Class Classification Essay

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How we are categorized in the society? Usually a class is defined as the set or category of things having same property and differentiated from others by kind, type or quality. Class is also defined as the system of categorizing society where people are divided into various group based on economy, education, social status, occupation or race. Usually I have heard people classifying class in three groups. These three types of class are upper class, middle class and lower class. The term class is originated in the society and by the people of the society. The people with high income who are able to fulfil their luxurious need in under upper class. Similarly, those people with average income and are able to fulfil basic needs but finds difficult Similarly in case of occupation people with prestigious occupation like business, service, governmental organization, etc. are regarded as upper class and those who carry out work as labor, driver, conductor, servants, etc. are under lower class. There is also class categorization based on race. These class categorization emerged due various reasons like illiteracy, lack of coordination among the society’s people, discrimination, social status, religious beliefs, etc. Here we will be talking about class on the field of education. This class distribution is done by the teachers to categorize their students according to their performance or education. There are both positive and negative impacts of class in education. The positive impacts include motivation to the good students, it will be easier for school authority to focus on poor students, etc. while the negative impacts include demotivation and discourage to the poor students, humiliation from friends and teachers, punishment to poor

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