Social Classes and Culture

My professor posed a question to us and asked us if social class influences the family and capacity to meet it's needs, responsibilities, and purposes? In my opinion social class plats a large role in the way families operate and function. I know that where I grew up and in my public school experience there was definitely a division of social classes that we all knew and excepted for the most part. It wasn't that we were happy about it, but we all knew our role. However, I will say that the way you act and your values are a lot of what define the class that you were in. I may not have been from the rich side of town, but I was a hard worker and so were my friends. In my opinion we choose the kind of person we want to be and through our actions and expectations for ourselves and that determines our class. I also know that sometimes we can't change our circumstances, but the only person that keeps us down is ourselves. I say that, but there are of course a lot of variables like our culture, heritage, and parents that influence how we see ourselves in the world. There are patterns within these different subgroups and with this knowledge we can learn how to get out of these and really become the person we want to be.