Edited sentence: --71.114.134.88 23:44, 8 May 2007 (UTC)Throughout time, humans have found many ways to classify ourselves.A structure has been developed where there is an expectancy of individuals of different social groups.History shows us that, social classes have always been a part of every society, and will continue to be.Leaving our children to be the victims of an eroding environment that consist of negligence and carelessness.Social classes can be defined as a group of people who relate by culture, economy, or political status  (Dictionary.Some ways being wealth, power, education, ability, occupation, lifestyle, and even by where you live.The people’s problems are concerning no one but themselves.This judgmental thought-process has only contributed to deterioration in society, which was caused by authoritative figures’ negligence of lower class citizens’ needs and concerns.This “ladder” of society determines how any person’s life can, and will b, altered by the specific classification they were, more than likely, born into