My American Dream by Cameron Blanding https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z Thesis: The American Dream is tough to achieve, but is still alive. en-us 2022-05-16 15:42:10 UTC 2025-12-12 22:35:45 UTC hello@padlet.com My definition of the American Dream 5723281 https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2186011239 My definition of the American Dream is that the American Dream is whatever you wish to make it be. Taking advantage of the opportunity that this country give us. From dreaming about being a pilot, to make a living everyone's dream is different. Some people wish to create an opportunity for their family to live the life they want. This country gives everyone an opportunity to create the life that they want for themselves, but everyone will make something different for themselves. That, is the American Dream.]]> 2022-05-16 16:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2186011239 My American Dream 5723281 https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2189746953 My personal American Dream is a simple one, I wish to have a small home with a family in a nice quiet town working at or owning a coffee shop. Having me and my family grow up in our home and passing it down is something i wish for in life. This is important for me as I wish to live a basic simple life doing what I love, providing for my loved ones. ]]> 2022-05-18 15:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2189746953 Coffee Shop 5723281 https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2189751263 I wish to have a small coffee shop because I wanna be able to get to know the people that live in the small town. Plus being surrounded by coffee beans and the smell of coffee everyday sounds great.]]> 2022-05-18 15:54:04 UTC https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2189751263 Small Town 5723281 https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2189763743 I wanna live in a small town. All my life I've lived in pretty big city's, so moving somewhere that is small while knowing the people in the town and becoming a regular to smaller stores.]]> 2022-05-18 16:01:51 UTC https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2189763743 Family 5723281 https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2189767725 Having a family is a big dream of mine. I wanna be able to move in with a wife i love, and when ready we can have a child and give them the best life possible. I wish to watch them grow up and be able to attend all of their events, through the good and bad.]]> 2022-05-18 16:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2189767725 Song: Fake A** Gold (Artist-DemonDice/AKA real name Karen) 5723281 https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2189791215 The song i chose was titled "Fake A** Gold". The song is about the struggle of focusing on your dream and blaming yourself for your past feeling like you cant make it.

"No road is loaded with silver and gold
It's just the treasure that you make for you"
The verse here talks about how the path to your dream is no easy road, that its not going to be easy or "loaded with silver and gold", but you can make what you want with what you got and your dream is what you make of it.

"And there will be mistakes
And there will be days of sorrow
Know we'll be knowing better
There will be a tomorrow"
This verse talks about how even tho there are going to be days where life is hard and your dream seems so hard to reach, that your mistakes let you learn and you can continue for tomorrow.
]]> 2022-05-18 16:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2189791215 The Distance Between Us 5723281 https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2191587339 The section of the book "The Distance Between Us" I choose to use was the epilogue. This proves my thesis is true as even tho she grew up as a poor Mexican girl with family problems, she managed to graduate college. "In June of 1999, I became the first person in my family to graduate from college.". She was the first one in her family to graduate a college, coming from a family of poverty. Even against the odds of everything she still managed to achieve her American Dream, graduating college, and becoming a writer.]]> 2022-05-19 15:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2191587339 Article: The American Dream Is Alive and Well by New York Times. 5723281 https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2191608027 The article I have chose to use as evidence is the article "The American Dream Is Alive and Well" by The New York Times. The article defends my thesis that the dream is still alive even if tough. "The data also show that most Americans believe themselves to be achieving this version of the American dream, with 41 percent reporting that their families are already living the American dream and another 41 percent reporting that they are well on the way to doing so. Only 18 percent took the position that the American dream was out of reach for them."  This data shows that 41% of Americans have already lived their American Dream. Another 41% also stated how they are on their way to their dream, that will be up to 82% of the population completing their dream, proving that it is still alive and well.]]> 2022-05-19 16:05:53 UTC https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2191608027 Video: First-Generation Americans Talk About The American Dream 5723281 https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2191625263 This video talks about immigrants and what they think about the American Dream. "The American Dream is definitely something under your control". This is spoken by one of the interviewee showing how other people also believe in the American Dream, as its not something that's loosing its meaning. "The American Dream does not just stop with them." Another interviewee states how just because their parents may have made their dream, does not mean that its now over, there are still many people who want to and will make their American Dream, showing that it is still alive.]]> 2022-05-19 16:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2191625263 My Video Thesis 5723281 https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2191634691 2022-05-19 16:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/5723281/4l073g8k2nn1fe3z/wish/2191634691