It is not difficult in the 21st century to simply glance into a room and immediately analyze or determine one's wealth, class and status . For example, social stratification is prevalent within the school, taking the form of stereotypical high school “cliques.” This is simply how students ranked or positioned themselves in order of importance. This means that they adhere to the “status quo” of what and how they should act, speak, wear, etc. Football players, or “jocks,” rank highest alongside cheerleaders, while studious or “nerdy” students rank low. This usually has its own consequences and affects the “high school experience”. The typical “jock” will inevitably have a very different high school experience than the “nerd.” Social stratification, here, determines your popularity, where you sit, what parties you're invited to, and who you talk to. This behavior and classification in high school then carries over into adulthood and the job market. Society is stratified into social classes based on wealth, income, education and occupation. We classify ourselves and others into the “three-tier model” which includes upper class, middle class, and lower or working class. There is a stigma attached to “power” depending on how high one rises in social stratification. The idea “I have something you want” is seen as a means of control or power among those who want it. According to Weber, the ability to possess power arises from the individual's ability to control various "social resources." These social resources can include property, land, possessions, education and wealth. When considering high-level status, the idea of ​​wanting to be a "celebrity" is common among young people and even older generations today. ...... middle of paper ...... altogether better off. Education is another factor or consequence that arises from social class. People belonging to a higher social class are likely to have better or higher education than those belonging to a lower social class. Members of a higher social class tend to be better educated and have higher incomes and, in turn, send their children to more prestigious schools or colleges and therefore receive a higher education. It's a cycle where the more money you have, the more you spend, the more you earn. This all goes back to Weber's theory of power. In experiment __, we see a group of randomly selected working class people asked to participate in an experiment in which they are asked to hurt/send electric bolts at another person simply because it is convenient for them to do so. asked by a person in a white coat. This shows that the more prestigious your job is (or appears to be), the more power you seem to get...