https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith Contribute and take ideas as needed! Add comments, or add your own by double clicking anywhere in the brown space below. en-us 2019-04-22 15:23:24 UTC 2026-02-14 23:35:21 UTC hello@padlet.com gnelson23_3 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353084544 - What does being American mean? What makes America unique?

- What does the American Dream mean to you? What do you want?

- What are some words or phrases that you think of when you hear the word “community?”

- What communities are you a part of?

- Are there any communities you feel you are separated from, or not a part of?

]]> 2019-04-22 15:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353084544 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353120994 'Murica is the greatest country you could ever live in. Yelling Yee-Yee's, fishing in the dark, and the red solo cups are needed to be a true Amurican. ]]> 2019-04-22 17:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353120994 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353121268 2019-04-22 17:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353121268 gnelson23_3 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353121344 Here is a great possible source for your essay.]]> 2019-04-22 17:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353121344 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353121630 Being free doing what you want basically ]]> 2019-04-22 17:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353121630 gnelson23_3 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353121890 2019-04-22 17:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353121890 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353122025 Being American is a culture and a way of life that is built on differences. No other country in the world is as diverse or unique as America which is why we are able to thrive as a united 
people.  ]]> 2019-04-22 17:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353122025 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353122063 American Dream]]> 2019-04-22 17:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353122063 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353122408 2019-04-22 17:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353122408 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353122409 paid for house
Financially stable 
Job I enjoy^
Happy
Healthy]]> 2019-04-22 17:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353122409 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353122605 2019-04-22 17:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353122605 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353122804 2019-04-22 17:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353122804 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353122861 2019-04-22 17:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353122861 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353123168 The "American Dream" is no longer set around home ownership, and is instead bow a search to be financially stable. As we continue, it is becoming and has become much harder for one to be financially stable without a significant other. Due to this, the American Dream has changed from purely home ownership, to now being a search of actually becoming financially stable, even if one does not own a house.]]> 2019-04-22 17:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353123168 gnelson23_3 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353123195 Here is another possible source for your essay. ]]> 2019-04-22 17:21:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353123195 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353123320 2019-04-22 17:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353123320 gnelson23_3 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353123655 2019-04-22 17:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353123655 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353123818 Working hard and earning everything you work for

]]> 2019-04-22 17:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353123818 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353124069 In a lot of subcultures I feel like they require like hours of background knowledge before you even can be apart of the most basic aspects of the subculture. 

Like for example, let's say you're trying to play video games with your friends but because you don't have like 200+ hours into the game they don't want to play with you because you just aren't good as them.

Same goes for careers. In order to become an electrician or a plumber you need to complete like 1,200 hours of on the job training. coupled with like 2+ years of schooling in that trade.]]> 2019-04-22 17:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353124069 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353124457 2019-04-22 17:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353124457 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353125612 2019-04-22 17:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353125612 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353126905 smoking some cigs and drinking some pbr on a humid summer day sitting on a partially broken lawn chair on a porch of an old farm house]]> 2019-04-22 17:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353126905 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353127505 I feel like in this day and age we base the American dream on what society deems as successful or accomplished. But simply doing what you believe in a safe manner should be what success truly means.]]> 2019-04-22 17:33:38 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353127505 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353127789 ^

]]> 2019-04-22 17:34:26 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353127789 aatkinsmurray https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353243687 2019-04-23 04:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353243687 gnelson23_3 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353342905 Little Free Library]]> 2019-04-23 13:14:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353342905 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353346506 Being an America means I have the right to do or say as I want as long as it does not hurt or threaten anyone. I am able to voice my support or how much I dislike an organization, group or person. I am able to say what I want no matter if people find it to be offensive to them or they completely agree. I can exercise my first amendment right unlike other places around the world. I am also allowed to support anything I want to without fear of being physically attacked or arrested by the government. At least that is the general thought.]]> 2019-04-23 13:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353346506 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353347637 Communities are groups of people that are there for each other. For me, my church is a great community that I am a part of.]]> 2019-04-23 13:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353347637 https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353347854 2019-04-23 13:24:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gnelson23_3/5lkaxafcaith/wish/353347854