Ascribed and Achieved Status
For this discussion assignment, you’ll start by defining ascribed and achieved status. From there, research a celebrity who has gone from “rags to riches”. You’ll share a picture of this celebrity. Next, discuss what their ascribed status is, and then their achieved status. Lastly, describe your own ascribed and achieved status.
In life, does one affect the other? Why/Why Not?
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This will include the following:
A definition of Ascribed Status.
A definition of Achieved Status
A picture of a celebrity that went from rags to riches.
Include a brief summary of their story.
The ascribed and achieved the status of this celebrity
Your own ascribed and achieved status.
Does ascribed status affect our achieved status? Why/Why not?
