There are four fundamental ideas that make people American; identity, hope, citizenship, and value. However, today’s culture has ventured far from this ideal.

We as a country need to get more connected with each other and stop using our smart phones and social media to speak to each other. We need to talk face to face about the countries problems and what is going on in our country.

Our final paper for Senior year (2018), my thoughts on how to improve or somewhat improve the conditions of American lives, by increasing communication.

If you want to be able to have individual liberty and opportunity, you are going to come across struggle. We live in the land of the free but in order to have this, there will be struggles that come along.

Achieving your goals and following your dreams is what is currently coined as a success in America. However, I argue that true success comes from doing something so meaningful that it positively affects the entire nation. Unity matters and education is a great way to build that.

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.

In order for more United States citizens to achieve the American Dream, the education system that is currently in place needs to be improved with a funding increase.

The problems that we are still facing in America.

Millions of people have immigrated here and in the future millions more will try. On October 17, 1933, one man moved to the United States of America. It was just a normal day, and he was just one of hundreds of people to move here on this particular day.

We all share the same dreams of success.

Schools in the United States should have equal access to education, regardless of where the school is located.

The United States is made up of so many different cultures, religions, races and that’s what makes this country beautiful.

american dream

Community is a big part of making the American Dream happen.

This is about the film American Creed.

The word freedom comes to mind when we think of the question what does it mean to be American because America is known throughout the world as a country built on freedom.

Part of being American is being able to form your own beliefs and opinions, without imposing those beliefs on others.

One thing we can’t change is the generation before will always look down and judge us. One thing our generation can do, and is already doing, is take a stand on issues that generations before us have been afraid to speak about.

My essay was about the perspectives of being an American from the eyes of Terrence Davenport. His views on struggle and unity, in my essay I write about how hearing his perspective on what it means to be American, and how it affected my views on struggle, ingenuity, and unity.

A quick thought

To me, being American is much more than just being an American citizen or living in American.

What it means to be an American.

If we put aside our differences, we are able to become, build, and do whatever we desire because we have so many freedoms and privileges.

Talented educated people are stuck living in a place where they are not able to take opportunities that will benefit them for their own good. They are not able to take their talents to better themselves because they are too poor to move away and take the opportunities.

Education is one of the most important things in your life. It is important that educators make sure that no child is left behind, especially when education is their opportunity to become so much more than they can imagine.

Through hard work, fighting for your identity, knowing who you are, and being true to yourself it can lead you to the American Dream. People need to value their opportunities and work for what they want.

Unity is fundamental element in America, yet with the current state of politics and media it has become easier to segregate ourselves from each other.

Use your voice and get to know your government better.

The American Creed film

The modern American Dream is a personal definition of success, but there is inadequate community which prevents achievement.