The American Dream: Dead or Alive?
The American Dream: Dead or Alive?
“The American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family”, said Sanford Weill. The tradition of the American Dream has always been based on the way people live out their lives. Although, throughout these past years some believe that the American Dream has died off. Many blame themselves for their own failure, and others blame the economy and government. The American Dream is dead because of college debt, the economy, and the individual liberty of everyday citizens. In dealing with the American Dream, most students have been known as the ones struggling the most. This year, and for the past couple of years, college debt has been a big struggle for students trying to achieve their own American Dream. The unprecedented levels of student debt have conspired to shatter the traditional American Dream. Since the student debt is rising it leads to parents' ability to pay without restoring the debt is slowly reclining. Michelle, who is a freshman in college, is concerned about the financial burden her education is placing on her and her family (Wallechinsky, 2). As opposed to many other things the cost of college degree has grown three times the rate of inflation since the late 1970's. You can tell that the American Dream is dead to them because of the struggle that is being out upon them. Although some blame others for their non-achievements, many people take full responsibility and blame themselves for not making it the way they had planned to. Individual economic success begins with self-seeking motives. That all ended with benefiting society- in order to create the American Dream (Herald, 1). Students and families put themselves into deeper situations by doing bigger things than they can actually handle. Some of the middle classed people take full
“The American Dream says that anything can happen if you work hard enough at it and are persistent, and have some ability. The sky is the limit to what you can build, and what can happen to you and your family”, said Sanford Weill. The tradition of the American Dream has always been based on the way people live out their lives. Although, throughout these past years some believe that the American Dream has died off. Many blame themselves for their own failure, and others blame the economy and government. The American Dream is dead because of college debt, the economy, and the individual liberty of everyday citizens. In dealing with the American Dream, most students have been known as the ones struggling the most. This year, and for the past couple of years, college debt has been a big struggle for students trying to achieve their own American Dream. The unprecedented levels of student debt have conspired to shatter the traditional American Dream. Since the student debt is rising it leads to parents' ability to pay without restoring the debt is slowly reclining. Michelle, who is a freshman in college, is concerned about the financial burden her education is placing on her and her family (Wallechinsky, 2). As opposed to many other things the cost of college degree has grown three times the rate of inflation since the late 1970's. You can tell that the American Dream is dead to them because of the struggle that is being out upon them. Although some blame others for their non-achievements, many people take full responsibility and blame themselves for not making it the way they had planned to. Individual economic success begins with self-seeking motives. That all ended with benefiting society- in order to create the American Dream (Herald, 1). Students and families put themselves into deeper situations by doing bigger things than they can actually handle. Some of the middle classed people take full