What Is A Threat To The American Dream

The american dream is often characterized or described with luxuries and fame, although this is not the wrong approach to the infamous american dream, this is the dream of the citizens of this country. But if we take a different approach and ask immigrants what their american dream is, we discover a different perspective of the american dream. For many immigrants of the country , like myself, the american dream involves prosperity and the opportunity to reach higher education. The inevitable contrast between these two different approaches to the American dream create division within the country that leads to hate, stereotypes and constructed fear.
The misconception that immigrants are a threat to american society has America at constant political …show more content…
I primarily blame their pressure due to our immigration status. My parents often spoke about college in our household, even though they themselves didn 't fully grasp what the process of college application was like. Although my parents pressure played a critical factor in my decision to attend college, my effort was mostly done for and by me. Most of my classmates, legal residents of the country, were only preoccupied with finish high school while I had the unspoken pressure to do better than average in order to get into a good college. As an undocumented students any resources, if any, that are available to us are very scarce or non-existent, therefore in order to be considered or able to apply to any universities our grades, GPA and test scores must be distinctly better than an average classmate. Unlike my classmates that have various form of government support to pay for college, my only reliable source were scholarships and The Dream Act. I tend to believe that the foundation for most of their arrogance and unrealistic future goals was due to their reliable ability to receive help from the government at any instance that they failed or found themselves unemployed. Unable to realize that college is the only trustworthy pipeline out of poverty, they dreamed of becoming singers and actors, or anything that would make the millionaires as they often liked to claim. The repeating pattern of a luxurious future and fame was clearly visible within my classmates. Their American dream often involved the ability to reach beyond what they couldn 't imagine. However, due to my circumstances I had to have realistic standards, and although I overcame many hurdles there are many more to