Homework Week 2

The articles for week two most certainly relate to my life. As a college senior ready to embark on my professional career I no longer consider myself to be in the same class as my parents. I did not work for my family’s money, my father did, and I believe that is it time to define my own place within the American class system. Certainly American classes today are not as rigid as they once were in Europe or even at the conception of our country, but nonetheless a caste system still exists within our country and we are all subjected to it. I would have to argue that as a college-educated soon-to-be graduate I would be considered a member of what Drucker calls the knowledge worker class. Seeing as though I am going to attend law school next year, I am moving my way up the social mobility ladder, gaining more knowledge, so that I can attain even greater success and greater wealth. One comment of Drucker’s that I do not agree with is that knowledge workers view their jobs as their life. While an occupation or profession certainly defines a worker to some extent, I would never say that my job would one day fully define me. I do argue that a job is more than just a means of acquiring money, however, my family and friends play an important role in defining my life and cannot be ignored.