<p>If you are in the US are you currently living the American dream? If yes, are you American or immigrant? If you are not living the "dream", what do you think is keeping you from reaching it? Do you think that you might grab this "Dream" in the up coming years?</p>
<p>I am. I was born in America and so were my parents and grandparents, though I think all my great-grandparents were born in various European countries. My grandparents are/were not all that well-off, though. Neither of my parents finished college (at least not until last year, when my mom became an RN), and we've never had very much money.</p>
<p>Now, making a lot of money is not my primary goal, so long as I have enough to provide the necessities and avoid any major financial woes. I am expected to do better than my parents, though, and so is my sister. We're going to go to four-year colleges, really good ones, we're going to graduate from them, and we're going to get master's or professional degrees if we want/need them. We're going to make sure our kids, if we have them, can do exactly the same thing we're going to do, and do it even better than we did. In my mind, that's certainly an example of the American dream.</p>
<p>bump! Bump!</p>
<p>Ok, I think that we as student are maybe too young to talk about it so I will move this to the parent forum given that they have been so far in life.</p>
<p>oh , thanks for answering salamander</p>
<p>dude, it's Cafe.....most ppl wudn't take most questions seriously...just how Cafe rolls...Parents Forum is a good place for this question! Good Luck! ;)</p>
<p>you are right innovative . Even the parents don't care that much about my question LOL Anway bummpppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp</p>
<p>may be ur question is too broad or sumthing? :D</p>
<p>maybe :D
i just read about this American dream thing this year in a US history class. Anyway I stopped dreaming that people will answer my question. Let's leave them alone with their "dream"</p>
<p>American dream.
For me, American dream is having a delicious steak after come to home every evening by my 30000 gallon/mile SUV after a big party from a ultra-easy great paying government job with great pension and having a blue eye blonde hottie geisha wife takes care of the 30 million mansion and three annoying rebellious stupid preppy American kids.
That is my dream, my worst nightmare rejoiced by millions.</p>
<p>Yeah i am. i take it completely for granted though./</p>
<p>Given
American dream = financial stability</p>
<p>To me, the American Dream = Freedom, mostly from intrusive government.</p>
<p>Am I living it? When compared to the rest of the world, definitely yes. When compared to the ideal, hell no. </p>
<p>Since the demographic was asked, I am the child of immigrants who fled communism. I was born here. I consider it to be the single greatest blessing I have ever received.</p>
<p>I still don't know what the "American Dream" is...</p>
<p>arachnophobia12 welll, one of the posters said once that everyone has their own definition of the American dream. So not knowing is ok , I guess :D</p>