Hope you had a great weekend and did not get that wet. Do not forget that your vocab needs to be done so you can go over it with the sub. Do not misbehave with a sub or you will not be happy with my mood on Wednesday.
Today we discussed the concept of the American Dream. Discuss, again, what this concept means and how you think it may have impacted your family and your life even if you did not know you were living the American Dream. Also, tell me how you think you can support this idea as you get older.
60 comments:
Mr.kay,
The American dream means having success in America or as being an American. This has impacted my life in many ways. One of which is because my parents want me to be successful in life. With that it makes me try my best to do good in what I do even if I don't really want to do it. Also, when I have done bad on something my parents get upset and make me do better or things get taken away from me untill I am more successful. I can support this idea by continueing donig good and attempting my best effort on everything. Also, when I have children i will tell them to be success and help the american dream. In addition to that i can tell my grandkids, nephews, and all other relatives about it to help them be successful.
Ty Bouwens, 6th hour
The Americana dream to me means opportunity. The bulk of the American Dream consists of, getting a good job, buying a home, raising a family and just being successful in general. The American Dream has impacted my life significantly. Without the American Dream we would not have the same opportunities as we have in today's world. My family is really big on going to school, and getting a good college education. Maturing and getting a high paying job would be the next step and eventually having a wife and kids.
My support for these ideas comes from my ability to strive for more. I want more for myself and my kids in the long run so i will keep working hard until the end.
Tyler Inman
5th hour
The American dream means to be free or successful in life. This has impacted my life in a few ways. First off, my parents try to make sure that i do my best in everything i do. Wether it's school, or a sport that i'm in. They always try their best to make me a better person. I can support this by teaching my kids the same thing. And making sure that are successful in everything they do.
James Richardson
5th hour
THe American dream means being sucessful and being free as an american. The american dream has impacted my family by letting us be free. Not everyone has freedom so it is good that we americans can be free. Another way the american dream has impacted on my family is success in what we do. My parents have some good jobs and are successful.As i get older i can support this dream by also being succesful in what i do. I can have a good job and be good at what i do.
Katlyn Twigg 6th Hour
The American dream itself was created around the early US day, my mistake the dream was even before that, or even before there was a thought of a America!For a dream is a hope and a hope is created from misfortune, so for all we know, religious freedom, having kids, having top notch technology, if so, the American dream was created in the before BCs! But I am getting off track. The American dream has greatly changed, the dream now consists of having to succeed where others have not and passing the success like a trait to your children. I never really like the idea of a American dream, for it sets a self standard and then feel unmotivated (I don't really get it myself). SO as I get older I will try to set goals and try to become ambitious in doing so and try to learn from my mistakes.
Derek Guckian
6th hour
PS it's a good thing I forgot my oath to throw my shoe at the next person who called me "David" otherwise you wouldn't look too good with a 5 1/2 imprint on your face. Please try not to do that again, it annoys me since elementary and even middle school!
I think that the American Dream is that how it is on I love lucy. To me that looks like soo much fun. I believe that my mom has lived her American Dream. She has had a very good job. She had kids. And She gt married. I think that if you went to a counrty in Africa than I think that there American Dream would be to come to america. To be an american.
Alexa Rumpz
6th hour
Mr. Kay,
The American dream is a very important concept in every Americans life. It mostly consists of getting a job, getting married, and purchasing a home. In America there is a great opportunity for anything that you try for and try to earn, can happen. The American dream isnt that since you live here that you get anything that you want, but that you have the opportunity for anything to happen that you want to happen. All of the resources are here for you to be successful, btu you have to go ut and take it. Like you said today, some people a while back came here because they thought that they would be wealthy if they just showed up, that obviously was wrong, but being a wealthy american doesnt just mean having a lot of money, but having great friends and family that other countries dont have.
Tim wilson
5th Hour
Mr. kay
The american dream is many things and it is constantly. But the main piont of the amereican dream is to be free. Freedom means alot in Amereica. It what makes america such a great place to live in. In other countries they don't even come close to being free. If you say something bad about your leader you could get killed. I really don't want to be living in that kind of place. Freedom impacts my family alot. They get to vote, have good jobs, live in a nice house, have kids and live there life freely. So if they weren't able to do these things, life would suck. I will be supporting these by doing them when I get older. I will be living the american dream.
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Chris Reid
5th hour
Mr.Kay,
The american dream is many things and is constantly changing. The american dream is to get a good education, have a family of your own, get a job that you have been working for. The american dream isnt getting everything you want or desire its have the oppurnity to try new things, and get more oppurnities in life. To have an successful life, achieving all your goals is an american dream. Everyone should work for something, it can change there life. I think everyone is born with talent, they just have to work for what they want..and they will suceed.
Stefanie Samuel
6th hour
The American dream means being successful and having a family and a home.It impacted my family because they have good jobs, a nice home. Also, they make sure that I do well in school. How I can support this when I get older is by going to college. Hoping that I will get a good job, a nice home. Also, not failing in any goals that I have for myself. Thats how I will support the american dream when I get older.
Katherine Walsh
6th hour
The American dream is based on success. Successful in all of the aspirations in life, a good education, a family, prosperity, and a white picked fence. My parents are both very successful and i have been raised on their values. I push myself daily to get good grades and do my best. I will pass my values down to my children, of being successful and hard working. i do believe that it is important to instill family in their values. I think it is a value that should be honored more than it is currently.
Chloe Martin, 6th hour
Mr. Kay,
To me the american dream means, being successful. This has impacted my life by my parents getting on my case about my homework. If i dont get it done and start failing my classes i loose my job and i get my valueables taken away untill i improve. I can support this idea by always trying my best and never to give up. Even when things get overwellming. My mom always told me never keep it bottled up becasue then if its bottled up for to long things start to become harder and you start to loose consentration and become depressed. Even even im older i will never give up.
Mr. Kay,
To me the american dream means, being successful. This has impacted my life by my parents getting on my case about my homework. If i dont get it done and start failing my classes i loose my job and i get my valueables taken away untill i improve. I can support this idea by always trying my best and never to give up. Even when things get overwellming. My mom always told me never keep it bottled up becasue then if its bottled up for to long things start to become harder and you start to loose consentration and become depressed. Even when im older i will never give up.
Ryan Richardson
6th hour
the american dream is to many diffrent things. A few of them is money, freedom, and chance for a good job. this has inpacted my life in many ways. one reason is that my parents want me to do better than they did. the only way i can dop that is to try hard in school and go to collage and get a good job. one day i might have kid and i will want tham to do better than me.
Mr. Kay,
The American Dream is many things and is constantly changing over the years. I believe the american dream is having freedom, having a family, getting a well paying job, and having a good education. The american dream isnt getting everthing you desire or want. The american dream is having an opportunity to have things you desire, not just getting it. The americna dream has impacted my life because i feel that i have freedom, a good education, and a supporting family. As i get older of course, i will hope i have a well paying job. But as i get older, my view of the american dream could change.
The American Dream is about makeing opertunities for yourself. This does affects my life. This is because my parents want me to have all the oppertunities open for me so I can choose what I want to do with my life. This makes them push me to work harder. This also has them check with my grades to make sure I'm doing well. This will allow me to have many options such as college and a good career. I support this idea by always trying my hardest and testing it by doing the same for my kids.
Kristen Pauly
6th hour
Megan Fraser
6th Hour
The American Dream is living the ideal successful American life. It consists of getting a good education, good job, raising a family, and having a happy life. The American Dream affects me in a lot of ways. Without it, my family wouldn't have come as far as they did. The people way back on my family tree wouldn't have emmigrated to America without the American Dream. It will affect me because I want to live the american dream. I can support it by telling my kids one day and just living it.
Mr. Kay,
The American dream can mean a lot of diffrent things to diffrent people. It means that you can accomplish anything you want if you work hard for it. Living this way has effected my life in many ways. If it wasnt for the American Dream I wouldnt be living the way I am. I would not have any of the oppurtunites that I have now. This includes sports, family, and my job. I can support the idea of the American dream as I get older because eventually I want to go to college, get a great job, and get married. Isn't that the goal of almost 95% of us?
Jordan Blanzy
5th hour
The american dream has shapped my familys goals and values. Since America was the land of oppertunity, it was up to its people to take advantage of it. A good life starts with hard work, and I was taught nothing comes easy and nothing comes free. America had oppertunity everywhere and was always had something for everyone. Since times are getting harder, living the American dream is more difficult to achieve. As I get older it will only get harder to become more successful. A good way to get motivation is, to go after something you want, and if you work hard enough, you have the satisfaction of victory when its all said and done, and now are living the American dream.
Sean Deters
I think the american dream is to live life how you wamt, and to be successful. To have a good job, freedom, and a happy life. The american dream is also the opportunity to become whatver you want. Family will always want you to have your own "american dream" to come true. So they want you to do good in school and be mature. My effort is doing my best, because i want a better lifestyle for myself when im older. And my kids or whatever happens in the future.
The American Dream means being free. Also, being able to do whatever we want, and being able to believe in whatever we want. I think it has impacted my life because we can live in a safe place, where we can believe in whatever we want. As we get older, the American dream will change. As time goes on, I think some of our freedoms will be taken away. I think this because our government is doing things that seem to be going against our constitution and our rights. As americans, we need to stand up for our rights. Also, we need to do whats right for our country.
Amy Urbanik
5th hour
Mr. Kay,
I think the American Dream means being successful as an American. The American dream is everything from getting an education, to getting a job and eventually raising a family and becoming a member of society. The american Dream has impacted my family because my parents really push me to do good in school. My parents want me to do good in school because they know it will be better in the long run. The American dream has made an impact on my life because I want to eventually grow up and get a good job and raise a family. I don't want to be a lazy person who just mooches off of everyone else. I want to be able to provide for myself. I will support the American Dream all my life by passsing it on to the younger generations and to my children and grandchildren.
Cody kabisa, 6th hour
Mr. Kay,
I believe that the American Dream is living up to your standards. I'm not saying that the American Dream is all about having nice things, because its not. Earlier today, you said that Imigrants used to come to the United States because they thought they would be whealthy as soon as they crossed the border into the United States. Odviously they were wrong, because to have the American Dream, you have to be willing to work for it. The American Dream is not something that one morning on Christmas Day, you pull out of your stocking, or find in a present. I believe that the American Dream will be something every citizen will want, but will have to put in the effort to make it realistic.
Danielle Turner
5th Hour
The ameican dream is a dream held all across the world. it is freedom, wealth, and security. we are very fortunate if we have any of those already. the american dream has made my life and my family's life nice. it has allowed us to have spiritual values and material objects that other places in the world don't have. when we get older i think we can alter the dream a little bit to fit our personalities. but i think we should always have one because it gives us something to strive for.
lauren dawson
The American dream means being successful. in order to be successful you have to work hard to accomplish everything. For example work hard to get good grades, so you can get into a good college then get a job then raising a family of your own. My family wouldn't of have come this far without the American Dream. My parents push me hard and have expectations that I have to fulfill though it may be hard at times, I know it's for a good reason. They want me to be as successful as they are, and to keep my options open. When I have a family of my own, I more for my kids, to always keep your head up.
Alanna Nagi
6th hour
The american drean is having great succes in america. Or being an american citizen. this has impacted my life in several ways. First off becuase my parents have pushed me to succed in life. With them doing this i always try and put 100% effort. Also to get good grades and be able to get a good job. That pays well. i can suppost this idea by doing good in school. And succeding in school. So i can get a decent job. Thats what the amerian dream means to me(:
Hailey Ledgley
5th hour.
The American dream means to have success in something that you have always drempt of happening. This can be anything from getting the job you have always wanted. Buying the house of your dreams. Raising a family. This can have a very big impact on many individuals lifes. Both I and my parents want to be sucessful as our lives go on. For my self i want everything that i have grown up with. A good family, a big house, and i want to have a good paying job so my kids have have it too. I have to work for all that, none of it is just going to be handed to me. Everyone has to work hard at the things they want to accomplish in life. Everyone was born with something special about them, everyone has there own talents.
^ Hannah ledgley
5th hr
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The American dream means haveing sucess in life. The American dream hasnt had many impacts on my life. My parents try to make me do all the stuff to have a successful life but I give them a hard time about it. All parents want there kids to live the american dream. If i have kids ill do my best to help them live a good life. To support the american dream all you can do is get a good education and make money.
The american dream means having sucess in life. The American dream has had a few impacts on my life. My parents try to make me do all the stuff to have a successful life but I give them a hard time about it. If/when i have kids i will make them belive the american dream and make them have fun in life. I think all parents try to make there kids beleive somthing different about the american dream.
Alex martin.
The american dream is a way to live life. It is a mix of american values, and your own values. One of these ways is that everyone is trying, or should be trying to be their best. I think that my ancestors he been a part of he american dream. They came over on a ship from italy and moved to te Italian suburbs of Metro Detroit. When i grow older i want to pass on this dream to anyone below me in my family. I think that it is a goo way to keep our country in line, and the family in check.
Zack Szajner
6th Hiour
The American dream is to become successful in life. Everyone wants to have a home and a family when their older, and that also is an American dream. This has impacted my life because my parents are always telling me to make good choices and to not get into trouble. My parents American dream was to live in a home on a lot of land. This also has impacted my life because we moved further away from Lakeland because they wanted to make a better life for our family. I think that I can support the American dream by making a family and teaching my children to live a good life. Also I want to have a career that I'm successful in to help support my family.
I think living the American dream can mean alot of different things. The American dream has impacted my life in many important ways. Just learning and knowing about the American dream has changed my life. I look at life a hole different way because I know that I am working toward something and I want to become successful. I think just living in America period is an American dream. In some other countries you cant hardly do anything besides control the way you live. Heck, in some countries you cant even pick your own job or choose where you live. I think I am pretty lucky living in America and having the freedoms that I have.
Troy Wojichowski 6th hr.
like we talked about in class, the american dream is really just success. its the thought of chaging your life so its exactly how you like it and being able to be whoever you want. this affects my family and life becuase its like how hard my parents and grand parents have worked to make the life i have now. i think the great thing about the american dream is that you can always change your luck. and if you want to make it better for yourself, you can. as you get older you have more of an oppurtunity to pursue the american dream. you can improve or deminish what you previous family has done.
andy b, 6th hour
The American dream has been a part of our country ever since we founded it. It is the dream that in America you sieze the opportunities given to you and create a sucsessful life for you and your family. This impacts my family because my dad has worked so much to give us all we need and more. Before he had a job, he took the opportunity to work where he works today, and it has given him much sucess over the years. This concept will hopefully carry on to me and my siblings. As we discussed in class, our generation is supposed to be more sucessful than the one before, and my dad has made it possible for me to have the right tools to do so. When I get older I can attend collage so I can be able to have a job that not only I enjoy, but supports my family and I.
Cherie Stoll 6th
The American dream means to live a full and successful life. The American dream can be looked at many different ways. I see it as growing up, getting a good education, pursuing your goals, going to college, getting a job and having a family. I think that everyone, to a certain point, lives the American dream. Opportunities don't have to present themselves to us. We have to make the opportunities. That's why nearly all the people from other countries come to the United States. I plan on doing exactly what I said above to pursue the American dream. I want to get a god job to support myself and my family. That is what I believe is most important.
William Schwartz
6th hr
The American dream has is living in a surban house just like everyone eles. This has effected me by what i want to do when i gorw up and my stardards for life. This dream also effects my family beacuse it makes dreams that we all hope will come true. I am going to support these ideas by geting a good job an starting my own family. Also i am going to live the dream by going to college. We all want to live thsi dream but not everyone will be be able to make it. But i will be able to live the american dream.
Shaun Gerber
5th hour
John Kent 5th hour
The American dream is having success on every thing that I wont to live. Like having a good job that I like and pays well. It impacted my family not that much because we are living part of the American dream. I think that my ideas of the American dream changes because I might have a different image of the world.
i think the american dream is somekind of oppurtunity that you must achieve. I thhink the american dreams affects the values of people. It gets easier to support as you get older
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jordan taronji
5th hr.
Mr. Kay,
To me the american dream means, being successful. This has impacted my life by my parents getting on my case about my homework. If i dont get it done and start failing my classes i loose my job and i get my valueables taken away untill i improve. I can support this idea by always trying my best and never to give up. Even when things get overwellming. My mom always told me never keep it bottled up becasue then if its bottled up for to long things start to become harder and you start to loose consentration and become depressed. Even when im older i will never give up.
Rob Keller
5th hour
As the united states economy falls the american dream is slipping further and further from our generation. However I believe the american dream is the opportunity for success. My view of the american dream is a good job, a nice house in a good neighborhood were I can raise a family. I think this is the american dream in general. As I said earlier because of the economic struggle are elders have put us in it is becoming more difficult to achieve the american dream. To achieve this goal society has put upon us I will have to get good grades so that I can get into a decent college. After college I will need to get a good job to raise and support my family.
Taylor Wattles
6th hour
The American Dream means having the oppertunity to work your way up to success. Even if you don't live in the best conditions, in America you have the freedom to work your way up to be succesful. Tha American Dream has impacted my life greatly. I know that my grandpa grew up on a farm and did not have much as a kid. He worked hard at everything he did and got into a good college. He graduated from Harvard with a 4.0 and moved on to become the Vice President of Harley Davidson. My dad's dad worked as a coal miner and now my dad is a succesful engineer. Both of my parents learned the value of hard work and so have I. I can support this idea by working hard in hihgh shcool, college, future jobs, and any other areas of my life. I can do well in my life to be an example to any children or grandchildren that I might have in the future. I can also pass along the success stories of others and share how to be successful to others that want to learn from me as I mature and grow older.
Kaleigh Swanson
6th hour
The American Dream is basically what everyone strives for; success. It has impacted me and my family on many ways. The first one is the fact that it gave me something to work towards. It gives me something to strive for and try to achieve. Therefore, it helps me to persevere in whatever I do. The same thing goes for my family. Without the American Dream, Americans would have nothing to live for. Everyone wants success, so when I get older I will keep trying to achieve what I interpret as the American Dream. Eventually, when I have kids, I will tell them about this and hopefully they will want to go for it as much as any other American does.
The American dream means being a successfull american. This would not be considered the average american, but one people want to be. Most americans want the chance to live life golden with a family and a good job etc. This has impacted me in my life because I was raised to be successfull in many ways. I have always been taught to do my best and have respect. If I did not do this I would be in big trouble with my parents and have a hard time through life. I can support this by staying focoused on what I do to keep succeding. I will pass to my children what I consider the american dream and hope they live it better.
Hunter White,
6th Hour.
The american dream is to be succesfull. I belive my parents have been living that. My dad has been succesfull in his job in making parts for all sort of difrent things. My mom has had multiple difrent jobs. Such as a manager, sales person, nurse. Myself I have worked hard and been succesfull making money. With that I have learned hard work equals good success. I plan on keeping my work ethic for my jobs in the future and school. Overall I would consider that I am living the dream though with my family.
kevin anderson
6th hour
The American dream means being a successful person. This has affected my life in many ways. One of the ways is my parents are always influencing me to the best that I can. Weather it was a sport, school or whatever else I’m involved in. there always trying to teach me something or make me a better person. The way I can support this is by teaching my children the same and to always influence them to do the right
Alex Thickstun
6th hour
The american dream is something all people look up to and wish that day if not yet, hope to reach it there. I believe that this dream has impacted so many different kinds of people. This has impacted them cause they want to have and succeed in life like all others. This americandeam has also effected my family in many ways. It has afected my parents because when they started to relize the affect change of being a true happy american, they started working hard at all things such as school up through college and up to the eal world. And now knowing the full knowledge and understanding of the american dream my parents both carry good jobs like many other adults. As the same with me. As i get older and evan from this day i am realy starting to recognize the american dream and how much work needs to be put into it to reach that success level of life.
Conner Risi
6th hour
Hope you had a great weekend and did not get that wet. Do not forget that your vocab needs to be done so you can go over it with the sub. Do not misbehave with a sub or you will not be happy with my mood on Wednesday.
Today we discussed the concept of the American Dream. Discuss, again, what this concept means and how you think it may have impacted your family and your life even if you did not know you were living the American Dream. Also, tell me how you think you can support this idea as you get older.
well, i believe that the american dream, encompasses all of the american values, but also all our beliefs, wether they be religious or not, and the general american way of life. i can see how it has really impacted a lot of people, because as americans, one of our values is to use our rights, and each and every day, i se people who use their rights, to speak out against oppression, to spread their beliefs, thoughts, imagination and ideas. and the american response is to see what everyone else is doing, and conform. but i think that we should have a part of that dream, to be, to listen to those, and try to accept them for who they are, and their beliefs, even if you do not believe in them, try to reach out and become united with others. thats what happened in the civil rights movements, is that people rose up, stood for what is right, and to not tolerate for one more second what is wrong. but unfortunately, in that american dream. we just conform to one another, and just because we do not want to be the one that stands out.
i feel our american dream at times affects all of us in the positive sense that we will do what we want to, and believe in others, but unfortunately, that dream also inhibits us, in the negative way that people will join the crowd not to stand out, and i think we need to lose that negative part of our dream.
Nick Visger
nickvisger@mac.com
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The American Dream is to get what you want most. For a lot of people it's a happy family and a nice home. Some people think it's being successful in your career. It has influenced me and my family because we try to put family first and that will be your american dream. If you try hard enough you can get everything you want the most and still be successful in want you want to be. When I go to college I'm going to put education and family first to be successful in my career. Then I can hopefully be successful in making a family of my own.
Carolyn Newton Period 5
I think living the american dream is being free to do what ever you want and to pursue what ever your heart desires.It has impacted my family because without the american dream they might have gaven me the value i have today.WIth out the american dream I wouldnt be aloud to be christian and then for no reason decide I want to change my religion.You couldnt do that in many places back in the revoultion.It would impact the values I have and sort of push on other unwanted values.As I growolder I hopefully fulfill my dreams and live a happy life.ALthough the ending stage I think might be sad but all things must come to an end.
gearhead=tyler mcleod 6th hour
I believe that the American Dream is being successful. This has impacted my life in several ways. One way is that my family and friends want me to be successful and go far in my life. With all that pressure its kind of hard because I'm afraid I'm going to dissapoint them. Also, I believe that with out the American dream we would not challange ourselves. And lastly I can support this idea by doing good in school and try and take some college classes. This way if I take college classes I wont have to stay in school much long after I graduate from high school.
Samantha Casteel
5th hour
My name is Taylor Dieck. Mr Kay wrote this.
I think that the american dream is something diffrent for every single person. It all depends on what you value, and what your expectations for life are. To me The American Dream Means creating a better life, oppurtunity, and sucsess. For not only you but for others also. I think that the american dream has impacted my family because we all have a dream and something to look for in the future nad just knowing you have a plan helps in the long you get ther that much faster. As I get older I think I can help support this idea by jst acheiving whatvever my goals are.
Brittney Coope
6th hour
I think the American Dream is to be free and have a chance at being sucessful. People when they first came to America longed to be free and have a chance. And people today comming to America still have that dream.Everyones American Dream is different. To me personally the American Dream is to have chance at gong to a good college and being able to have a good job. I can promote this idea as i get older by showing my kids what the American Dream is.
Hannah Aittama
5th Hour
Mr. Kay,
The American Dream is means having many opportunities and fulfilling them. People come here from all around the world to get a chance at the American Dream and if they get the chance, they will get their opportunities and try hard to become whatever they come for. They try harder then lots of people to do fulfill their dreams and make it in this world. It also means freedom and being able to do anything. It has impacted my life by letting me be free all the time to do whatever. Also, I try to be as supportive to different opportunities around my area and in my area of likes. Such as I try to help out and support local skate parks and such. When I am older, I will try and get involved in communities and fulfill any opportunities to help the community. That is what I think of the American Dream.
-Luke LaFountain
6th Hour
Taylor Dieck
the american dream to me is just making whatever you want out of this country. That could be making lots of money or just being content. My parents raised me in American to hold all the benefits they had growing up. And more then they had. Im going to pass down to my kids my idea of the American dream. They can use it how ever they like. This is how im going to support this. This is my idea of the american dream.
ANDREW KEITH 6TH
The american dream in general is simply that, no matter who you are, anyone can succeed and have a good life in america. One way this is evident in my family is my dads job, making around $300,000 a year. Nice payoff, eh? ive always been sent to great schools in great houses (im only in this trailer because i chose to stay back with my fiance). Yep. All i have to say.
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