Joseph Soria Professor Brown English 101 24 February 2015 The Real American Dream The reality if the American dream is the essence and aspiration of both Americans and immigrants alike. The definition of the American dream according to google is, “the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative.” Yet, some would say that the American dream is simply being able to buy a car, a house, or attend college. Immigrants risk everything they have to sneak into this country illegally just so their kids could have a better life and an opportunity at this “American dream” we hold onto so tightly as a country. “Confronting Inequality”, by Paul Krugman
This is a strong proposal and could be a good recommendation for the education system; high schools should have their students graduate at sixteen opposed to eighteen. This could be accomplished by starting the so-called high school in seventh grade and not ninth grade. This transformation would allow the 16-year-old to venture off and encounter the real world, through an internship or apprenticeship. Students would need to become responsible and more mature as they would be alongside an adult in a professional setting. Our American education system is only postponing these students from entering the real world.
America: The Melting Pot of Diversity and Stereotypes Hunt ETH/125 January 22, 2013 America: The Melting Pot of Diversity and Stereotypes America is the most diverse nation in the world. America also boasts some of the most diverse discrimination in the world. Some areas of America are diverse and accepting of almost anyone, many of the other areas are more segregated. So, how can all of America embrace the diversity that makes America great? Education is the key to bringing more people together.
This is an exception in under-developed countries such as India where a caste system is still present. Priestland’s belief is that through studying the past and how society functioned, we can understand and solve current day economic and social issues. The middle class has become the dominant factor in how most countries operate and succeed especially in the United States. After reading Merchant Soldier Sage: A New History of Power, I too am a strong believer in studying the past and how it has created the world as we know it and the world to come. Works Cited: Priestland, David.
Cross Cultural Comparison of Education in Japan and USA Nelson Mandela once said “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” This powerful statement goes to show just how important education is in shaping our society. As we educate our young citizens, they learn to become great men and women of society who will continue to shape our culture and foster the future economic development of our country. With so many different countries and different economies spread out across the world, some extremely successful and some teetering on the brink of extinction, it would serve that there are also differences in education across the globe. Looking specifically at both Japan and the United States there are clear differences as well as similarities in the structure, regulation, status of teachers and inequality in their education systems. The goals of any education system ought to be straightforward and available to the public.
America depends on the generations of students who will be upcoming contributors of society. Education creates, provides, and prepares students. So you can assume that education is the base or building blocks to our great nation. In the readings of The Educated Student: Global Citizen or Global Consumer? By Benjamin Barber, The Student and the University by Allan Bloom, and Class in America by Gregory Mantsios, the connection between the three is the idea of how education is the key to the people’s future, how it classifies them, and how it builds a nation.
In Still Waiting for the Dream, Katie Annand describes these circumstances, Undocumented youth grow up as Americans and consider this country their home, attending primary and secondary schools, making friends, and forming ties in their communities. Consequently undocumented you face a painful paradox: the country they call home is also the country that criminalizes their presence (685). The Dream Act is offering a method to help improve the situations that these immigrants are now facing, which is why it is crucial that as a nation it is supported. It is a logical method to taking baby steps toward improving current immigration issues. The Dream Act authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to cancel the removal of, and adjust conditional permanent resident status, to an alien whom: 1.
We will be discussing the changes that took place in America which brought about the role the government has taken in Education. The role of education in America is an unspoken essential in society today. Education enhances one individual outlook through physical, intellectual, and emotional abilities. There is also the contribution of their recourses to better the environment around them. To fulfill the American Dream, the idea that anyone can succeed regardless of race, gender, and/or social status, as long as they work hard, and preserver.
Cultural Diversity in America Cultural diversity is so extremely important in our society. I have learned just how important education about different cultures, religions, and people really are. This class has opened my eyes to the fact that we are still fighting this battle against prejudices and discrimination in many different areas of our society; racially, gender, religious, and sexual orientation. I have found it quite shocking that so many minorities still are treated “less than” in places like jobs, housing, and just our in society in general. I have learned just how important it is to raise children un-biased, because they are our future leaders.
Diversity is generally defined as accepting & valuing the differences among people in terms of ethnicity, class, gender, skills, abilities and age. In today’s world due to globalization of markets the workforce are increasingly becoming heterogeneous. Diversity in progressive organizations is gaining much attention & they are spending huge amount on diversifying their workforce. Thus diversity has been recognized to be the most important organizational resource to gain and maintain a competitive edge (Richa, 2013). According to many studies diversity can help organizations in many ways like in creativity, better understanding competitions in the market, solving problems effectively and strengthen the organization (Fabrice & Emmanuel, 2013).