America Is A Gift Of Opportunity

Opportunity is defined in Webster's Dictionary as 'A good position, chance or prospect for achievement'; which is easily connected to the idea of The American Dream. After all, isn't America known as 'The land of opportunity';? Most people came to America, and still come for that matter, in search of a better life through hard work and dedication to their cause. In 'Chinaman's Chance: Reflections on the American Dream'; by Eric Liu, it is stated that '...it (the American Dream) does demand the opportunity to achieve progress-and values the opportunity as much as the achievement.'; This statement is imperative because it gives recognition to those who try to reach their goals, even if they cannot achieve them fully. Throughout history, we

America’s gift to my generation is not just a physical gift, but a mental gift. The physical gift is the safer place to live and grow. This mental gift that America gave to my generation is a deep feeling that you can go around and be who you are, dress in what you want, say what you want, and basically do what you want without being restricted to doing one thing each and every day. America’s gift to my generation is the ability to grow, learn, and live life the way you want to without a limit. If you look at America compared to other countries it’s like a whole family, and America is the one that all the other siblings go to for help or a safe place. America might not always be safe but we can always count on all our amazing, brave souls

The United States is known as “The land of opportunity”, but does the country still live up to its name as the land of opportunity, for all? The American dream is one the main reasons many choose to move to the United States in hopes of gaining a better life not only for themselves but for their children. But with so many people striving to achieve their dream, the playing field has become more and more competitive making the dream a complete nightmare to achieve. From getting into colleges for degrees to obtaining desired job positions, moving up the social ladder has become a more strenuous task than ever before. This American dream has become more of an impossible dream because of income inequality and opportunity shortages from

America’s gift to my generation, what are the first things that come to mind, freedom? Ronald Regan once said,” We are forever indebted to those who have given their lives that we might be free.” We celebrate Veteran’s Day to celebrate those who made the biggest sacrifice for our freedom, America’s Gift, but freedom is not the only thing. America’s greatest Gifts to me are my freedom in general, freedom of Religion, and high advances in technology.

America has historically not been a land of opportunity. America has had multiple problems in it’s past, but what country hasn’t had problems. England had tyranny, Spain had a lust for gold, France had multiple executions, and so on and so forth. My point translates to being that every major country has had it’s dark past, but the intelligent countries learn from the past to keep it from happening again.

I believe that America’s gift to my generation is freedom, technology, useful objects and utensils. I think that my generation has taken a lot for granted, we have many rights and have many things people didn’t have before but were made for future generations such as mine.

Americans have a variety of opportunities. Being an American we can choose who we vote for to run our country. This is giving us a chance to choose how we want to live our lives. We have an opportunity to free education. In other countries females aren’t allowed to attend school because they are girls. Being an American women

America has given us a gift beyond words, the gift to pursue our happiness. We have everything we could ever need, and even more. We have the liberty to be ourselves, to do what we want with our lives, and if that isn't enough then I don't know what

All in America are offered opportunities to succeed. While those that that have may have inherited their money or been able to attend the finest schools, the great thing about our country is that those that did not have can make their own destiny. Our country offers the best education, access to loans/funds to help pay for education and opportunities for those with entrepreneurial spirit to succeed.

America's gift to my generation?There are just a few things that makes America a gift to my generation.As Cory Booker once said,” I respect and value the ideals of rugged individualism and self-reliance. But rugged individualism didn't defeat the British, it didn't get us to the moon, build our nation's highways, or map the human genome. We did that together. This is the high call of patriotism”.I myself do think my generation has a gift from America.

America is the land of opportunity. As shown in placard A, “Getting Oriented”, the United States was seen by European colonists as a place for new chances and new beginnings, because of its unused lands and variety of resources. Another example of opportunity in the U.S. is seen in placard L named “The Fifties”, which shows a tremendous economic growth during the Nineteen-fifties. An economic expansion is not only good for the government, but for all citizens, since the more money the country has, the more jobs and opportunities the residents will have. The U.S. does not only give opportunities for those who live in their country, but for foreigners. During the Cold War, Americans delivered food and supplies to Berlin, Germany by plane, because

The United States of America is known as the land of opportunities, and this proves especially true to the more than 20 million students that enroll to a university or college annually in the US alone, ranking America as the number one country to send students to higher education. Yet, only 54.8 percent of these students will find themselves walking away with a degree, making the rank drop to around 20 for college completion (Gates). Causing doubt to the previous statement of America being a “land of opportunities”. But before we can conclude that there is no hope, let’s look at the worth of a degree, understand the reasons for college dropouts, and finally at a proposed solution of taking a gap year.

‘Land of opportunity’ to me means, a land where things are easier for everyone residing in it. Where everybody gets the same benefits, has access to affordable resources, and the possibility for its entire population to be capable of reaching their goals; essentially, living a happy and healthy lifestyle on account of its government. People from all over the world visualize this country as a land of dreams, a land that benefits and allows them to have a better life for themselves and their families, and for the most part, they would be correct. America is the land of opportunity because, even though, there is plenty of discrimination to go around, our government programs and free public education are only two of the many reasons why this country

In modern day society, a college degree leads to people making specific assumptions about an individual’s capabilities, which proceed to shape social generalizations that may assist or inhibit the success of an individual in the economic system or job market. Universal standards form throughout the job market as a result of those assumptions made about students who attend college that may not encourage a full understanding of an individual’s ability to perform his duties. The assumptions made about a college education demonstrate the general principles of reductionism, in which people follow a logical approach according to his observations. As reductionists correlate the type of college degree to an

A chance. An opportunity. The opportunity of a lifetime. Something that would change the entire course of its life. Unlike this ball of clay, people are, more often than not, neglected the opportunity to achieve their full potential and show the world what it’s lacking. In Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell, it is made evident that there are brilliant people, hardworking people, deserving people that are all missing one thing. Opportunities. In his award winning book, Malcolm Gladwell states “if you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires” (Gladwell 151). To some degree this statement is true but you can continue waking up at dawn, working until you break, and going to bed at dusk and you can make a living for yourself but you’ll never achieve your full potential without the help from chance. Have you ever heard of a person who obtained their success completely on their own? No. You don’t hear about a person who had the ability to rise to the top without the help from others who gave them the opportunity to become who they