class affects our ability to realize the American Dream because we face challenges to make ends meet, intersectionality and education because of high status.

Education in America has came a long way from where education initially started. We use to see education as contributing solely to the well being of an economy, and now we also see it as developing new ways and things that can make the world better. Education in the United States is an equal opportunity we all have. Every child has access to schooling and universal access to education at all levels. So why is it that the United states school system is failing to produce individuals who cannot solve problems or compete in the economy we have?

If college were to be free the immediate problems would be the collapse of the entire college business industry and the fact all of the sudden taxes rise by a lot, but eventually as more and more people start to graduate from college and get jobs the economy would build and as many studies show that more educated people tend to make better decisions in life which will make us grow as a nation. A very successful nation in today 's society Germany has free college, it is also one of the key parts of the Bernie Sanders run. A free college would also lead to everyone having a chance to build a successful future for themselves other than those who can afford 20000$. Also currently what this college system fails to recognize that not every is degree is not capable of making back that tuition fee, so in short its only worth it to get a music,philosophy or arts degree if you have rich parents. If you don 't but like any of those topics, then it sucks to be you. And moreover, there are so much better stuff you could do with 20000$ like You could buy a Mini Cooper or You can invest it for 30 years and turn it into $265,353 at a 9% rate of return or You could buy 40,000 donuts which is enough to last you 109 years (without inflation and the cost of your heart surgery) so many people tend not to go to college.

Striving to get by rather than ahead. This is a drastic change from the past hundred years when the American Dream used to be about becoming successful both economically and socially. It has become increasingly difficult for the lower class citizens to become successful, or just to leave their current social class. Of the many causes for this, it is income inequality that keeps the lower classes pinned down.

At this point I am just still unsure if being a teacher is the best road for me. I love working with kids though, so my best option will be child development, if I decide to change my pathway. I think that the most difficult aspect about teaching is making sure that you want to help every students need. I believe that it can be overcome; it will just take a lot of hard work to make sure that every student gets the help they need. I think with a lot of support from family and friends and being able to talk to

The arts teach us how to listen and support each other, they teach us how every person is important to a product and to treat all

The entrance of cheaper products, manufactured overseas by foreign labor, imposed the closure of US manufactures, resulted in discharging the working force of these local manufactures, and eventually eliminated what was known as the blue collar jobs “Is Wal-Mart Good for America.” In addition, technology had introduced new methods of production that do the job that once required a human force to do it. It is now substituting human work and goes hand-in-hand with foreign manufacturing in reducing the need for employees and causing a shrinkage in job opportunities. “Between 2005 and 2007, 3.6 million workers with three or more years on the job lost their positions because of company closings, moves, insufficient work, or the elimination of their positions.” “American Middle Class”.

In America, we have a representative democracy, which means a form of government in which the will of majority is expressed through groups of individuals elected by the people to act as their representatives. In simpler terms, it means that the citizens vote or elect an individual to represent them in the government. Throughout the world, many countries “Claim,” to have a democratic government for example, “People’s Republic of China or Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea.” In reality, both of those countries have a government that is nowhere near democracy or republic, they have either an oligarchy or dictatorship which can best describe their nation’s government. Another form is a monarchy, how England was ruled for long time, but now is ran by a constitutional monarchy.

The theme of American Democracy and Its Discontents 1919-present represents within it many defining moments and events that changed or supported the change of The United States of America. Through my studies of this time period I found many events that I believe specifically changed how we live our lives to this day. In reviewing these events, the four events that stood out to me as the most significant were the Stock Market Crash which led to the Great Depression, the Equal Rights Amendment, World War II, specifically the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and the U.S. dropping of an atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan, and Rowe vs. Wade, the legalization of abortion. One of the most critical lows in Post World War I America was when