Social class at SHS is, well, it's unique. Regardless of the size of our school, there are distinct, if not cliche, social classes and circles ever present. At SHS, for the most part, we basically only see the higher end of the social class--there is a majority of middle-upper-middle class students at our school, and so what we mostly see is that presence. In terms of comparison to the Saints and Roughnecks reading, we mainly have many Saints in our school. The kids who skip class while getting called out, copy homework from their friends, and casually copy while maintaining an achieving front and no-discipline record, make up the majority of our school. They are accepted and even encouraged to blend into our school's society. Those who oppose the school's rules and get caught are shunned by others, looked down upon, and ostracized, even though the "Saints" do the same; the only difference is the Roughnecks get caught.

I see myself as not impacted negatively; I've learned to work the system, so to speak, and can utilize it to my advantage--those in poverty, however, do not feel the same. For the most part, they get viewed as the Roughnecks of the school, even though their actions wouldn't typically be much different from those of a higher socioeconomic status. On top of subconscious bias from the administration, there is also an added pressure from those around them to fit in and not be different rom the majority in our school. For the most part, these factors all work against the success that there is potential for , and this creates a social imbalance.