Journal #13 "American Dream"

I think that the American Dream of today is much different that the American Dreams of the past decades. I think that people in america strive to have a good education, a good job, and a successful home with a functioning family.  I think that the American Dream for children in America is much different from other kids' dreams in other countries. I think that kids in other countries are wishing for food and shelter, but we just automatically assume that we have the right to have food and shelter, but really that is something that has to be earned. I think that the people in America are the ones who take the little things for granted.  We assume that we should have parents that provide food, water, shelter, and safety, but that is not always the case.  There are many of thousands of people in the world today that do not have food, water, or shelter, let alone safety.  I think that the American Dream makes us Americans seem really selfish because we are. Human nature has made us American people really selfish.  I think that the people in American are always going to want more than they have.  The grass is always greener. After we get something really cool that we really wanted, it is time for us to start wanting the next bigger and better thing.  This is really annoying when we look at the people in America because it makes us seem really snobby.  I think that the American people should be the people to just be happy with what is going on in the world today.  We can be the people that actually appreciate the things that we have, and quit focusing all of our time complaining about the things that we do not have or the things that we wish for. American citizens should not have quite the American Dreams that we have today because it makes us come off as the really snobby, stuck up people that we do not want to be.