It's All About Money and Power

The article Sal had us read was really interesting because it presented many situations where certain classes of people were able to maneuver around authorities and the rest of society.  However, "roughneck" type kids exposed themselves more with an attempt to participate in illegal activities out in the open with little concern of punishment and consequences.  The so called "saints" tried to find trouble and fun to a certain level where little damage occurred or they fled the scene in order to maintain a healthy reputation.  The article shocked me when they mentioned how they ditched classes all the time and the teachers rarely noticed their tricky tactics or their absence regularly.  At our school attendance is taken very seriously and kids take their education pretty seriously in our middle upper class community.  It was interesting to read how authority figures would react to certain situations depending on who was doing it and where it took place.  Saints would plead for forgiveness while roughnecks searched for a fight and a chance to present their "tough guy" image.  Our society judges to a great extent on the type of person committing the act and the background of the person financially and socially.  Money and power is all it takes unfortunately in our society.