The American's dream

My American Creed is that Americans have had the opportunities to work hard to take advantage of the markets and systems in America so that they can achieve their life goals and dreams and do what they love.

By Zack H. from Staples High School in Connecticut

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Staples High School

Herzog 2A 18-19

This group is dedicated to Mrs. Herzog's English 2A 18-19 class to share their responses to the five invitations.

Family Footsteps

My podcast is me interviewing my two brothers and Dad. I asked them all about mottos. We all believe our main motto is to be the best you can be. In conclusion, our American Creed is being the best you can be, leads you to be resilient in whatever you do in life.

Choose your path

This picture is about a kid that is looking up to his father. The father is giving him a present of good values. There is also a lightning bolt blocking the good values by social media. A TV, book and a phone can easily change your views. You have to choose your path.

The Sculpting Form of Equality

Everybody deserves to be treated equally no matter their race/cultural background. Everyone should also be able to express their feelings and beliefs in order to help others understand their situation.

The Myth of the American Dream

The illusion of the American Dream has misleadingly lead minorities into a mindless society. In America, we are known as the land of opportunity and success. By us remaining ignorant to the inequalities that still exist, we have allowed thousands of innocent lives to be ruined.

American Creed: Perception Versus Reality

With this essay, I was able to explore the realities of the American creed for minorities by incorporating the voices from various races and ethnicities. This essay also highlights the selectivity in our nation as to who gets utilise their voice and who doesn't; thus speaking out

Unseen similarities

As an expatriate, I was able to experience both European and North American values and found that they are remarkably similar. To show this I created an image of myself using both European and American civil rights articles.

The Importance of the American Dream

My parent's stories about overcoming racial and economic adversity in different ways transform my American Creed into making sure everybody has opportunities to overcome their challenges and live their American Dream.

Restoring Our Beliefs

My grandparents have told me countless stories about them immigrating to the United States when they were seventeen. Their stories taught me about how important America's values of opportunity and equality are, and they now need to be revitalized.

The Melting Pot

America is a melting pot of people, beliefs, and dreams. Everybody has dreams, and everybody wishes they would come true. I believe that America should be a place where the opportunity to follow your dreams is available to everyone.

Holding the Door

I feel what guides us is what we believe to be right. I came to the conclusion that my creed is following the beliefs of leaders that have fought discrimination; to me that is what I think is right. Here is my art piece that reflects this creed:

The Continuation of the Constitution

The Constitution has been the highest law in America for 200 years, yet today, this law is not reaching far enough to continue to represent the freedoms all Americans must possess. As our society shifts, the Constitution must adapt to the people’s needs.

Our Forever Number One Fans

Family and community motivate us in life unlike any other person or factor in the world and help us become the best version of ourselves we can be. My parent's immigrant past filled with hard work and perseverance has shown me who I want to be and shapes my American Creed today.

SEA OF OPPORTUNITY

I decided to showcase my ideas about diverse Americans and their views on American creed through an art piece. My ideas were highly influenced by classic American art and analysis of society and diversity. This connected back to my community and my own American creed.

Views of Rushmore

This image showcases the different views of the American creed and the difference between how diverse and non-diverse Americans see it.

It Doesn't Matter Where You Came From

I chose this project because I wanted to further my understanding of all perspectives of what people expect from U.S and how diversity impacts the way people see U.S.I was able to relate the interviews back to myself and my own community by thinking about my own American Creed.

Made In America

My poetry anthology is about my thoughts and the world that influences them. Everything from American history to random thinking, are all compiled into one anthology.

Ignorance: Anything but Bliss

My piece is focused on how my family and the community I grew up in have shaped my American Creed. Many of my family members are immigrants and I grew up in a town where I am a minority, giving me a unique perspective concerning equal treatment for minorities.

The Hand Me Down That I Will Never Outgrow

I expressed my ideas by writing about my family’s work ethic and personal connections to patients and customers. This helps one become successful not only in the business world, but in life. My family’s morals helped me developed a creed for my own.

The American Opportunity

This is about how my family shaped my American Creed through their story and beliefs of how they succeeded.

Creed of Rights

My American creed is that anyone and everyone should be able to do what they want, regardless of societal limitations. But, as you'll see, even I'm limiting myself with my current creed. Let's change that.

America: The Dark Side of the Dream

My essay is regarding our country's foundation of the American Dream, and how it eventually influenced my family to emigrate to the States, even in the present day of unjust immigrant laws.

Past to Present

My piece is a response to the second invitation, "How does your family & community history connect to your American creed?" After research and deep self-reflection, I have determined what my own American Creed is. It revolves around American principles and my family.

Climbing to Success

This photo represents how my grandparents self-perseverance have built my American creed. The three phases under the staircase show how my grandparents self-perseverance allowed them to create good lives for themselves and their family.

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My American Creed

My American Creed is my support system because of the way it helped shape the young adult I am. This system consists of my family and teachers. It is my American Creed because of how much value they have to me.

The Importance of Family

my American creed is the importance of family

How my Grandfather influenced my view on American Creed

My grandfather worked his way from the bottom to achieve success, and his experiences serve as the basis of my American Creed

Union

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” ― Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche You are yourself, along with others you make a community. Each part, with their histories, are equally as important.

The American Opportunity

This is about how my family shaped my American Creed through their story and beliefs of how they succeeded.

Interview with my Grandmother from Korea

In order to answer the question "how does your family and community history connect to your American creed?" I interviewed my grandmother who immigrated from Korea in 1973 to learn about what drew her to America.

How does your family & community history connect to your American creed?

My American Creed is about both sides of my family immigrating from both Italy and Russia.

My American Creed

This is a video about my own American Creed and how it has been influenced by my family and their experiences when immigrating to America.

American Creed Project

How my family and community has shaped my understanding of what it means to be an American

Your Future Is In Education

Through the stories of two immigrants who made a good life for themselves in America, I explain how education is your path to fulfilling your American dream and how some are unfortunate enough to not have this opportunity.

Community Through Education

The American Creed by using educational differences to build a community.

American Creed - Diversity

My American creed is to be a real American, one needs to live to their full potential and strive to be the greatest they can be. My interview with my parents, about their different cultures, helps me understand how they are the American they are today.

More responses from Connecticut

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Pop's Story

I wrote a story about my Pop, who grew up in poverty, and how he proves that the American Dream is, in fact, attainable to any American through hard work, perseverance despite wealth, social status, and circumstances at birth.

American Creed

My project represents how my Hispanic ethnicity from my parents influences myself as an American and my story of who I am.

The Importance of the American Dream

My parent's stories about overcoming racial and economic adversity in different ways transform my American Creed into making sure everybody has opportunities to overcome their challenges and live their American Dream.

How does your family & community history connect to your American creed?

My piece is about how my family is connects to my American Creed. In this instance I wrote a photo story explaining how it does. I write about the journey my parents took from Afghanistan to Russia to The United States.

My American Creed

Being an individual that is quite diverse, I have been profoundly influenced by my parents' experiences.

No One is Illegal

I wrote this poem to express how I feel about immigration, as an immigrant.

Expectations of America

This piece is an attempt to explain what it takes to move one's entire life across the world. It shows what makes one want to leave and what makes one choose America. The boy pictured is my father at age 11, on the bottom, where he came from; above, where he wanted to go.

Integration of Cultures

My piece explores diversity within America and how I integrate my culture and American culture into my life. This has helped me balance between different aspects of each while learning that the true definition of an American is the blending of differing backgrounds.

The Importance of Education

This piece expresses my American creed and how my values about education and hard work have shaped me and the decisions I make. Different perspectives are incorporated to illustrate similar beliefs and how other peoples creeds tie into my own.

The Continuation of the Constitution

The Constitution has been the highest law in America for 200 years, yet today, this law is not reaching far enough to continue to represent the freedoms all Americans must possess. As our society shifts, the Constitution must adapt to the people’s needs.

Your Experience is Everything

Using audio of interviews to discuss how diverse Americans adapt and view the reason they believe means to be American.

Mass incarceration

Ray Nasser and Alex Nemec

More responses about "connecticut", "dream", "freedom", and "hard work"

Surprise Me

How reachable is your American Dream?

In this podcast you will understand what an American Dream is and how to reach it. With our special guest giving us their perspective on their very own American dream.

Why I am American

This is how me and my family have helped out in the community of people who were less fortunate than others, or are growing too old to be able to help themselves, or people who have been hurt in a battle or other accident.

American Creed:Through a Veteran's Eyes

I am beyond excited to be able to share my grandfather's story not only because I find it touching, but because I think others should know how my grandfather has contributed to my family's American creed.

Maljusted States Of America

A short depiction of what America is really like. What people think of America and the truth about America can be totally different. It is not the greatest and sometimes its not united. Its a madjusted system.

America Is.....

I wrote this poem to show the good and the bad in America. I wanted to highlight the good things about our country but I also draw awareness to the bad things to encourage people to make a change.

American creed

American dream, for people to be able to succeed if they work hard enough.

American Creed: Perception Versus Reality

With this essay, I was able to explore the realities of the American creed for minorities by incorporating the voices from various races and ethnicities. This essay also highlights the selectivity in our nation as to who gets utilise their voice and who doesn't; thus speaking out

American Creed Interview

Inspired by the American Creed documentary, we decided to make our own version by interviewing people of different ages, races and gender to get the diverse views of students at our high school. We found many commonalities and many differences among Americans.

The American Dream

What our group talked about was what it meant to be an American. We talked about our personal experiences, past history, and we also had to reflect off of what one another said.

American Dream

This article is about the American dream and how to get there.

The Problem in Freedom

What if the freedom of speech is why we still have bullying?

American Freedom

Freedom is an essential aspect to the life of all Americans.

America, The Land of the Free?

America is called the land of the free and we are supposed to have enumerable rights. Minorities in this country have to endure many hardships and only when everyone can come together as equals will America be a great country.

The "United" States of America

This essay is about the lack of connection between today's American people and their country. I touch on the lack of sense of community that we have today, the struggles we face as Americans, and the mistrust and lack of power that people often feel when they think of government.

Inspiring Talents

I believe that we inspire each other.

American creed

I wrote about a variety of topics because I thought they were key points that I needed to hit. This is my opinion on what I think the American Creed is.

American Creed.

Blocking each other's paths through following your own is never going to allow for a mobile American Dream, which will never repower the America that once was.

American Creed

Our country has made a habit of taking for granted the opportunities we have as Americans. We are growing further and further away from each other and we need something to hold us together. We can start with appreciating what we have as Americans.

My Family History

My piece is about my family history and the lessons we have learned through the years.

American Fundamentals

It doesn't matter where we come from, or what our backgrounds may be. All that matters, is fundamentals.

Shattered Glass

During our American Creed project, we all made a digital story to represent our personal idea of what the American Creed means to us. I saw the American Creed as a representation of Patriotism, Equality, Unity, and Freedom.

Native Americans Matter

From this poster, I can conclude that Native Americans have helped us evolve and helped our community. Native americans have now helped us represent our country and the freedom to do whatever we want. Now, this is how the American Creed has helped us shape our community.

Diversity and Tolerance in America

Diversity is debated in America. This essay shows the validity of those who support and don't support diversity, and how diversity creates tolerance.

Dreams in America

Callie C., Trinity A. and M. Rodriquez wondered what future generations appreciate about America and what their dreams are for their future. Interviews of students in the kindergarten class at Evergreen Elementary School yielded some interesting answers about America.

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