Are We Entitled To Essay

What, As Americans Are We Entitled To In America today, people have created a cultural belief that they are entitled to something without having to work for it, or put forth any effort, people have become lazy, unethical, and lack basic morals. Our society has become self-absorbed, and have an all about me attitude, it’s about what people are entitled to as opposed to what should be gained by their own merits. Americans have forgotten what the true meaning of entitlement is, they are only entitled to the things that are described in the Constitution, which are your inalienable rights, but then in fact those are not just given they have to be earned. There are things that people are expected to do, and things that they should do without any reward, not saying that receiving

In Arguelles’ essay when she is discussing with her son about getting good grades, and he hints that he should be paid for getting good grades, she states that “Doing well is its own reward. The A just confirms that” and she goes on to say that, “This is not to say that I would never praise my son for doing well in school. But my praise is not meant to reward or elicit future achievements, but rather to express my genuine delight in the satisfaction he feels at having done his best” (Arguelles, par. 4). Unfortunately, many children today will not do things unless they are given something in return, this is a false sense of entitlement. Children that grow up this way believe if they are entitled to something, they can accomplish it with little effort because they think it is automatically deserved, and they can become very ungrateful. If children continue to believe in this philosophy, and parents continue to contribute to these beliefs, then as adults, they will have a hard time with adjusting to