When I was young my family was poor. But when I grew up my family fell somewhere between middle class and upper class. And right now I live in Scotland to study my degree. According to the question based on my experience, education can help you survive. Because education is considered a social status in today's society. With a good education you can have a good career and earn a lot of money. “Social mobility is a movement up or down within a stratification system. Liberal theory states that capitalist societies are open class and therefore a high degree of social mobility can be expected. According to liberal theory this movement within a stratification system should result from a person's achievements and should not be based on ascribed characteristics such as gender, race, region of birth, and parental class position. Social mobility is typically measured by comparing the status position of adult children with that of their parents (intergenerational mobility), but can be measured by comparing a person's status position over their lifetime (intragenerational mobility). Sociologists see social mobility as a useful way to measure equal opportunity. "Ref (Online dictionary of social sciences available from: URL: http://bitbucket.icaap.org/dict.pl) The educational act in promoting social mobility sources come from many sociological, economic and political discussions. Refer to this modern era where education has proved to be very significant in today's societies. Furthermore, for many people in society, education is the professional fortune teller who you are, where you come from and how intelligent you are...... middle of paper ......ale and Scotland”, Education Review, 15: 68-73• Croxford, L. (1994) “Equality of opportunity in the secondary school curriculum in Scotland”, British Educational Research Journal, 20, 371-91• Erikson, R. and Goldthorpe JH (1992) The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societies Oxford: Clarendon Press .• Gamoran, A. (1996) “Curriculum Standardization and Equality of Opportunity in Scottish Secondary Education: 1984-90”, Sociology of Education, 69: 1-21• Ianelli, C. & Paterson, L. ( 2005) The education promotes social mobility Paper 5, Edinburgh: Center for the Sociology of Education, University of Edinburgh.• Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences © Robert Drislane, Ph.D. and Gary Parkinson, Ph.D. The online version of this dictionary is a product of Athabasca University and ICAAP Available from: URL: http://bitbucket.icaap.org/dict.pl