Marco Rubio states “You cannot give up on the American Dream. We cannot allow our fears and our disappointments to lead us into silence and into inaction”. Is Rubio hinting at that the American Dream is dead? First of all, the American Dream is this perception that no matter where you come from, you can make your own version of success in the United States. Accomplishing the American Dream isn’t easy either. It doesn’t come on this silver platter ready to eat, people have to sacrifice their time and effort if they want results to show. It provides endless opportunities for its people, but it all depends on how they use them. Experts nowadays are saying that the American Dream could be dead or could be fading away. Some gurus believe that the
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Even though before the Great War only the wealthiest males were supposed to attend college, that all changed after the war. After World War I, there was a sudden increase of college applications from everyone and just not the wealthiest males (“Running Wild”). There was such an increase of applications due to the youth hearing about the American Dream which encouraged them to get a college education. The American Dream was much easier to accomplish considering that a college education was only about 300 dollars in the 1920s which is exclusively 3,754 dollars in today’s world. Now if a student could attend college in today’s world for only 3,754 dollars, the student would no doubt become ecstatic considering that is dirt cheap. Students in the 1920s would have to be paying around 1,500 dollars to match what the students are paying today (“A Timeline”). Getting a degree, when the American Dream was flourishing, was also much more painless because all you needed for grades was at least a “C”, which was the average. Back in the day, the students focused more on the social aspect of college instead of the education aspect (“Running Wild”). Nowadays students almost have to get straight A’s if they want to go further into their education or to become successful. Having a more accessible college education provided by the government back in the day, assisted …show more content…
In schools, the students from higher-income families have better opportunities to succeed. The students from lower class families don’t have near as many of these opportunities and end up falling behind the higher-income students(Priester). Without these chances to get a good education, the jobs and other career opportunities become slim to none for the lower class compared to the chances the higher-income people receive. The different trajectories these two groups of people are sent on at the start of their lives cause each of them to receive different benefits and hindrances throughout their lives. The income gap between the two classes is a direct cause of these different opportunities that the two classes receive, which causes the lower class to get lower paying jobs and fewer opportunities for growth. Most of the money in the country goes to the top one percent of the population, which causes the lower class to not have the money needed for chances to grow and flourish(Mendelson). The opportunity gap that is ever-present in the population is a direct effect of widening income gap we face today
Even though before the Great War only the wealthiest males were supposed to attend college, that all changed after the war. After World War I, there was a sudden increase of college applications from everyone and just not the wealthiest males (“Running Wild”). There was such an increase of applications due to the youth hearing about the American Dream which encouraged them to get a college education. The American Dream was much easier to accomplish considering that a college education was only about 300 dollars in the 1920s which is exclusively 3,754 dollars in today’s world. Now if a student could attend college in today’s world for only 3,754 dollars, the student would no doubt become ecstatic considering that is dirt cheap. Students in the 1920s would have to be paying around 1,500 dollars to match what the students are paying today (“A Timeline”). Getting a degree, when the American Dream was flourishing, was also much more painless because all you needed for grades was at least a “C”, which was the average. Back in the day, the students focused more on the social aspect of college instead of the education aspect (“Running Wild”). Nowadays students almost have to get straight A’s if they want to go further into their education or to become successful. Having a more accessible college education provided by the government back in the day, assisted …show more content…
In schools, the students from higher-income families have better opportunities to succeed. The students from lower class families don’t have near as many of these opportunities and end up falling behind the higher-income students(Priester). Without these chances to get a good education, the jobs and other career opportunities become slim to none for the lower class compared to the chances the higher-income people receive. The different trajectories these two groups of people are sent on at the start of their lives cause each of them to receive different benefits and hindrances throughout their lives. The income gap between the two classes is a direct cause of these different opportunities that the two classes receive, which causes the lower class to get lower paying jobs and fewer opportunities for growth. Most of the money in the country goes to the top one percent of the population, which causes the lower class to not have the money needed for chances to grow and flourish(Mendelson). The opportunity gap that is ever-present in the population is a direct effect of widening income gap we face today