Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Day 11
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. Talk with your parents or grandparents and explain how their vision of this concept is similar or different from yours.
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The American Dream is having the generation after yours be more successful. It is also haveing the usual things a person has. In my family we are still going through the American Dream. My sister is going to be the first one to graduate high school in my moms family. If only I was older than her. As I get older I will support this Dream more. I would support it more because I would like my children to becaome more sucessful than me. My mom is also going through the American Dream because of my sister graduating college.
as the older generations grow older they hop ethat the younger generations are more sucessful. people take this dream for granted it is like haveing microwave or 3 tvs. when my dad was a kide he dint have color tvs. also he didnt have xboxes and wiis. also they had hit the make instant dinners and fast food joints. today we have fast food joints and we value as much as they did. we had the same as having microwaves, and ovens. that is what me and my dad ideas are for the american dream.
Sam Taranek
The American dream is something that is commonly overlooked in our society today, but is always there. In my life, the American dream was achieved by my parents. they have cars, a house, and a family. things are going great for us, and our extended family too. As generations progress, the American dream is more expected of people. The dream is also becoming harder to reach, with our failing economy not getting any better. These days its always good to know that we are doing okay. America isn't the perfect place that everyone thought it to be, but we are still making the best we possibly can out of it.
The american dream is you doing better then your parents. I believe my parents have achived the dream. We have 4 T.V. 2 cars 2 Computors 4 Phones and 3 Dvd players. when my parents were younger they didn't have T.V. or 2 cars or computors. They had a milk crate and a rock. Basket ball ghetto style. As Mr.Kay said today "were more likly to not do better then our parents due to the shitty economy." I hope to do better then them, but with obama only time will tell.
Today in class, we talked about the American Dream involving money, cars, appliances, and success. A long time ago, the American Dream was something that involved the next generation being more and more successful from the last, but now, that has changed. If my family was living in the time when the American Dream was first thought of, then we would be considered to be living above and beyond the american dream. But now that times have changed, my family would be considered average. It has also changed, because it is believed that the next generation will not be more successful than the last due to the bad economy and the way life has altered in this century and how it is considered. So in this lifetime, the american dream is no longer considered the american dream, but it is slightly below comfortable and to some it is not referred to at all.
the American dream has changed with every generation. My American dream is to be successful and have kids. my moms American dream was to have just have kids that i think changed for me because as a boy we are expected to support the family.as i get older my "American" dream will be different i might not want to have a family or i might want more then success (famous). as people get older they want more or less of something like an American dream. like my grandparents dream was to have cars a family success and much much more. that is my opinion on the American dream's value and how it changes.
The American dream is basically being successful and have a family and be happy. It also has to do with your kids being successful and hopefully even more successful than them. My the family is living the American dream right now. We have 3 cars 5 t.v.s and all the other usual stuff. The American dream is similar and different from what it was back in the day. It still has to do with being successful, and having a family but there are differences now to. now haveing a car and t.v. is not such a big thing as it yous to be.
The American dream, i know for sure that my parents point of view is that every generation should live long healthy lives. In greater success then the person before. Tho i prefer to see it in a diffrent point of view. I see that the american dream would be that every individual is free to do what they wish with little restraints. Even tho this is simply a portion of my opinion i feel the need to supply an example. This weekend i wish to hang out with some people from one of my classes, but i am restrained thus far from doing so. Mainly because my mother keeps making petty excuses as to reasons why i cant go. This portion of my vision of an american dream often clashes in my opinion with my parents american dream. They wish for me to be successful, yet they want me to do it their way! There are many other points in my opinion of an american dream that i could list. Tho i feel as tho my main point is that just as we spoke in class. The american dream changes a bit with every person and mine mainly reflects off of one thing, freedom to do as i wish with little restraints.
yoro/gabby eroyan
I believe the american Dream is that everyone should be living comfortable. You dream that you should be able to own a home, a car,and provide for your children. The wages should be where a family can afford these provisions. However I am finding after watching my mother trying to survive that the American dream has to gone to hell in a hand basket.Trying to survive is a day to day thing. I find that people take utilities,food,and housing a luxury.When in reality it is a privalage.
I think the American dream has impacted my family. Mainly because through my mom's childhood she had only had one TV, and through my dad's childhood he only had a TV and a VHR. Also their families only had one car each. In my family we have five TV's, two car's, and many other devices that my parents didnt have during their childhood. I do hope that I can be more successful then my parents in the future. But who knows if it will be possible for me to be more successful with the economy as bad as it is today, and who knows what what Obama will do to the country during his presidency.
The ideal American Dream for me consists of various things. One would be to be successful in everything I do in life, such as graduate college and get a good job that will support my family. Also, I think that when I'm old and sitting in my electric scooter, I should be able to look back at my life and think, "you know what, I had a pretty good life". For my parents though, it's different. My mom and I discussed what her ideal American Dream is and she said that one of the concepts is to have good health. Another thing that she said that I really liked was, "being able to provide what your family needs, but not necessarilly what they want." I really like how my mom said this because she has basically achieved it. You can gaurentee that we have a house, food, and clothes on our backs everyday. I think that my parents' American Dream and mine are similar. Even though I did not think about the exact words my mom said, I kind of just took those things for granted and didn't really think about it. It's not so common to see homeless people on our side of the world or people who don't have food to eat. I'm not saying that we don't see them at all, because we do, I'm just saying that its easier to have these necessities where I live.
The American dream is to be successful now and in future generations. When my dad was a kid, he didnt even have a car, a tv, and he had to share a room with his sister in his family. They finally got a car when he was 10. Then a tv when he was 15. That was his American dream. Today, our family has 3 cars, 7 tvs, a camper in the backyard, xbox, wii, a pool table, and we live on a lake. Most importantly, we all have our own rooms. My parents american dreams was and still is, a lot different then mine.
The American Dream is pushing your kids to be more successful than you were, because you want better for them. You want them to be smart and have a great life when they move out. As i get older i will support the idea greatly. I am going to push my children to be brilliant and be the best they can be in their life. And i think that is what every parent wants for their child. When i talked to my parents, they agreed with what i think about it. They think that it should happen, even though it may be a little bit rough going through this economy crisis. But what we need to do, it take it and make the best we can out of it.
Supposedly the whole American Dream thing is having the next generation be more successful then yours. So i guess that means im supposed to be more successful than my parents. Also the american dream is having the normal items someone would have. I think the american dream impacts our life because it sets a goal for everyone to try and achieve. As i get older i hope to end up in a career i love that will hopefully support as my dad says "expensive living" to me that is the american dream to be able to do something you love and have it support the way you live. When i am older i will support this idea more and probably understand it more than i do now. This has impacted our lives because if it wasnt here we'd probably all not be very successful, so let's go above and beyond and try to achieve what we're capable of.
From what have read in the other blogs i think the American Dream is the next generation doing better than the first. One way i can do better that my parents is learning from their mistakes. My parents tell me about stories of when they were a child and from those stories i can make sure i dont do the same thing. Another thing i think of the American Dream as being is not only with in family but with the entire world. When you live you can make sure you do the things you need to do like recycling and such, so then the world can be set up for the next generation to succeed. One way i will help the next generation is by telling my stories and urging them to do the best they can. With a little help I do believe the American Dream can be fulfilled.
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