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Bill Gates “from rich to (even) richer”?

1.  attended Harvard University, dropped out to co-found Microsoft

2. age 31: becomes billionaire

Whoopi Goldberg “started from the bottom”

1. dropped out of high school, drug addict

2. complicated life (short marriage, daughter)

3. joins several theater groups

4. after long journey becomes very very very rich

Chris Gardener (pursuit of happyness)

1. Bad job

2. homeless

3. selfmade  millonaire

4. Stock broker

5. Single dad

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Social and economic mobility is a myth. It can happen but only if you are lucky. In order to achieve your aim you have to fight very hard. Still, the majority of people will not achieve their dream. It also depends on you living situation and other factors.

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4. ''Why the Working Poor Believe in the American Dream'' (Group D)

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4. ''Why the Working Poor Believe in the American Dream'' (Group D)

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Gives them hope for a better life

They have no private health insurance

Inspired by famous examples / role models

Optimistic

Cheap labor & mass production mask the disparity between rich and poor

Focused on luxury rather than health (drinking & smoking)

Contrast between rich & poor

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Gap between the rich and the other social classes is constantly growing (Gap can not be closed)

American Dream has failed, did and does not work out

It is very difficult for lower class Americans to move up in class (economic mobility is a myth)

economic mobility is not higher than in other European countries (Britain, France, not as high as in Scandinavia)

Many economic problems and developments make it hard for lower class Americans (Globalized trade, technological improvements, increased immigration, weakening of the labor movement)

Lower class Americans are in constant competition with low-wage workers and have to deal with repression of highly increasing numbers of immigrants since 1995

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1. ''What it Takes to Have Success'' (Group A)

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1. ''What it Takes to Have Success'' (Group A)

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director of a Catholic charity

wanted to collect donations for deprived children by making a successful commercial movie

after a lot of setbacks and a lot of money spent he was able to achieve his dream after a few years

he collected 2.5 million dollars for children

=> shows that you can fulfill your dreams but it takes a lot of steps and afford