idea isn’t so much new as much as a
discreet we’re going early definition to
the American dream so throughout our
history on development of our nation
we’ve slowly seen a shift of goals and
aspirations focusing more on ideals of
wealth and power associated typically
with capitalistic beliefs and practices
and while this isn’t always a bad thing
in all cases the ability to engage in
free trade must for profits has slowly
mourned our political social and
economic landscape here in America some
people took an excessive advantage of
this concept picking the right oh it
took existed advantage of this concept I
crude massive wealth along the way on
with back somewhere throughout time
getting the respect of their other peers
once people get back with people at some
pieces tripled over others in order to
gain satis capital individual ideals to
change with that so now throughout our
orientation day and even to this day
right now we’re always asked the
question what do you want to be when you
grow up and that had a variety of
answers ISIL as this day but we’ve seen
a shift towards more occupations being
elicited get associated with higher
salaries or come with that bigger office
that prestige we’re choosing to enter
the rat race consciously basing our
success on economic and security as
opposed to the joy we definitely actions
that we commit
every single day and this trend isolated
us or focusing more on our own
individual beliefs concerns as opposed
to that of the community or a group at
large Natalie and I have beer booth
biology students here at Arcadia with a
limited time that we’ve had studying the
topic so we’re going to bring some
science into this but that idea the
focus on yourself or the community it
goes means everything is sincere species
eyes practice for years asses upon
thousands of years we’ve grown evolved
and developed in communities and groups
where we cooperate with one another we
work with fellowship in order for the
mutual benefit of individual and
community at large but considering this
we eventually got to the point in our
history where we we’ve got a very
tangible perception of what the American
Dream is I’m sure you guys are all very
well aware of it you have the perfect
family the husband the wife the two kids
that beautiful house of the little white
picket fence in the front yard maybe
entire spring maybe a Dalek great
because when it done and this all man is
that manifested from a shift in our
cultural paradigm from there we start to
see some trends emerge basically I serve
post-world War two you see people have
these having these crazy purges to meet
demand is one another in order
Phyllis American ideal having that
perfect family actually has many other
reasons for this you had how many people
coming back from the war other six like
that they cheated death um there are
long to celebrate makeup ended with
there’s gonna be out there maybe they
were just really really really excited
to see that’s going to be another over a
period of what I’m sure was a lot of
time without very much intimate physical
contact I’m not judging but either way
the trend persisted you can also see
throughout the housing industry though
people began buying and financing these
houses that they couldn’t really afford
in order to build up the source on that
they achieved success in the American
dream of this socially implemented
requirement of American achievement
decades of this occurring essentially we
got to the turn of the century and we
see the housing collapse and this is
just one big example of how maybe were
to take towards the ADA hope that maybe
money material possession physical
success isn’t actually everything
America itself was a big idea our
forefathers stepworth guidelines that
dictated the division of power equality
and freedom that contrasted could
current government organizations they
stated in the Declaration of
Independence that all Americans have
to life liberty and the pursuit of
happiness but what is happiness is it
having that really big house and a
really nice car is it having more money
with your neighbor and letting them know
what you do it’s up to each and every
one of us to decide what our happiness
is on immigrants came to America fleeing
oppression from Central America South
America Asia Europe when they came in to
Ellis Island the first thing I thought
was Lady Liberty’s torch then we are
tired your poor your huddled masses why
are we turned our backs on the people we
once protected we were so passionate
about accepting people that it was in
great early entrance to our country we
have so much ritas American we have the
freedom to be educated we have the
freedom to express ourselves reason to
love so why don’t we focus that freedom
it’s creating a kind compassionate
society instead of focusing on economic
prosperity he said we are employing
Americans to live more Purpose Driven
Life one with her a little bit less
about the money the prestige and the
success getting that beautiful mansion
American should want to live in new
American dream where we strive to be
kind to our neighbors when we stand for
equality and justice what the successful
American was not the one with the most
bank but the one who made the most
impact on people’s lives what makes the
American dream so American is not that
our dreams or any better or worse are
more interesting than those of our peers
but rather than our country’s
constituted of dreams that allow us to
pursue all of our extravagant logistic
goals we have so much power as Americans
we’re in a country of constant
advancement so why is our focus still on
money we can turn all of that focus into
being a kind compassionate society and
we can be all affairs and how to help
people and begin really achievers so
let’s be respectful and lower neighbors
and fellow Americans and represents you
a challenge at the next economic thought
that pops into your head if you’re
thinking about your friends who was that
amazing michael kors back and its really
really cute you don’t have it what you
worked really really hard if you save
your money and you really want it
replace that with a positive thought
about someone that you really admire
about a labor co-worker give yourself a
positive affirmation or do a good deed
let’s take the focus
of money so looking out at this crowd
looking at all the great things that
have been achieved and are waiting to be
achieved and looking out out of one
cares I am proud to be an American thank
you
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