American Dream Thesis

Success is the highest accomplishment everybody hopes to achieve. It is never easy, but there are still multiple ways to approach it. The American Dream is the equal opportunity every citizen is given to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. This “American Dream” is different to each of us and this is due to the fact that each person is different. We each yearn for the things that we hope will in return make us happy. To each of us the details of the “American Dream” will differ but we all know that it will rarely come to us. Whatever that dream is to us, we have to take different paths and go through struggles to obtain such dream. Our journey is not going to be easy but it is something we must to.

With a good college education and dedication, most adults should be able to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. College educated individuals need to put a lot of time, sacrifice and commitment to getting their degree. For example, if a student wants to become a doctor a lot of work and emotional stability has to be required. Receiving a bachelor’s degree is one of the first steps to complete for a person with a medical major. Next they must pass the Medical College Admission Test to go into another 4 years of medical school. After graduating from medical school, the students go into their residency program which can last to 3 to 7 years

Many high school students go to college because it's expected of them, but that isn't a good reason to go. Instead of going to or finishing college, they chose to start their own businesses or follow their dream. For example, After Steve Jobs graduated high school, he enrolled in Reed College but dropped out after one semester. According to the article, Steve Jobs: An Extraordinary Career, it states that, “In 1975, the 20-year-old Jobs and Wozniak set up shop in Jobs' parents' garage, dubbed the venture Apple, and began working on the prototype of the Apple I.” That’s particularly true of those born in America, for we know that many poor immigrants achieve the American dream without having gone to school here. Their success stories are legendary. For them the door to the American dream was free enterprise and economic opportunity. Born in Moscow, Russia, when it was still part of the Soviet Union, Google co-founder Brin and his family emigrated from the U.S.S.R. when he was just 6 years old. While enrolled in a computer science Ph.D. program at Stanford University, Brin met Larry Page and eventually dropped out to start Google. Today, Brin is responsible for Google's special projects like Google Glass and self-driving cars. He owns 16% of the company and has an estimated net worth of $24.4