The American Dream is alive because people from other countries continue to immigrate to the United States and successfully achieve their dream of getting a Job, a better education, and luxuries. The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States, a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and an upward social mobility achieved through hard work. The definition of the American Dream by James Tortuous Adams in 1931, “life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement regardless of social class or circumstances of birth”.
What it means is that every human being, no matter where he or she is from has the right to achieve the American dream. First, people come to the U. S. To find Job opportunities that they couldn’t have in their homeland. There are many Job opportunities out there in the U. S. , if you really work hard you will achieve in finding a Job. For example, one of my friends came to America about 10 years ago. He was not able to afford anything in Mexico because he was getting pay less than the minimum wage. Now that he is in America he found a well pay Job. Moreover, he supports his family that ivies in Mexico; he has his own car, cell phone etc.
He was not able to get all of these things in his homeland because there aren’t many opportunities. Another example is Luis Rajas; he came to the United States with hopes of finding a Job. He struggled a lot until he found a Job. He told me that in his homeland there were Job opportunities but with low minimum wage and since everything was expensive he couldn’t afford to live there. It was then that he decided to pursue the American dream. Now he is working for Tests motors. Tests motor is a California-based company that designs, manufactures and sells electric cars and electric vehicle power train components.
He is very happy to work for Tests because he is getting pay well. He can support his parents and have a better life than the one they had in their homeland. People who work hard will get ahead. Sometimes you might not get ahead by working hard but you have to keep going until you achieved it. Sooner or later you will find a Job that will help pursue your goals in life. Second, people come to America for a better education. In Mexico you have to pay a lot of money to go school and many people Anton afford to pay for it.
People come to America to be able to get a better education. The benefit of studying in America compared to Mexico is the fact that parents do not need to pay money in order to enroll their kids in school because is free. For example, when I was in MOIC I thought I would never be able to go high school because in Mexico you have to pay an enrollment fee. In MOIC you have to wear uniforms, you have to buy them which are really expensive and back then we couldn’t afford many stuff. Now in America I’m going to college and I’m pursing my rarer to become a crime technician.
Education in America also gives you the benefit of government aid which allows college students to be able to pay for college. In contrast, Mexico universities/ colleges do not offer governmental aid. Last but not least, the American dream is to be able to obtain luxuries that you find hard to obtain in your home country. For example, one of the simples’ luxuries in America is TV cable such as Compact, direct TV, dish, AT, etc. Some of the reasons to why is so hard to obtain this service are because is expensive and some of Mexico parts are undeveloped.
Another simple yet necessary luxury in America is an automobile. Most people in MOIC do not own a car and they are dependent on public transportation such as buses, Bart, and motivate. A motivate is a motorcycle with passenger seats attached to its back to provide service as a taxi. Moreover, the use of public transportation is one of the causes of an unsafe environment in MOIC. Many families choose a safer environment for their American dream as part of a necessity. The main reason to why public transportation is dangerous is due to the fact that is to owned by a government system.
Since any person is able to provide public transportation as a service there is no cost regulation. Also, drivers do not have a safe place to keep the money they charge making them and their passengers vulnerable to robbery. In contrast, in America, public transportation is owned by a governmental system and the driver has no access to the money that passengers pay. Although people continue to immigrate to America, a few people do not achieve the American dream no matter how hard they work. There are a few Job opportunities out there ND millions of unemployed people.
For example Alexandra Jarring, a 49 years old female, worked for a small technology company near New York City, earned $56,000 a year, had petrol in her car and a roof over her head. She was enrolled in a graduate business school. Then, two years ago, she lost her Job. She received her last unemployment payment in March, putting her among the first wave of “errs” who have come to the end of their 99 weeks of entitlement to benefits. People that have a job might not know that tomorrow they could be losing their Job due to the bad economy and could be living in the streets as Alexandra Jarring.
Even though the American dream is alive, there are people that cannot afford to go college because they do not receive support from financial aid due to their citizenship status. For example my friend wanted to go college but he couldn’t afford it because he couldn’t get financial aid due to its citizenship status. A downside to the educational system is that in some cases financial aid does not fully cover college expenses, making students to get loans. When students with loans finally graduate they end up having high debt which they are unable to pay due to the lack of Job opportunities.
In conclusion, the American dream is well alive because there are many Job opportunities available for people. The American education system makes it possible for students who want to advance their education to do so. Financial aid in America support students to be able to pay for college expenses. In addition, what might be seen as a necessity in America, in other parts of the world it’s a luxury. This is the main driving force that drives people to come to America in search of the American dream.
