Privilege is often invisible to many people. People are born into this world with what their parents could provide to them. Some people can be more privileged than others due to being in a certain class, race, or gender. Some people need to work harder than others to provide their family a comfortable life. Others don’t need to do much because they are already privileged with a more than comfortable life. It almost isn’t fair because not all people can work up to get to what they want. It’s nice to see people work from the bottom up knowing they deserve everything in their lives including living in a nice home in a beautiful neighborhood with great job. People who work hard to get to where they want to be are more aware of privilege. They set themselves expectations to conquer and are rewarded with privilege. As others don’t see what privilege is because they were born into it and seeing nothing less than what they have.

Andrea was uncomfortable in Jewels Newark home because it was a totally different environment that she was used to. Jewels home was different than Andreas. It was dark, lifeless, and small. It wasn’t homey and comfortable as Andrea had expected. Andrea’s home was big, beautiful and roomy.  It almost scared Andrea because she wasn’t used to these conditions, which made them lose their friendship between one another.

I feel that people can overcome the social differences just like the one explained in this story. I feel that one needs to learn how others live before judging and coming to conclusion. It seems like it was a hard transition for Andrea to see her friend’s home because it was so different. She was too young to understand that her friend’s family is going through a hard time and struggles to keep up with everyday life including making money, powering their house with electricity and feeding themselves. It was two totally different environments they live in, and a person can only understand what they are going through unless they have been through it themselves. I believe people can overcome this as long as one can understand another in order to accept their social differences.

Schools that are better funded have better education to provide for the public. When schools aren’t funded they aren’t able to provide the same quality of education. Things like teachers and learning materials may be worse in the less privileged schools. This can lead to problems because families want their children to go to a school that can provide their needs for a better education. Children don’t see that they are attending a nice school until the go to the less privileged school and see the differences. When people of a lower class can’t afford their children attending these more privileged schools, they also don’t understand the difference between what they have and don’t have until its right in front of their face.

BY ALCIA