January 31-Second Class

Last class we discussed the positions and power that people have in society. In my town back home, there is a very wealthy family that everybody knows. Everyone knows who they are and everybody knows their name. Whenever you see them you always say, "Hi," to them. A couple years ago, two kids from that family that I went to school with did a very mean prank that affected the whole town. Everyone thought that they were going to get punished for the prank, and possibly put in jail for it. But no. The father of these kids offered to help pay for the damages and even more. And the kids were let off and were not even punished for their actions. Their father didn't even care about what they did because he knew that he could pay his way out of it. This just goes to show you that the power that somebody holds in society can affect a whole town. A lot kids these days are so spoiled and get everything handed to them on a silver platter. Hopefully these kids will one day realize that the real world is not like that and they actually need to work to get what they want. Not everything can be solved with mommy and daddy's money.