Social stratification in America is a ranking system that has influences to different aspects of our life: where we live, education, jobs, what we eat, voting and who we marry. And there are other things that are affecting by our rank in society. An example of dysfunction cause by social stratification would be how American so strives to abolish inequality but in reality there is inequality every where but of course it is not addressed like it should because the rich are rich and most times stay rich. The rich have access to more and better things while the poor don't.
I have been blessed with being able to go to public school but graduate from a private school, go to community college (for other than financial reasons) as well as Hawaii Pacific University, private college. I have been able to have these educations because of my family having the financial ability to do so but also because my husband works for Hawaii Pacific University so we get the tuition waiver which helps tremendously. My husband still has to work in order for us to get the tuition waiver, and it would be different if we were rich and able to just afford it without having to work; but it is also different for those who have to take out loans in order to pay for their education at the full price. So both quality and my husband striving for a better job and education has helped us get better quality education.
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