From what I gather, nouveau riche is french for new money.  Meaning these are people who acquired considerable wealth during their generation.  This means that they made money through their own sweat.  Although the term nouveau riche was used as a derogatory remark back in the days to distinguish those who were born into a rich family but it all changed in the 21st century.  In the past, nouveau riche were discriminated upon by the old money (people whose family has been wealthy for generations).  They said this is because of how they acted in the society.  They are accused of being uncultured for lavish spenditures and they do not act as refined as those who were born rich.  But I agree to what other people say.  They were just stereotyped maybe it’s because of envy.  You know the feeling of somebody acheiving more than what you have achieved.  For me it’s like that.  A lot of people may it be in the old days or the present wants to be rich.  And so when they see somebody succeeding they just can’t help but feel envious.  However, nowadays, the term nouveau riche has a more positive tone to it.    Because today, people don’t just look into how rich a person is.  They also look at your achievements and what you have done for the society that you belong to.  I guess this is because people have started to understand that these people are successful in whatever goal they have set for themselves.  They have persevered to reach the stature where they are right now.

Don’t you ever wonder how the expectations of other people come about?  I don’t know about you but from what I have observed so far is that those people whom other people expects a lot from are those people who have been achievers ever since they were kids.  You know those kids who started to learn things on their own at such a young age.  Became honor students in school and was able to get into the best college in the country.  And then, those kids who grew up depending on the people around them is not epxected to do things that independent kids are expected to do.  So in a way, the expectations of other people actually started within us.  If we were able to achieve great things then we are expected to do greater things.  Unfair?  Yeah, I believe it is.  For no matter how people become so independent and how strong willed they may seem, they still need somebody who will listen and feel for them.  And they do need to be appreciated from time to time no matter how normal or how easy they achieve things may seem.  As what wise people always say, appreciation goes a long way compared to tangible things like money.  I have met a couple of people who have been achievers when they were youngers and they do love being able to accomplish great achievements but lost the passion to excel because the people around them did not seem to see that they need to be appreciated on the things that they were able to achieve.  For other people it may seem absurd but you know sometime a little pat in the back really helps to keep the fire burning.