My Wonderment With America

America offers so much to the people who live in the U.S., but America will always be full of criticism, violence, and people who are offended by everything. America still seems to manage to be one of the world's best nations. The first Americans planned America to be as successful as it is, but for America to be more peaceful. America is not one of the most peaceful places, but it is not the most dangerous place to live. Even political parties lie and cheat each other. A lot of the Americans are greedy, because they take advantages of what America offers to their citizens. Even though America is not perfect I am still glad to live in the U.S.

Americans have been breaded to believe America is the greatest country in the world. America is a place of the freedom and possibilities, an outside looking in a very desirable place to live. However, America is not as great as Americans believe. Sure Americans have a wider range of freedom then most countries, but has plenty of issues that will repulse others from coming to the land of the free. Issues such as women’s rights, racism, and discrimination plague U.S. citizens nearly each day and that should change now.

What sets America apart from any nation in the world is that it never settle. America, at times, has had the tenancy to spent too long in the darkness of satisfaction and despondency, but never has it settles in shadows. Every single time America has fallen or been knocked down, it has never failed to rise from defeat. It may take months, years and even decades, but America never stops pursuing the perfection of the unparalleled ideals it was founded on.

Many countries have fast food and obesity problems, but America takes it to a whole other level. People don’t cook as much anymore and don’t eat healthily. They also don’t exercise. It’s pictures like this that have everyone wondering WTF and perpetuate stereotypes as to why so many Americans are obese.

America is great because of things like freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the oh so famous American Dream, but what if that dream was an idea and nothing more? America has had its ups and downs. For example, the Great Depression was a horrible time for Americans of all backgrounds.Certain books like Of Mice and Men show how hard it was to live in this time period. It also shows us how dreams-like the American Dream- were lies. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck believes the American Dream is unattainable.

Many of Americans have the mentality that we have to keep growing because we are America and can never stop expanding our frontiers. This was present back when the first settlers arrived to America who were eager to find more land that they believe they own. This belief was brought by the people who have settled here and took the land away from the natives. Ever since then, people expect the United states to be best country out there and our government shows that interest by taking away resources from other parts of the world to emulate that feeling of an ever-expanding United States. Due to this mentality of being number one, we built the strongest military in the world despite having a huge financial debt. We are the country that spends

Since its creation, America has always been a country that stands out from the rest. Whether it is the fact that it was one of the first “newly created” nations or the fact that we have grown into such a dominant world power, there has always been something that makes America truly exceptional. No matter which way you choose to look at things, it is hard to argue that America is not fundamentally different from many other nations and countries around the world. Even with the ups and downs that have plagued America’s history, today we remain a country unlike many others.

People across the globe wished they had the opportunity to live in America. However, over the past few years, there has been a subtle shift in that perspective. Of course people are still flocking through our borders, eager to earn and enjoy a better life, either for themselves or their generations. Yet upon reaching this side, they have realized that many of the stories and myths they hoped were true were simply an illusion.

i came to america thinking i would love it and that it is a dream come true . but after i lived in it i lost hope that it is the great country i thought it would be . in my country America is the greatest country in the world , for them it is a dream come true and all things i heard about it makes anyone wants to be in America . I heard America is fair unlike our country and i heard america better education and you can be what you want . I had great thoughts of it but it did not turn the way i thought it would be . America might of been great i don't know but i know for sure that it is not now . i can not feel that i belong here . i am not

The United States used to be a place of dreams, a country where any willing body in the world envied. The opportunity to escape the old world and start anew, the chance to buy a home to your name, raise a family with little worries, have a secure job that would provide enough, and ultimately the right to say to the other nations, “I am free”. Sadly today, that opportunity is closing, the chance is slipping and that free America is being chained by the very same people robbing others of a life. The last time in history anyone saw this large of a robbery was during the French Revolution. This is only said because the world is emerging into a global economy that blurs national law and dries countries of their resources.

The moment that I heard about the Washington Seminar, I knew that it was something that I needed to do. Alexis de Tocqueville once stated that America is great because she is good, and if she ceases to be good, she will cease to be great. Being from another country, I have always found it fascinating how much power and influence that the people of America possess. That is one of the great reasons that America has a special place in my heart, is because I have seen it from the outside looking in and have marveled at its magnificence. What I have seen from my experience with the United States is that the secret to her success is the amount of trust that its system places in its people.

While reading the textbook “The Americans”, I found that the text proved to be more complex than I originally thought. First, when looking at the text it seemed to be extremely short and easy, with a wide variety of short and concise topics. However, while reading the text it proved to use vocab words that were meant for a higher grade than the one I originally thought. This caused me to raise my ratings from a 6th grade to an 8th grade level. But, to my surprise the actual grade of the text proved to be 13.8. This was about 8 levels higher than my original thoughts and 6 levels higher than my after-thought of the text. This lead to me being highly surprised of the actual grade of the text, since it seemed so easy to read.

America will never again seem the same to me. Geneva gave me enough distance to look at my country through objective eyes. Traveling throughout Europe was like a trip with Gulliver: it gave me the ability to look inside myself and discern my country's faults as well as its numerous strengths. Like the Swiss women's remarks, it hurt me to find that the United States is not the only country in the world with a rich and stimulating environment. With my new perspective, I saw that America was not what it had been. Then I thought for a moment and realized that America

America: a melting pot of diverse cultures and people, a place full of opportunity, and a country bleeding with patriotism. With these ideas in mind, America is the perfect place to be. Immigrants who came to America as early as the 19th century believed that they would have better lives in this new country and could start fresh. This utopian ideal of America, however, has not lasted. In fact, America has gone away from these ideals set upon it years ago. Instead, because of poverty, America is an implosion of race wars, political division, and drug epidemics.

How can one truly appreciate the liberties and opportunities of America? Commonly, everyone has different goals and aspirations. Most people strive for the betterment of their status rather than the settlement of a deprived opportunity. For instance, a mother is forced to make a decision; wherein, she either leaves her country without her son or leaves to America with her daughter. This was a choice between comfort and uncertainty hindrance and opportunity. Not everyone is willing to decide; fortunately, not everyone is forced to decide. In this way, all Americans are blessed--blessed to have been part of a nation called America. Without the country's provision of opportunities, immigrants would not have chosen to leave their homes in exchange to start their lives in uncertainty. In order to appreciate this country, Americans should acknowledge an immigrant's view of what he thinks of America, what it is like for him to be in America, and what changes brought about by his being in America.