Social Environment and Its Effect On One's Life
             Social environment is influenced by one's power and wealth. This, in
             turn, determines success or failure in peoples' lives. If one were born with a
             "silver spoon" in his mouth, he would easily be able to attend a fancy school no
             matter how intelligent he is or have any luxury he wants just because of power
             and wealth. On the flip side, if one were born to a poor family in a bad
             neighborhood infested with violence and drugs, he would have a much smaller
             chance of succeeding in life, more especially, going to an upper-class school.
             It is hard for many poor to go to college because of such high tuition
             costs. Scholarships are available; but, even though one shows financial need,
             one still has to have a high grade point average and test scores. Even if one
             has a good mind, trying to study in a gang-ridden neighborhood with constant
             gunfire isn't easy. With both parents working two jobs, there isn't any parental
             guidance. Whereas, the affluent, even if busy or working, have the means to
             insure that their children are supervised and well taken care of. The rich also
             have the luxury of affording special tutors to help their children while other
             For example, there are three students, one from a clean, upper-class
             community, another from a small, middle-class suburb and the other from a
             graffiti-ridden slum. All three of these students have exceptional GPA's and
             scored very well on standardized testing. The student from the upper-class
             community will have the best chance of succeeding. Tuition will never be a
             problem and chances are that those parents have some pull because of who they
             are. The middle-class student won't have a great problem but there is still the
             fact of paying tuition, which would limit the options quite a bit. One may be
             smart enough to get grants but the family makes too much money. Also, if he
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