I would define “American Dream” as something that is fluid and not concrete concept. It is something that changes and means something different to each individual. The “American Dream” might be able to categorized into a general dream, but there will likely be someone who’s “American Dream” goes against it. For my “American Dream” it is to be working toward bettering not only my life, but also others. That I am able to build a family that is centered in faith and that I am able to set up opportunities for my future children to achieve their “American Dream”.
The “American Dream” was part of my childhood and was something that pushed as something that we needed to achieve. In this was a double edge where parents pushed for us to successful, did not value school. My parents always showed that with hard work and teamwork we could make anything happen. They built a family culture of giving more than we …show more content…
Working in a field is predominantly women who have chosen to work hard to support others even if it is not the most lucrative. These are women with family’s that are caring for their own children and at least 20 others on a daily basis. This connects to “Mothers in America seemed capable of miracles—returning to work just a few weeks after giving birth, pumping milk between meetings, and working at home on the weekends by managing children with one hand and their BlackBerrys with the other. I was certain I could never function at that level (Partanen pg. 22)” The idea that Partanen brought up in her book truly connects to the American dream of many of my colleagues and friends. Knowing what people are going through and having empathy is the most important things that we can do. We need to work together as a community to build each other up so that we may all achieve our American dream. This is instead of the idea of knocking on how people
The “American Dream” was part of my childhood and was something that pushed as something that we needed to achieve. In this was a double edge where parents pushed for us to successful, did not value school. My parents always showed that with hard work and teamwork we could make anything happen. They built a family culture of giving more than we …show more content…
Working in a field is predominantly women who have chosen to work hard to support others even if it is not the most lucrative. These are women with family’s that are caring for their own children and at least 20 others on a daily basis. This connects to “Mothers in America seemed capable of miracles—returning to work just a few weeks after giving birth, pumping milk between meetings, and working at home on the weekends by managing children with one hand and their BlackBerrys with the other. I was certain I could never function at that level (Partanen pg. 22)” The idea that Partanen brought up in her book truly connects to the American dream of many of my colleagues and friends. Knowing what people are going through and having empathy is the most important things that we can do. We need to work together as a community to build each other up so that we may all achieve our American dream. This is instead of the idea of knocking on how people