Essay On The American Dream
What is the American Dream? The American Dream is a dream can be interpreted in multiple ways. The way it is interpreted is based upon one’s goal they strive to accomplish in America. From my perspective, the American Dream means the pursuit of happiness, higher education, and materialism. One of the ways people strive for the American Dream is through the pursuit of happiness. Though many people search for happiness in America, they are not always able to find it. In America today people with mental illnesses are among those who struggle to find happiness. In Whitley and Henwood ‘s "Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness: Reframing Inequities Experienced By People With Severe Mental Illness" article, they discuss how difficult it can
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Today, one’s job options are limited according to how much education they have received. For example, if one person only has a high school diploma they cannot become a doctor or dentist. The more schooling Americans have, the more likely it will be that they will fulfill their dream of becoming what they want. In Sara Keene’s "Higher Education And The "American Dream": Why The Status Quo Won't Get Us There”, she discusses how she tried community college a few times but kept dropping the courses. She worked a menial wage job until she was finally fed up with it. She enrolled in a community college called Colombia College. At Colombia College she was able to find two professors that challenged her and exposed her to exciting new topics she could study. Now Sara is working on her Ph. D. at a University and is doing great. In her year of menial labor she realized, “higher education serves as a gateway into the economy, this is not its only, or even its most important, function (Keene 66) ” Higher education should not only prepare you for higher paying jobs, “it should prepare for lives filled with more intellectually demanding challenges (Keene 66).” So, for students to be mentally prepared for the more advanced jobs, they need to be challenged in higher education. Americans need this challenge in order to complete the dream of higher
Today, one’s job options are limited according to how much education they have received. For example, if one person only has a high school diploma they cannot become a doctor or dentist. The more schooling Americans have, the more likely it will be that they will fulfill their dream of becoming what they want. In Sara Keene’s "Higher Education And The "American Dream": Why The Status Quo Won't Get Us There”, she discusses how she tried community college a few times but kept dropping the courses. She worked a menial wage job until she was finally fed up with it. She enrolled in a community college called Colombia College. At Colombia College she was able to find two professors that challenged her and exposed her to exciting new topics she could study. Now Sara is working on her Ph. D. at a University and is doing great. In her year of menial labor she realized, “higher education serves as a gateway into the economy, this is not its only, or even its most important, function (Keene 66) ” Higher education should not only prepare you for higher paying jobs, “it should prepare for lives filled with more intellectually demanding challenges (Keene 66).” So, for students to be mentally prepared for the more advanced jobs, they need to be challenged in higher education. Americans need this challenge in order to complete the dream of higher