I wrote this essay with the intended goal of explaining the idea that even though America is "ideal" there is an unspoken animosity against specific communities. Prejudice and ignorance need to be addressed and conquered. If not then history will repeat itself.

Americans are resilient and we know that failure is never an option, and we have known this throughout the entire history of our country.

Why the right to protest is the American Creed.

Does the amount of value you place on your family alter with the knowledge of ancestral background? For me, the two are unrelated, but I interviewed my family as well and realized it's not where you came from, it's where you're going; experiences are more meaningful than history.

In our podcast we talk about what it means to be an American and what issues matter the most to us.

How American individualism sets us apart from other nations. For better or for worse.

An evaluation of the American stereotype

My project, through interviews, explores the relationship between being an American and cultural background. My interview subjects are high school students with varying cultural backgrounds.

Audio interview of someone who immigrated here from Romania and their outlook on the American Creed.

Is education the key to the American dream? I write about why I value education and how it became important to me.

My piece explores leaders who have fought back against discrimination and created opportunities for future generations of Americans.

America is beginning to lose some of our founding morals and beliefs. Some of our values like opportunity or privilege are not the same as they used to be.

My family has a history of serving in the military and it has engraved in me a high sense of patriotism. Each stanza in the poem is directed to a specific audience, friends and family, government, and fellow soldiers; also each photo relates in someway to each stanza.

A comparison of the American Creed throughout my families history.

What it means to be an American as a multiracial individual.

Diversity and equality go hand in hand. One's culture can determine how much they are open to the issue of diversity and being different and how, other than those who are open minded, there still are people who cause conflicts due to their biases.

To me, being an American means creating your own story.

Through the experiences of talking to my mother, who was born and raised and Ukraine, I came to learn an important lesson on what it means to be "American".

In America, there are those who are affluent and those who are not. I am just one person but I speak for many when I say I lived a less affluent life as a child, and will likely experience being impoverished again when I am older. Knowing this, I ask myself, what can be done?

Being an American is understanding and learning from each other.

Success in America can be achieved in many ways. One large foundation for success is the Military. My family has lived up to the idea of personal success through the military. Their stories speak for themselves.

Look at the larger picture to acknowledge, through the generations, how customs and values came to be and can be tied back to the idea that America’s composed of individuals, with their own ethnicity, customs, traditions, and opinions; honoring how they have been modified.

Political polarization has become a huge issue in our country and by telling our own personal stories we can help to create a greater level of understanding to combat this issue.

An examination on the similarities of how children of immigrants view their privileges and what it means to be an American.

This piece is about our country being built on equality, but is the land of inequality. I talk about racism over and the people of our country lying about our country. My piece makes you think about our country in a different light and the realities some people face.

This is my story.