Movilidad Social

Social Mobility: Social mobility is a person’s movement over time from one class to another. Social mobility can be up or down and can be either intergenerational (occurring between generations, such as when a child rises above the class of his or her parents) or intergenerational (occurring within a generation, such as when an individual changes class because of business success). Societies differ in the extent to which social mobility is permitted. Some societies are based on closed class systems in which movement from one class to another is nearly impossible. In a caste system, for example, mobility is strictly limited by the circumstances of one’s birth. At the other extreme are open class systems in which class system placement is based on individual achievement rather than ascription. - By Ashley Crossman

This story is not based on a real story, and is about a young man named "Pablo" born in a country called Colombia, in a small town called Antioquia with a population of just 135,967 people.

Pablo was a young dreamer, visionary and entrepreneur, working from a young age and always with the dream of someday getting rich. Because of the “Caste System” that he lived in, everyone in his town told him that it was impossible, because in that country only the few main elites had the privilege to do so and they were located in large cities, but Pablo dreams of winning big money never vanished.

There were things in his life that seem unattainable, dreams that seemed impossible to achieve, and goals that were far away. And all this because of the difficult circumstances that he lived in. But Pablo’s genius that lay within him was awakening. He started to fulfill his most ambitious dreams, and he embarked on the roads to success. Pablo started working hard and saving money with great discipline, but his income was relatively low and that sometimes demotivated him. Despite his low income he continued to work as hard as the first day and saving everything he could and continued until age 34 where he still didn’t reach his goal of being a millionaire, that’s when he decided it was time to fly high.

Pablo decided it was time to take off, and the solution in his opinion, was to leave his small town that was not fitted for his big dreams. He decided to move to the city of Medellin, a city of over 3 million people. He came to the conclusion that this was the perfect place to start, considering that he already was 39 years old, but he still felt that his spirit was that of a young man with much enthusiasm. With all the money he had saved throughout his life, he put a small pharmacy in the center of the city, and so he began his great adventure of owning a business. Sales were going well in his new business and he began to earn more money, Pablo felt like a successful a businessman.

Today Pablo is 60 years old, and realized his dream. He showed everyone that despite being born in very unfavorable

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