Monopoly

In class we did a monopoly project in which everyone started in a social class and they played to see if any one moved up in social class. As the Lower Upper Class (New Money), I found it to be quite easy to maintain my social class, but I could not move anywhere near the wealth of the Old Money because they owned so many spaces on the monopoly boared to the 4 or 5 that I owned. However, I did find that in the end of the game I nearly doubled my money so I did earn a slightly better life style. However, I also noticed that the people in the lower classes had a lot of difficulty earning money because they had to constantly pay money for landing on spaces that were already owned by others. Therefore, our person in the Lower class ended up having a negative amount of money. After their first or second trip around the board and they ended up with more money in the negatives than the amount of money they began with in the positives. I personally found it to be quite amazing of how difficult it is to change social classes and think that it is also kind of sweet that I was lucky enough to be stuck in a social class that will provide me with a happy future since I go to such a highly ranked school.