Ashley Gay
Dr. Neilson
English 111-4212
11/6/17
The Struggle to Reach the American Dream
The expenses of things such as school are going up while the salary people are making is staying the same. Growing up my mom and dad each worked one job. My dad was a firefighter and my mom was an accountant. Each parent working one job was enough for me to get through most of my schooling. However, when I reached eleventh grade my dad got a second job as a truck driver to help with the cost of high school and college. Like my dad, many Americans struggle with this issue. Due to the class distinction over the years, it has become harder for workers to reach the benefits they desire.
Machines are making it more difficult for workers to obtain higher paying …show more content…
Robert Reich claims that more jobs that involve labor are being replaced. Reich states, “Also vanishing are lower-and middle-level management jobs involving routine production” (217). Someone who experienced this was my great grandmother. She worked at factory making hose. She had a boss position while working there. A few years after retiring from her job the factory was shut down. Another example of this is my friends grandfather used to work at a glass plant. Soon after leaving the plant it was shut down just like my grandmother’s factory that she worked at. There are not as many factory jobs as there used to be. This is due to more improvements in technology. This is causing people to have to go back to school in order to know how to work the technology that might be in newer factories. Along with that people might need certain experience or certification needed to work the technology or machines in the factory. There are not as many jobs that require labor but more that require you to work with new high-end technology. This is hurting the lower classes because they don’t know how to use the technology. More factory jobs are being replaced as time goes on.
In conclusion, there are several factors that keep Americans from reaching the American Dream. Some of these factors are machines, outsourcing, higher education, and income staying the same. These factors are progressing more as time passes which makes it more …show more content…
“The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media
Company, 26 Apr. 2016, www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/my-secret-shame/476415/.
Gabler, Neal. “Neal Gabler.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, www.theatlantic.com/author/neal-gabler/.
GRANVILLE, BINYAMIN APPELBAUM and KEVIN, et al. “Binyamin Appelbaum.” The
New York Times, The New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017, www.nytimes.com/by/binyamin-appelbaum.
Giudice, Vincent Del, and Wei Lu. “America's Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Replaced by
Robots.” Bloomberg.com, Bloomberg, 26 Apr. 2017, www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-26/america-s-rich-poor-divide-keeps-ballooning-as-robots-take-jobs.
Miller, Claire Cain. “As Robots Grow Smarter, American Workers Struggle to Keep Up.” The
New York Times, The New York Times, 15 Dec. 2014, www.nytimes.com/2014/12/16/upshot/as-robots-grow-smarter-american-workers-struggle-to-keep-up.html.
Miller, Claire Cain, et al. “Claire Cain Miller.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 18 Oct. 2017, www.nytimes.com/by/claire-cain-miller.
Reich, Robert B. “Why the Rich Are Getting Richer, and the Poor, Poorer.” Wake Tech English 111 Reader, 2nd ed., pp.
Dr. Neilson
English 111-4212
11/6/17
The Struggle to Reach the American Dream
The expenses of things such as school are going up while the salary people are making is staying the same. Growing up my mom and dad each worked one job. My dad was a firefighter and my mom was an accountant. Each parent working one job was enough for me to get through most of my schooling. However, when I reached eleventh grade my dad got a second job as a truck driver to help with the cost of high school and college. Like my dad, many Americans struggle with this issue. Due to the class distinction over the years, it has become harder for workers to reach the benefits they desire.
Machines are making it more difficult for workers to obtain higher paying …show more content…
Robert Reich claims that more jobs that involve labor are being replaced. Reich states, “Also vanishing are lower-and middle-level management jobs involving routine production” (217). Someone who experienced this was my great grandmother. She worked at factory making hose. She had a boss position while working there. A few years after retiring from her job the factory was shut down. Another example of this is my friends grandfather used to work at a glass plant. Soon after leaving the plant it was shut down just like my grandmother’s factory that she worked at. There are not as many factory jobs as there used to be. This is due to more improvements in technology. This is causing people to have to go back to school in order to know how to work the technology that might be in newer factories. Along with that people might need certain experience or certification needed to work the technology or machines in the factory. There are not as many jobs that require labor but more that require you to work with new high-end technology. This is hurting the lower classes because they don’t know how to use the technology. More factory jobs are being replaced as time goes on.
In conclusion, there are several factors that keep Americans from reaching the American Dream. Some of these factors are machines, outsourcing, higher education, and income staying the same. These factors are progressing more as time passes which makes it more …show more content…
“The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media
Company, 26 Apr. 2016, www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/05/my-secret-shame/476415/.
Gabler, Neal. “Neal Gabler.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, www.theatlantic.com/author/neal-gabler/.
GRANVILLE, BINYAMIN APPELBAUM and KEVIN, et al. “Binyamin Appelbaum.” The
New York Times, The New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017, www.nytimes.com/by/binyamin-appelbaum.
Giudice, Vincent Del, and Wei Lu. “America's Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Replaced by
Robots.” Bloomberg.com, Bloomberg, 26 Apr. 2017, www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-26/america-s-rich-poor-divide-keeps-ballooning-as-robots-take-jobs.
Miller, Claire Cain. “As Robots Grow Smarter, American Workers Struggle to Keep Up.” The
New York Times, The New York Times, 15 Dec. 2014, www.nytimes.com/2014/12/16/upshot/as-robots-grow-smarter-american-workers-struggle-to-keep-up.html.
Miller, Claire Cain, et al. “Claire Cain Miller.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 18 Oct. 2017, www.nytimes.com/by/claire-cain-miller.
Reich, Robert B. “Why the Rich Are Getting Richer, and the Poor, Poorer.” Wake Tech English 111 Reader, 2nd ed., pp.