Is The American Dream Just A Dream?

Is The American Dream Just a Dream?

The American Dream is notable to be an aspiration for a better, wealthier, and joyful life for everyone of every class. For most Americans, this requires going to college and getting a college degree, getting a good paying job, buying a house with the white picket fence and a dog, and starting a family. Although this seems wonderful, a large amount of the American population believes that the Dream has changed extremely or doesn’t believe in the dream because of increased prices in society, the price of tuition being unaffordable, as well as the unemployment rate skyrocketing and lower job growth. While some American citizens believe it has changed, others believe that the American Dream has not changed.

Upper classism is made up of only 1 to 3 percent of the United States population; the upper class holds more than 25 percent of the nation 's wealth. Middle classism is white-collar workers who have more money than those below them on the “social ladder,” but less than those above them. They are divided into two levels according to wealth, education, and status. The lower middle class is often made up of less educated people with lower incomes, such as managers, small business owners, teachers, and secretaries. The upper middle class is often made up of highly educated business and professional people with high incomes, such as doctors, lawyers, stockbrokers, and CEOs. Then there is lower classism, typified by poverty, homelessness, and unemployment. People of this class, few of whom have finished high school, suffer from lack of medical care, adequate housing and food, and decent

Unfortunately I had a friend that made the same decision as me but ended up having to move back her family couldn’t afford the value of the housing in that area. I can affirm that there is a big difference in education based on the classism. I went to a public school all my life except for two years when I attended a private Christian school. The difference between all of the schools I attended was appalling. I went to a lower class public school, middle class public school, and an upper class private school. When I attended lower class public school I didn’t have to work for anything. If I needed the grade all I had to do was show up to class and I got my “A” for being in attendance. At private school I had to work for my grade and to show that I have the same work ethics that everybody else had in the school. When I attended the middle class public school that I graduated from I had a big culture shock. The school wasn’t to “uppity” but it was a huge difference from the “inner city” public school I had