Are we a mixture of ascribed and achieved status? Are we more one than the other?This proved a main talking point in our Sociology class for June 2010. Some felt that poverty for example was an achieved status given that access to Education and Health etc were free and open to all.
Others disagreed suggesting a number of contributing factors such as the low pay of the parents and how that might change the status of children trapped in poverty.
It also emerged that it is more difficult to ascribe status in gender. Although it is an ascribed status we might also argue that gender status is learned and therefore achieved. This brought in interesting aspects of discussion on 'Norms'.
One student's comments on alcohol and the class system gave us all a lot to think about!
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