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Hello, I am looking for someone to write an essay on Sociology: Class What are the links between class and achievement. It needs to be at least 2750 words.

Poverty is defined to exist when an individual receives income, which is at most 40% of the median income in UK. With this criteria in mind almost 13.5 million individuals of which 2.9 million children can be said to be in the lower class of the social hierarchy in the UK in 2008 (Knowles &amp. Lander, 2011). Students belonging to these homes are more likely to have insufficient diet resulting in lower energy and concentration levels. Sickness could be another consequence and that could lead to missing school. at home they probably don’t have a dedicated room for study. with limited buying power they can’t afford better books or tuition. taking part-time jobs may be a requirement which would mean less time for study. Their options are limited to state schools and colleges. Choosing higher education would mean for them to make some financial sacrifices and would possible result in them opting to not pursue further education (Biddle, 2001). Nash &amp. Lauder (2010) suggested that pupils from lower class are at a cultural disadvantage then the other social class students. Their research briefs that comparing with the middle class, lower class is not that ambitious as they feel that they are trying to work away from their grass roots. that they have a very stubborn approach towards this and do not quite get the concept of making short term sacrifices for long term gains. Sugarman reinforced Human theories and added that the reason for such behavior might be based on their own experiences of working in an environment with very little growth opportunities and lack of appreciation or encouragement to progress (Nash &amp. Lauder, 2010). In addition to the views held by Nash &amp. lauder, Slavin (2006) said that middle class and upper class parents tend to support more in their child’s academics. This theory has been proved by the attendance at the parents- teacher meetings. Pierre Bourdieu has a different take on the idea that lower class pupils are at a cultural disadvantage. He feels that the underachievement of children from these homes lack the ‘cultural capital’ (Knowles &amp. Lander, 2011). He agreed that there is a difference in culture of the upper, middle and lower class, but maintained that no one is to say which is less important than the other. Upper class has an advantage of having power and resources to dominate the society with their culture. By a dominant culture Bourdieu means that the upper class and possibly middle class have one foot on success as they are likely to be in contact with well paying jobs because of the environment they are being raised. For this reason Pierre believes that lower class pupils don’t lack culture and heritage but the difference in their culture from the rest keeps them at a disadvantage (Nash &amp. Lauder, 2010). Sociologists believe that the process of labeling in schools can also have a negative or positive effect on the children. Hargreaves stated that pupils from working class are denied academic titles and privileges and then to compensate for this they children tend to misbehavior. Students take labels like "worthless " as an encouragement to act in this fashion. And the more you try to stop them the more they move away (Slavin, 2006). Nell Keddie added some courses are designed differently for different sets of pupils.