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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
The American Dream basically is to be able to earn a decent living, provide for your family, and retire comfortably while you are still able to enjoy it.
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Originally posted by Shura Balaganov:
Can you please explain to me how do you understand American Dream, I have hard times figuring it out on my own...
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Of course! But the American Dream is achievable in America. That is really the point.Originally posted by Shura Balaganov:
So how is that "American"? Isn't it everyone's dream?
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Originally posted by Corey McGlone:
Of course, you can always go with Frank Zappa's definition of the American Dream, but I think I'll avoid that topic. It may be deemed "incredibly inappropriate" for MD. :roll:
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So how is that "American"? Isn't it everyone's dream (some extremists excluding)?
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Originally posted by Jason Menard:
You seem to think that we all measure success in strictly monetary terms or by fame or something. You couldn't be more mistaken.
The rest isn't really worth commenting on, but I thought you touched on a couple of points here that struck a nerve with me.
First off, you seem to allude to the fact that in order for somebody to achieve some level of success that it is dependant on their parents stature. This may be true in societies (a couple come to mind) that are rigidly divided by classes, with little movement between the classes, but that is not the case here.
Second, having to make it on your own is not a bad thing, quite the opposite really. I would go as far as to say it's somewhat expected.
In my case, neither of my parents have college degrees. Both of them have always worked blue-collar jobs. That doesn't mean they weren't intelligent or that i was culturally deprived either. I went to nothing but public schools, and this in the industrial northeast in the second largest city in the state, not some well-funded rich public school system. Let's just say that there was little chance anyone could mistake us for affluent.
After leaving school I enlisted in the military because my parents couldn't afford to send me to college without taking on quite a bit of debt, I couldn't afford it myself at the time without going into quite a bit of debt, and I really had no desire to sit through four years of college particularly when I wasn't sure what I wanted to do, although I did have the grades and SAT scores to get into most schools.
Well quite some years after leaving highschool, I am the first person in my immediate family to get a college degree and now make a fair living as a software engineer. My parents gave me some good foundations, but for the most part it was all me.
I did the necessary work, made the necessary sacrifices, paid the necessary costs, to get somewhere I wanted to be. That is to me what it is all about. Experience teaches me that anybody who is willing to do what is necessary can make a decent life for themselves, and I don't accept any excuses to the contrary.
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