In the media the terms lower class, middle class, and upper class are found. What exactly does that mean? To begin with, your economic class is the amount of money annually a person brings into a household. The reality is a person’s class is defined by other factors besides money. Economic class also involves attitudes and behaviors about life, food, and relationships. A person economically can be classified as upper class, but their behavior and attitude may be middle class. What are some of these other factors that define class? Some topics are also included in accredited online colleges for … [Read more...]
Throwing a Neighborhood Poker Party
Moving into a new neighborhood means meeting new people. Instead of waiting to gradually run into people as they check their mail, be the proactive one. How about hosting a neighborhood poker party to get to make new friends on your block? Set up your satellite star internet and stream videos or have a movie night at your house. Pick a night on the weekend that works best for you. If you don’t have the basic poker set up, prepare a list of the things you’ll need. You want to start with poker chips, card decks, and selecting from a variety of poker tables. You can choose from folding or … [Read more...]
Relationships and Language Registers
In any given culture, there are five types of registers or styles of the language. Depending on which register is being used by a person tells you the nature of the relationship of who they are communicating with. If you choose the wrong language register for the situation, it can get you in trouble. The five registers are static, formal, consultative, casual, and intimate. Static language is the like laws, religious rituals, or the Pledge of Allegiance. It is language done usually in a group and there is little communication between the people. It is mainly reciting a belief in something. If … [Read more...]
Guy’s Choice – Planning the Proposal
No matter whether you’ve known your girlfriend for a week or since grade school, the actual event of proposing is a big deal. Are you ready to spend the rest of your life with her? Okay, so how are you going to pop the question? The moment you ask her to marry you and she says yes (of course she’s gonna say yes, bro) is going to be a memory you both replay and tell about the rest of your lives. First off, you’ve got to get the ring. Check out engagement.jrdunn.com for a nice selection. Next up, you’ve got to find the right way to do it. Make sure it’s something that will be meaningful … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day Traditions
Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, these are all holidays that have a very traditional celebration to them – people around the world mostly do the same thing for the most part on these holidays; it’s a means of unifying people of the world with the concept of tradition. However, there is one holiday that is celebrated throughout the world – but every person has a different way of commemorating it, based on his or her own preferences. This holiday is Valentine’s Day. Most people go the conventional route for their loved ones on this day – the exchanging of flowers, cards, chocolates, etc … [Read more...]
Relationships of Generations Past
Technology is being blamed for the lack of relations between family members these days. People believe that it is because we are distracted from our real lives in order to live within our technology that our humanity is going to be lost. This is not the case at all. While it may seem that we are losing our relationships, in fact we are more close to each other than we have ever been in the past. In the early colonizing of the country children were not born because we loved our husbands and wanted to bare his children and bring them closer. They were born for the most part in an effort … [Read more...]
A Line from Phat Farm – Top Choice for Women’s and Girl’s Clothing
The urban fashion line Baby Phat is a great choice for women’s and girl’s clothing. Offering a wide range of clothing options, the company also includes different accessories, jewelry, fragrances, and footwear. The fashion line was established by Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee Simmons in 1991. Kimora Lee Simmons, in August of 2010, split from the company. Over the years the fashion line has went in several directions, offering versatility in terms of products and styles offered. In 2004 the line was purchased by Kellwood, which was a certain point in which the growth of the company was seen. The … [Read more...]
Lower Class Children: Closer to the Purpose of Life
Lower class children have a less materialistic attitude. Aside from the most obvious reasons, it is not just because they lack the funds to become materialistic or technology to be materialistic; it is because they have more time to focus on the finer things in life such as family, friends and laughter. This is not to say that upper and middle class children do not have an appreciation for family and the like, but lower class children have less of an opportunity to become materialistic. Lack of materials equal lack of materialism, it is an equation that cannot be duplicated in any other … [Read more...]