Hardships Faced by Many
This week we discussed some interesting topics. The topics we studied showed a lot of the difficulties and different circumstances that many families around us experience. We were examining differences in low, and high social economic standing (SES) families. Along with that we looked at the effects that either a low or high SES situation had on the family. We watched a couple of documentaries on different peoples family situations. These videos can be an eye opener for some people, for me the follow up video was what caught my attention.
In the videos it follows Tammy and her family. They are on the low spectrum of the SES scale so it shows where they live and what kind of a job Tammy has. Tammy is a single mother of 2 boys, the oldest's name is Matt. The interviewer in the video focuses on Matt for a while because he acts like he is above everyone else in his family. He said he wouldn't want to have his friends go to his house because it would give him a bad image. He also makes fun of his little brother for not dressing nicer like he does. All of these things seemed so bizarre to me because they were all in the same situation. None had more than the other. The only one working in the home was Tammy and she was working at Burger King. Matt said he was set on going to college and not living the same way as they were then. What interested me so much was the video that showed them 14 years later. In the video they had moved to a different location. In his family. He said he wouldn't want to have his friends go to his house because it would give him a bad image. He also makes fun of his little brother for not dressing nicer like he does. All of these things seemed so bizarre to me because they were all in the same situation. None had more than the other. The only one working in the home was Tammy and she was working at Burger King. Matt said he was set on going to college and not living the same way as they were then. What interested me so much was the video that showed them 14 years later. In the video they had moved to a different location. It seemed like the home was a bit nicer but not much else had changed. Tammy was still working at Burger King and hadn't received a raise, both of her boys were living at home still only now they had their families with them. Matt hadn't finished high school and we weren't even sure if he was working. They all seemed set on just living the rest of their lives like that. The reason I wanted to touch on this video was because we also studied different stories of immigrants, and I wanted to show some similarities that I saw.
Families that decide to make the move and come into the U.S. faced many hardships and often found themselves in similar situations as Tammy. In class we did an example exercise where we had a family that made the move. The father of the family went to the U.S. in advance so he could work and get a place for them to stay. He left his wife, 13 year old daughter, and 16 year old son behind. The plan was to work for 6 months and then the family would move up with him. However that didn't happen. It was 3 years before the father was reunited with his kids and wife. In those 3 years there had been very little communication other than letters between the family. This left a hole in the family. The son unfortunately fell into drug abuse t seemed like the home was a bit nicer but not much else had changed. Tammy was still working at Burger King and hadn't received a raise, both of her boys were living at home still only now they had their families with them. Matt hadn't finished high school and we weren't even sure if he was working. They all seemed set on just living the rest of their lives like that. The reason I wanted to touch on this video was because we also studied different stories of immigrants, and I wanted to show some similarities that I saw.
Families that decide to make the move and come into the U.S. faced many hardships and often found themselves in similar situations as Tammy. In class we did an example exercise where we had a family that made the move. The father of the family went to the U.S. in advance so he could work and get a place for them to stay. He left his wife, 13 year old daughter, and 16 year old son behind. The plan was to work for 6 months and then the family would move up with him. However that didn't happen. It was 3 years before the father was reunited with his kids and wife. In those 3 years there had been very little communication other than letters between the family. This left a hole in the family. The son unfortunately got into drugs, and since there was little money to go around the mother had to work which left no parental figures in the house.
These two situations are similar in nature because both at some point lacked the role of parents therefore causing the kids to suffer. In Tammy's family the younger son also became addicted to drugs. They both found themselves wanting to progress but not being able to because of their lack of education or because society was judging them in unfair ways.
In the videos it follows Tammy and her family. They are on the low spectrum of the SES scale so it shows where they live and what kind of a job Tammy has. Tammy is a single mother of 2 boys, the oldest's name is Matt. The interviewer in the video focuses on Matt for a while because he acts like he is above everyone else in his family. He said he wouldn't want to have his friends go to his house because it would give him a bad image. He also makes fun of his little brother for not dressing nicer like he does. All of these things seemed so bizarre to me because they were all in the same situation. None had more than the other. The only one working in the home was Tammy and she was working at Burger King. Matt said he was set on going to college and not living the same way as they were then. What interested me so much was the video that showed them 14 years later. In the video they had moved to a different location. In his family. He said he wouldn't want to have his friends go to his house because it would give him a bad image. He also makes fun of his little brother for not dressing nicer like he does. All of these things seemed so bizarre to me because they were all in the same situation. None had more than the other. The only one working in the home was Tammy and she was working at Burger King. Matt said he was set on going to college and not living the same way as they were then. What interested me so much was the video that showed them 14 years later. In the video they had moved to a different location. It seemed like the home was a bit nicer but not much else had changed. Tammy was still working at Burger King and hadn't received a raise, both of her boys were living at home still only now they had their families with them. Matt hadn't finished high school and we weren't even sure if he was working. They all seemed set on just living the rest of their lives like that. The reason I wanted to touch on this video was because we also studied different stories of immigrants, and I wanted to show some similarities that I saw.
Families that decide to make the move and come into the U.S. faced many hardships and often found themselves in similar situations as Tammy. In class we did an example exercise where we had a family that made the move. The father of the family went to the U.S. in advance so he could work and get a place for them to stay. He left his wife, 13 year old daughter, and 16 year old son behind. The plan was to work for 6 months and then the family would move up with him. However that didn't happen. It was 3 years before the father was reunited with his kids and wife. In those 3 years there had been very little communication other than letters between the family. This left a hole in the family. The son unfortunately fell into drug abuse t seemed like the home was a bit nicer but not much else had changed. Tammy was still working at Burger King and hadn't received a raise, both of her boys were living at home still only now they had their families with them. Matt hadn't finished high school and we weren't even sure if he was working. They all seemed set on just living the rest of their lives like that. The reason I wanted to touch on this video was because we also studied different stories of immigrants, and I wanted to show some similarities that I saw.
Families that decide to make the move and come into the U.S. faced many hardships and often found themselves in similar situations as Tammy. In class we did an example exercise where we had a family that made the move. The father of the family went to the U.S. in advance so he could work and get a place for them to stay. He left his wife, 13 year old daughter, and 16 year old son behind. The plan was to work for 6 months and then the family would move up with him. However that didn't happen. It was 3 years before the father was reunited with his kids and wife. In those 3 years there had been very little communication other than letters between the family. This left a hole in the family. The son unfortunately got into drugs, and since there was little money to go around the mother had to work which left no parental figures in the house.
These two situations are similar in nature because both at some point lacked the role of parents therefore causing the kids to suffer. In Tammy's family the younger son also became addicted to drugs. They both found themselves wanting to progress but not being able to because of their lack of education or because society was judging them in unfair ways.
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