...Personal Responsibility and Dream of Success James W. Lago GEN/200 April 28, 2014 Mr. D. Gross Abstract Personal responsibility and dream of success will be defined by the author in relation to the author’s experience. The relationship between personal responsibility and dream of success will be briefly explained. The authors will show how personal responsibility in his life with school, families and social. The authors will tell you about his dream of success. Personal Responsibility and Dream of Success Today the dream has all but disappeared. Is it? I know I have a dream when I graduated from high school. I had set my goal that I will go to college to get BA degree in business. I set a goal when I graduated from college, and looking for a job, and get my own place. I had planned to move out of my parent’s home. That was when I set my personal responsibility, and I had a dream of success. Being personal responsibility, I set out a plan when I was a teenage; I believed that I could do it as well as other people. I always have a dream about being successful, and about getting my master degree someday, and getting my own business. That was my dream, hasn’t disappeared yet. I will always follow my dream and proof my family that I’ve completed my master degree in the future. That was my dream of success. What’s personal responsibility mean to you? I am sole responsibility for the decision in my life. I am responsible for what I choose to feel...
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...Assessment Title: | The American Experience: SAT Style Argument Essay | Task: | Suggested Engagement Scenario: In order to be well-prepared for the SAT that you will take this year, it is important to practice the essay component of the exam. That is what you will do today.Part 1: Compose a 25- minute timed SAT style argument essay. Use the rubric to guide your response to this prompt: Is the American Dream possible for all people? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your position on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.Part 2: Review anchor papers with rubric, then determine your own score. (This does not replace teacher evaluation)Part 3: (optional follow-up) Compose a diary entry focused on the American Dream from the perspective of a Colonial Era immigrant. (W.# Narrative Task) | Standards: | RI.11.7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information in order to address a question or solve a problem.W.11.1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.L.11.3: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening. | Materials: | Teacher Materials: * Teacher directions * Rubric | Student Materials: * SAT Style Essay prompt sheet ...
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...Amanda Rosa Education over the American Dream Many people come to America “the land of opportunity” in hope of the American Dream; life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Every person has the chance to achieve this well that is wrong if never given the chance to be educated. If not having the rights means how can one go out and get and education. Education now is everything without it there is no future. The most important part of the American dream is success. But how can someone achieve success without a correct education. To get the proper education money is needed. If one doesn’t have neither than it just becomes a dream. A dream will not pay bills or give you the job you want. But with an education success would be achieved as well the American Dream. Either success be owning your own company, getting the dream job, buying a house whatever success is an education is needed to achieve it. Not everyone has the same circumstance. Some people are born poor with parents who don’t have well-paying jobs or broken homes but that shouldn’t mean that you are left without an education. If everyone has an equal chance then why don’t most become successful? It is because we don’t have an equal chance. Not everyone was brought up the same or started off with the same life. In fact, college graduates earn more than twice as much as high school graduates. Some studies have found that college graduates with a bachelor’s degree earn 80% more per year than those with only a high...
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...Is College For Everyone? Daverick Aguilar RES/351 July 14, 2014 Is College For Everyone? Introduction I understand this is a business research paper, but I’d like to write about things that, I believe, are questions that make me think or topics that I feel passionate about. With that being said, I am writing about the true importance of college degrees. The businesses involve college or the education system. What is the American Dream? Originally, the American Dream is every individuals’ right to pursue happiness and a better life for themselves and their future generations. Today, that achievement is still alive however it now has a new definition. For the most part, the American Dream today is defined through tangible, material things. My personal belief still lies with the original, but since I have expensive taste it does involve material things. Now my question is how do I achieve this so-called American Dream? I understand that education is important and that along with education comes with a comfortable salary, but I believe in the possibility to achieve my ambitious desires through various forms that don’t involve a college degree. In this research, I delve into the importance of college degrees in today’s society along with considerations of oppositions. Article 1 – Why Go To College? State the purpose of the business research The purpose of this business research article discusses the achievement of the American Dream through the acquisition of a college...
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...United States is where the guaranteed human rights and I wondered the affects of Dream Act in this country. Dream Act is a contraction of Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors, provides to certain illegal students can be qualified for normal U.S citizen(Wikipedia, 2012,1 paragraph). The Dream Act had been big issue in U.S and I will focus on why the Dream Act would be good effect on U.S supported by 2 parts; economy and human resources. The Dream Act suggests to a variety of human rights issues, including the right to be free from discrimination. Even if Dream Act passed, it would just be another step in a long process. The Dream act is still much to be resolved but The Dream Act will brings the American dream for thousands of young people each year. United States can improve if they offer opportunity to undocumented students. In this writing, reader can learn that several reasons for Dream Act will good impact on United States. First of all, the Dream Act has economy benefits to United States. Under the Dream Act, it would give chance to illegal students to get better jobs. It means U.S government takes tax from them. According to UCLA North American Integration and Development Center that the total outcome of Dream Act profit from the working lives will be between $1.4 trillion and $3.6 trillion. In report from Arizona State University in 2008, that students who graduate university earns much more than who have only a high-school diploma, it approximately...
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...Fighting for Education Many people outside of the United States believe in the American Dream; having a better living than the one they have in their country. However, those who migrate to the United States illegally know the risk that they are taking, and consequences they might face. Crossing the border means death starvation, and at the same time hope. They leave their children behind while they find a job in the United States to be able to bring their children once they have sufficient money to do so. When these children reunite with their families more problems build up. Not only children but all non citizens of the United States do not have any protected rights. As a consequence, the children’s self-esteem drops, and they might develop identity problems, and/or learning disabilities with time. Each day, they hide and avoid authorities in order to not get deported back to their country. Having no rights means they have no protection, equality or justice and their dream is crushed. But in the end children are hurt the most. As a result of migrating at such early ages, they tend to adapt to the American life and wish for greater education. They seek to have a good career to then be able to provide for their families. Immigrants do have the right to receive a higher education but, at an incredible costly price. However, most of them choose not to continue their education because of lack of financial opportunities and at times fears. The number of immigrants in the United...
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...believe in the American Dream. My grandparents and parents came to this country to try to fulfill their dreams. Watching my children graduate with a degree from a higher institution is my American dream. We keep reading about how the Latino population is the fastest growing ethnic group today According to experts The Disappearing Act” the number of Americans of Hispanic decent is growing at a rate four times faster than that of the rest of the population a figure that is expected to double in forty-years (US Census Bureau 2003). This trend for Hispanic population tend to be of the younger population which means a driving workforce growth. America has yet to seize on the college market for the Latino society. Hispanic men are continuing to disappear from the American Education Landscape in large numbers. According to Men of color it states, “Even as the total number of Latina/os attending college and attaining degrees has increased steadily in recent decades, the proportional representation of Latino male continues to decline relative to their female peers” (Saenz and Ponjuan 2009).There are many challenges that young Hispanic men have to overcome that other groups are not faced with, social and economic limitations, language barrier, being the first generation to graduate college and cultural stereotypes. Some of these issues are identifiable but too many get unnoticed and unaware for school personnel to be able to intervene and help these students. Education provides the tools...
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...Chicano 10B 22 August 2014 The Struggles of Undocumented Students What is the dream of an Undocumented Student? The dream of an undocumented student is to pursue the American Dream of becoming someone professional and having the opportunity to help their family back in their country. What are the reasons that the government does not want undocumented students to continue pursuing an education after they graduate from High School? The government does not focus on what undocumented students dream of becoming in the future. What they do focus on are the jobs they are taking from our country. Undocumented students are being denied the privilege of attending college because they are unaware of their rights to attend college. Every year, there are many undocumented students from different countries migrating to the United States. They migrate from El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala in search for a better life. However, once they arrive to the United States they are faced with many obstacles that they did not know existed. Many undocumented students graduate from high schools, but only a few get the opportunity to pursue the American Dream because they do not have the right documentations. I believe the government should give undocumented student a visa in order for them to pursue their dreams. Chicanos and Latinos students are being affected by this situation because most of them end up going back to their countries. Other students end up working in low wage jobs for example...
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...price, going to college is still worth it. College is a lot more than four years reading textbooks and partying on the weekends. It is a time to grow. It is a time to learn. It is a time to explore. As stated in College Calculus, “If there is one thing most Americans have been able to agree on over the years, it is that getting an education, particularly a college education, is a key to human betterment and prosperity” (Cassidy). Getting an education is one of biggest values in American culture. This quote takes that value Americans share and demonstrates how important it is. When students head off to college, they have a sense of discovery. Beginning to learn who they are outside...
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...Students and Access To Higher Education in America Juan M. Galvan Liberty University Abstract This paper exposes the urgency to implement an immigration reform that would eliminate educational and occupational barriers to millions of undocumented students that want to pursue a postsecondary education. The information in this research examines the impact undocumented students may have in society and the economy of this country. There are thousands of undocumented students that graduate high school every year and have no opportunities to pursue a higher education degree, thus increasing the chances of poverty in this country, increase in unemployment and a serious negative shift in the economy. Given the increase role that immigrants and their children play in American society in the coming years, it is essential to give as many young people as possible the opportunity to enroll an succeed in postsecondary education. This should push for policy makers and educators to focus on increasing immigrants’ participation in postsecondary education to ensure the long-run strength of the U.S economy. By providing legal residency or working permit as a condition to earn a degree to contribute to society it will definitely increase this nation’s economy and reduce unemployment and poverty. UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS AND HIGHER EDUCATION The educational system in the United States offers the opportunity to millions of students to receive an education from preschool to high school...
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...towards the US. For three months he was a stow away with the help of some of his friends who was heading to america as well. One morning we looked out the window to see a massive statue, and the land of the american dream. He was my great great grandfather. The american dream was alive and well through the life of the United States, but about 15 years ago it came to a screeching halt. College has become so important that you can't get a well paying job to climb the social ladder. America is the place where you can come, start a business, and achieve your american dream, supposedly. How can one achieve their american dream when eight out of ten businesses fail. But what pulled the plug on the already...
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...American Dream No Longer Reality? The United States is in really poor shape with the recession. In Bob Herbert’s article “Hiding from Reality,” he points out that unless the United States makes some drastic changes, the American Dream will fade away due to the increasing difficulties people will have in trying to reach it. The main problems include struggling to find a job after college, struggling to buy a home and car and paying for them, and overall issues with recession in the United States. Getting a degree and a college education is a great thing, but what use is it if people cannot find jobs? According to Herbert, there is not much of the American dream left (564). The economy is in terrible shape; the education in public schools is not as good as it should be, there are budget deficits and overseas warfare. This all show the horrible and sad shape that our country is in. The problem is, according to Herbert, that we as Americans are in denial about the extent of the rot in our system (564). We are in such bad shape that it can take a decade or more for employment to rise back to a level where one can say that the economy is good. This is due to the slow progress we are making in trying to improve the economy. Workers born in foreign countries gained 656,000 jobs while workers born in the US lost 1.2 million jobs in 2009 (Herbert 564). However, the immigrant workers experienced much less pay than Americans would have received. This shows that many places will hire immigrants...
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...College and the American Dream Jenny Golightly Western Governors University College and the American Dream The term “American Dream” was first introduced by James Truslow Adams in his book “The Epic America”. He felt “life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement” (American Dream, 2014). For decades, people have lived by the promise that a strong work ethic, dedication, and honesty can lead to a better life. Unfortunately, today, many Americans find this is not the case. No longer does hard work guarantee that one can provide a comfortable lifestyle for their families, save for retirement, or afford to send their children to college. The dream of being able to send their children to college is fading for many Americans and is an example of societal inequality described in the conflict theory. Conflict theory does not view society as a system but as social groups experiencing unequal power, money, and unequal life chances. This leads to struggles and oppression for the lower classes while the upper class continues to prosper. According to Phil Oliff, a policy analyst with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Higher education attainment is growing increasingly important. Getting a college degree is increasingly a prerequisite for success in the workforce and entry in the middle class” (Sherter, 2013). Statistics have shown that the level of education correlates with the level of earning...
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...The “American Dream” is defined as, according to Dictionary.com, “the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.” Many people face obstacles in the attempt to pursue this dream, some obstacles larger than others. People come to realize that the idea they had of the American Dream is not always how they expected it to be. They also realize the many hardships, successes and failures on the way to achieving this dream. Some of today’s obstacles to achieving the “American Dream” are that some people that want to obtain this lifestyle have no money, no education, and no determination. It is believed that money is needed to make money, and while this is not completely true, someone with less...
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...The American Dream Text 2 is written by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the governor of California, and published in “the U.S. News & World Report’s” website in 2008. In this text Arnold Schwarzenegger tells his story about how he moved from Austria to the USA to follow the American dream. In this process he learnt three important things about what it means for immigrants to live the American dream. First they’ll have to learn the language to be able to participate in the society. “First, learn the English language (...) so you can participate fully in the life of the nation and make the most of living in this country.” - line 13-16. The next important thing is to take an active share in the democracy to be a part of the USA which builds on democratic values. “Participate in the political process” – line 20, “To keep it strong and to effect real chance, you have to be involved.” – line 24-25. The last and most important thing is to give some of that back that one has achieved for example by giving support to voluntary afterschool programs. “Give something back, and not only will you lift up others, but you will lift yourself up too.” – line 54-55 Text 3 is written by a journalist named Anya Kamenetz and published on “Yahoo Finance’s” website in 2008. Anya Kemenetz describes how the economic crises have wounded the traditional American dream and how a new is about to rise. This shakes the traditional American dream of increased wealth makes you happy and makes her wonder...
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