My Dream Essay

How would you feel if someone promised you something, but then changed their mind? If you were told you were safe, but the rug was pulled out from under you? Over a half million teenagers and young adults who illegally immigrated to the United States as minors were recently confronted with this reality. DACA, an act passed during Obama’s term that protected them from deportation, was rescinded by the Trump administration on September 5, 2017. After these people, known as Dreamers, had begun to come out of hiding to legally obtain jobs, attend college, and live without fear of deportation, this rescission suddenly suspended their dreams. Now their future is in the hands of Congress. Although many people would like to eject this group, statistics are in favor of their continuing residence. The Dreamers comprise a diverse and valuable group that deserves to stay in the United States. They are not a threat to the United States, nor a financial burden.

Everywhere I looked, I saw people applauding. The bright stage lights beamed on my face and I could hardly see the gigantic audience. When I heard my name, my heart began racing as if I had just jumped off of the world’s largest tower. I pushed myself up as quickly as I could and began strolling towards the announcer. I felt the cold winds rustle through the makeup on the pores of my tan, soft skin, making me simmer down. I smelt the freshness of the plastic, silver trophy that was delicately placed in my rounded, sweaty hand. My heart was still darting beneath my skin as I walked back to my spot with the award, tightly in my arms. I could taste victory.

The speech “I Have a Dream” was delivered by Martin Luther King on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation on 28th August 1963. The speech was dramatically delivered on the steps of Lincoln Memorial and it was witnessed by about two million people. This speech is often considered to be one of the greatest and notable speeches in history and the top American speech of the 20th century.

December 23rd, 2015 was the day I dreamed of my whole life. My boyfriend, Austin, was in town for Christmas from Fort Riley where he was stationed with the army. After Austin picked me up from work we had to rush home to eat dinner and change because we were going to take Christmas photos. I had no idea where we were taking the photos at, Austin picked out the place. He was going to wear his uniform for the photos, but he realized he forgot his tan under shirt back in Kansas. I was upset because I really wanted him to wear his uniform for some of our photos. I finished getting ready and we rushed to the closest and only military apparel store hoping they would have a shirt in his size. They didn’t have a short sleeve shirt in his size but thankfully they had a long sleeve tan shirt that fit him.

By age ten, I already knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Sure, it seems like an early age to make important, life-long career choices, but honestly – it was a subconscious decision at best and an abstract idea at worst. During my brief life, my career plans have changed dozens of times. First, I aspired to be a teacher, until I admitted to myself that I didn’t like children. Then, my dreams shifted to becoming a fashion designer, until I discovered their average salary. After numerous other fallen dreams – ranging from dancer to actress – I came to the realization that my dream career had been sitting in front of me all along.

Dreams are a series of reflections, appearances, and sensations developed in a person's mind during sleep. It can also be a cherished aspiration or ambition. A dream is a wish that comes from the bottom of your heart that motivates you to do the unthinkable.

The speech that Martin Luther King Jr. gave on April 3rd 1968 was one of the best speeches I have heard from him. His speech, “I have a Dream” is the speech that I like the most and “I’ve been to the Mountain top” is his second best in my opinion. I think it is a very good speech because of the stuff he says in it and how he says it. I relate to his speech in a bunch of different areas and I think he has a bunch of strong points that helps convince people to agree with him.

“I’ve been a Yankees fan since I was 3 years old and I’ve never been to a baseball game.”

Dreams are successions of images, ideas, emotions and sensations that occur usually involuntary in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Some people claim that they never dream. But that isn’t truth. Everybody dreams, but some people have a better memory than others. Some can remember their dreams vividly. While others can remember partially. And others can’t remember anything.

This dream happened a year or two from today; I remember that was also the longest day I ever had since there was a school activity and it was a huge gathering that made all the students in my junior high stressed and depressed. So I went home by 6:30 pm from school and immediately rushed to my bedroom to rest, obviously; I did not mind changing my clothes to “pambahay” and not even close to deciding if I should take a bath and cleanse myself to have a good and deep sleep. And then finally I went to sleep, the moment I closed my eyes I felt like I was already sleeping even if I was still conscious that I am still in the process of going to sleep. I saw red, blue, yellow, and green lights flickering and I felt it was dragging me into another world. It happened so fast and the next

As human beings we are always going through life with a goal to reach. Whether that goal is to get to a certain level of education or if you dream of being a movie star. We all have something that drives us to keep moving forward. Some people will say that have a goal or dream is what makes us human. If we don’t have a dream then what is the point of us living at all. But along the way things can cause us to change the course that we have already set for ourselves. Lucretius who was a poet stated in one of his poems that “From just these first- beginnings. They are moved By their own inner impulse first, and then such groups as form with just a few together, are moved by unseen blows”(Austin 294). A lesson that I learned as I grew up is that everyone will not always have the same goal as they get older but over time our minds will be changed. There are many different things that can influence the decisions we make depending on who we surround ourselves with. For me my dream is to go to Germany and to work there doing art. I always wondered if somebody would be able to come along and make me change my mind on something I set my mind to. Is our will the thing that drives us or is it the will of others. It all depends on how strong our will is. But things can’t always stay the same if we are trying to please ourselves, a group we are in, or if we are being controlled by something bigger.

Currently, it is estimated that there are between 11.5 and 12 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, some of which are really committed to this country, but many workers aren’t given the chance to show their loyalty to the country. Getting into the U.S. brings many new challenges to the immigrants, language being one of the most important and basic ones since most of the immigrants who come to the U.S. illegally couldn’t afford a good education, thus they never learned English. With this same issue, immigrants face challenges getting into jobs besides they have a very basic education that cannot lead them into a more demanding and better paying job. Yet, in 2003 the labor of undocumented workers gave $7 billion in

"You'll never see an object in dream that you haven't seen in your daily life"

For me, college wasn't something i thought about seriously. It wasn't until i promised my parents that i would make them proud that i started to seriously think about college and all the reasons why it was going to be hard for me to go. I was born in Mexico, i dont have the educational advantage that others have, so i have to work twice as hard as someone who as all the advantages. Now the only dream i have is go to college, graduate college, and make my parents proud. They're the most important thing to me, i owe them all i have. I'm scared of not being accepted or not have the money to pay, and i do not want my parents to work twice as hard just to pay for college. They promised me that they would help me, all i need is the desire to study, but i don't want to take advantage of their kindness. I am grateful they tried to give me and my siblings a better life and a better education coming to this country, and i hope that people look at who i am, what i have and the things i can do. You may think that from all that i have said i only want to go to college because of my parents, but i feel that this is for me too. I want to feel proud of something i accomplish, I want to tell everyone who told me i couldn't do it that i could and i did it.

Shade is not just for avoiding the heated rays of the sun these days. Shade can now be thrown at people. Now some of you uneducated in the mind of the twenty-first century would just call it like it is, being insultingly blunt. But throwing shade is so much more than that! It’s using all parts of your brain at once. I mean I dont have the straight up facts to tell you that, but it 's true, believe me.