I disagree with this concept. Many people do not find themselves in the same area of ​​the social scale as their family. I believe that social mobility is the main reason why the American dream is no longer available as it once was. There are three different types of social mobility: intergenerational mobility, structural mobility and exchange mobility. Intergenerational mobility is defined as “the change that members of a family make in their social class from one generation to the next” (Henslin, 237). An example of this would be if a child ended up being part of a different social class than their parents. Structural mobility is “the movement up and down the social ladder that is due more to changes in the structure of society than to the actions of individuals” (Henslin, 237). Simply put, structural mobility means that even if an individual works hard and is very intelligent, they may not end up moving up the social class ladder. Structural mobility is one of the main reasons the American dream is not achievable for all Americans.