My Family: My Parents: Social Class Of Parents

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Identity Paper Social Class of Parents I come from a small-town known as Rutherfordton, North Carolina. I live with my parents and my younger brother. My parents were both born and raised in Rutherfordton. My mom lived a middle class lifestyle. Her parents divorced when she was young. Her mom remarried when my mom was young to a man with two daughters. My mom’s dad did not remarry until my mom had moved out. He married a woman with one daughter and one son. My mom always had everything that she needed growing up. My mom graduated high school and went on to get her bachelors degree in accounting. However, after receiving her diploma she realized that her heart lied in teaching and she went back to get her teaching degree. She married my dad at the age of 22 and had me when she was 24. She has His parents had a daughter four years older than my dad. His dad worked as a volunteer firefighter most of his life and my Mamaw went to work after my dad started school because she wanted a new house. My dad graduated from high school and went straight to work. He worked for Duke Power and for his dad who owned a business cleaning cars. My dad worked in high school as well. My dad now works for Rutherford Electric Membership Corporation and has been working there since before I was born. He continues to make his way up the ladder at his work. My parents purchased their first home when they got married and lived their until they had saved up enough to build a bigger home. We lived in my great grandparents house which was across the road from the house they were building for almost a year. Me and my family lived in our new home for ten years. This past summer my parents sold our house because they wanted to downsize since me and my brother are growing up and will not live with them much longer. We are currently renting a house while my parents work on the land where they will build a new smaller home. Social Class of

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