The American Dream is something everyone has heard about, yet not many people really understand what it means for their lives. It seems like such an important topic. People talk about it during the presidential campaign, in the news, and in many historical documents, yet most people don’t stop to really think about how it impacts them. For a lot of Americans, the first thing that comes to mind when looking at the American Dream is luxury. Everyone wants a fancy car, or a big house with a 70-inch TV to watch the Super Bowl; however, this is not what the American Dream is all about. Those are just potential products of the American Dream. I think people will realize that there is so much more to this than just material items. Yet, it is important
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Around the age of six, most kids are enrolled in some type of education program. This means that most of our life will be dictated by what we are taught from a young age, so education, in my opinion, is a very important piece to the American dream. In her essay “What Has Happened to the American Dream”, First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt compares our education system to those of other powerful countries around the world. She talks about using methods of teaching our youth about other countries and cultures, just like the Russians do with their youth. She argues that taking this approach to education will allow us to help other countries build their nations as we build ours. Though I think we should be learning about and helping out other countries, I don’t agree with her idea of “forcing” the American youth to take part in this. I believe when you force someone to do something, you are taking away their freedom. When I was in 6th grade, my family decided homeschooling was a good option for my education. Though I was still required to fulfill my high school transcript, I got to experience the freedom to decide when, how, and what I learned in school. I believe all schools should give students more freedom to choose what they want to learn and how they are
Around the age of six, most kids are enrolled in some type of education program. This means that most of our life will be dictated by what we are taught from a young age, so education, in my opinion, is a very important piece to the American dream. In her essay “What Has Happened to the American Dream”, First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt compares our education system to those of other powerful countries around the world. She talks about using methods of teaching our youth about other countries and cultures, just like the Russians do with their youth. She argues that taking this approach to education will allow us to help other countries build their nations as we build ours. Though I think we should be learning about and helping out other countries, I don’t agree with her idea of “forcing” the American youth to take part in this. I believe when you force someone to do something, you are taking away their freedom. When I was in 6th grade, my family decided homeschooling was a good option for my education. Though I was still required to fulfill my high school transcript, I got to experience the freedom to decide when, how, and what I learned in school. I believe all schools should give students more freedom to choose what they want to learn and how they are