American Dream

The American Dream Looking at society today, the American Dream is a hoax; it is a belief that exists only in our imagination, trying to keep people on track and in the right direction. In past years, the American Dream was not only a belief but a promise to the American people. A promise that if you worked hard, went to school and got a degree, you were promised a good job which in turn brought you wealth, a nice house, a full family, and all the cliché ideas of the perfect life. These days, these ideas will remain thoughts and dreams unless you take on a different course of action; or at least do more in addition to attending school. You can no longer attend college, come out debt free, knowing you have a supportive job to begin your life ahead. The majority of college students today graduate with anywhere from 20k to 100k in debt, and some aren’t able to pick up a good job immediately. Not all are able to lower their monthly payments to only 20 or 40 dollars a month until it’s paid off. Others have to pay upward around 400 dollars a month just for student loans, that doesn’t include your house payment, car payment, and any other bills or expenses one faces after graduation. My goal in life is to be successful. In my head, success only comes in having what I want, and being debt free. Already I have 20k in student loans because I attended Ohio State University my freshman year of school. I transferred to Columbus State because I have intentions on possibly going into education with my chemistry degree. Had I continued through Ohio State, I know for a fact there would be no possibility of me overcoming my debt in the early stages of my adult life. I refuse to look for an American dream. It’s not possible anymore and it doesn’t exist. People used to look at life and how they could be successful. Now, Americans are on the defense and look at life and how they are going to make a good living without incurring more debt than they can handle, and if