Why I Am An American

On September 4, 1999, I was born in Victoria Jubilee hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. My family comes from the inner city of a country that is poverty stricken, politically corrupt, with an excessive murder rate. Despite the many flaws, I was taught to love my culture and respect others. My family came to America to have a better opportunity in life.

The reason I came the United States is for study. Same as millions international students, I choose American as a place where I attend college, there are two reasons make me made this decision. The first reason is that America has one of the best higher level education in the world. United States not only has best universities of the world, but also the whole nation’s universities have a better academic performance than rest of the world. So that I came to America for study in order to enhance myself. The second reason of I came to America is the competition in my country – China is intense. In the past year, there are 765 million students graduated from college, since the population of college students is super large, find an idea job in China

What is an American? Someone who resides in the United States and has gained citizenship? No, the real qualities that make a person an American are more complex. It's widely known that there are many cliches about Americans, such as we are just fat, lazy, ignorant people. Many cliches and rumors have been created about Americans, and while some of them may be accurate, those are the not the qualities that truly define Americans. Other people make fun of Americans, but deep down they know the conflicts and trials Americans have gone through to achieve what they want. For a country with such a young age, we have accomplished many things and have endured through

I believe that being an American means many different things many different people. To me being an American means to have certain freedoms that American citizens have that people around the rest of the world do not have the privilege to do or have. Like every United States citizen has unalienable rights, every single United States citizen is an American, and that the majority of people will have good living conditions.

To be an American in my opinion means you have freedom, and the right to do what you desire. An American can decide what sports they want to play, what classes they want to take, what job they want in the future. Being an American means that you have the right to choose your religion and the type of person you are. Also, to be an American it means that you serve the country in the best way possible and respect those who do serve the county, such as soldiers. Being an American means you have the right to vote for a worthy president. Many countries lack the privilege that America has, and sometimes a person doesn't realize the opportunities they get when living in America.

What does it mean to be an American? Being an American means to have pride, freedom, and equal opportunity. Ever since I was born I was an American but I didn't know what it actually meant. I used to feel left out because people were mean to me and I felt different. In America it doesn't matter if you are different or believe in different things.

What does it mean to be an American? If you believe in the fundamentals that this country was founded upon, I think you’re an American. There are many people living in this country who consider themselves American, but their neighbor who has a different skin color or accent is not. These Americans in my opinion are not true Americans. As I said, I think you have to believe in the fundamentals.

These days, many people are finding it hard to remember why they love being an American. Luckily, YouTuber Baxter Black has a message for us all that could change our attitudes. In just two minutes, he is able to sum up why we are so lucky to be Americans.

America is considered to be a young country that has had a very interesting history and continues to. To be called an American has many meanings depending on the individual. America has a history that shows progress, hardship, sorrow, happiness, humanity, and so much more. America still has a long way to go but is home for thousands of people from all kinds of backgrounds. For me as an American means to stay strong against any adversity and to keep learning. An American means to be different, to learn, to have pride in the place that we call home. These are some meanings that the name American holds.

To be an American is to be loyal to your country. No matter the color nor race, if you were born in a different country and become documented then you are in American. People want to discriminating different people but yet they are as Americans as everyone else. Americans are people live in the United States of America. Americans have the American dream to become better in their life. To be American is a free and respectful to everyone in our country. To respect all the different cultures because in many different kinds in America. Americans also pledge to our country's

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand. -Harry S. Trueman

There are one hundred and ninety six countries on Earth. But one stands out greater than others, only one is known by every single country on the planet. One country stands out, not because its better, not because its worse, but because it is a sanctuary.

To get a better understand of how my perspectives of race/ ethnicity, culture, and heritage came to be. I need to give a brief history of my family. Both of my parents immigrated from Mexico in the early 70’s. they are both from the same state of Jalisco, Mexico. Both of my parents did not have any formal education; consequently, they do not know how to write or read. My dad worked all his life in general labor jobs as well as my mother. I grew up in a predominately Hispanic area with minuminal diversity. I have two older siblings that are substantially older than I am. My grandmother took care of my while my parents went to work. So, a lot of my views I gain from her, since I spent a lot of time with her. It was until I got into late middle

The way someone is raised, the things they experience, and their economic status affects their outlook on the world and the people in it. I would describe myself as an American woman raised in a middle class family in Southern Georgia. This is important to note because being raised in the South has embedded a different outlook on life than those raised in the North. Growing up, my parents taught me to believe that no one is better than anyone else and that you shouldn’t treat people differently especially based on something they cannot control. My own experiences and culture have lead me to interpret other people’s behavior differently from my own such as believing something is right while in another culture that behavior could be frowned upon.

While looking upon my personal culture and my family’s culture in an attempt to find appropriate dishes for this assignment, it became apparent to me that I have no definite culture. Whereas I have lived in Canada my whole life, my family’s background has engaged me in varying cultures, though I have never felt truly attuned to one culture. On the other hand, my father is a first generation Canadian, his parents both from Scotland. Though aware of my Scottish origins and my grandparents’ migration to Canada, Scottish culture has never been explicitly celebrated amongst those in my family. Furthermore, my family previously migrated from Ireland during the Irish famine, resulting in Irish culture to also represented in my family’s culture. Variously, my mother’s side of the family has lived in Canada for many generations, but I do not consider myself as being authentically Canadian. Accordingly, throughout my childhood, I was never encouraged to celebrate an explicit culture. Furthermore, religion was never prominent in my life either, as my parents decided against baptizing any of my siblings and me, as per the family tradition, because they wished for us to have religious freedom. However, because of the rest of my family’s religion, as well as my background, my family has always celebrated Christian holidays, though I have never been to church for a reason other than a wedding. I find that without any cultural ties from my family’s history and practices, that the culture I