Journal 12: American Dream

The American Dream has changed in the past decades and now it seems to be very different than it once was.  The American Dream used to be having a family and living in a nice neighbor hood and having barbecues in your little suburban yard.  However, now the American Dream seems to be more individualized.  If it were to be broadened however, I believe the new American Dream is to go to college, find a job, and be successful.  This is due to the newer technology and the need to be an individual in everything we do.  I think that social media sites have made people want to be an individual and do different things.  Therefore, when people go to college, they will want to go to different place and they will major in different things.  This has always been true, but it seems that there are more places to go now, and there are more options.  As for jobs, there are many new jobs that have been created and that will be created while I am attending college.  This is a new adaption the American Dream that  is changing while we are changing with the world.  We are slowly turning into a nation that was too conforming, then we broke through it, and now we are beginning to conform once more.  That is why the American Dream seems to be a lot like how it was fifty years ago, but it is still different because there are still some individuals in the world. Finally, we all want to be successful.  We go through school wanting to achieve as much as we can so we can go to a good college.  Then, we want to work hard in college so we can have a job when we get out of college.  Then, we work hard in our job to pay off college and to pay for other things we need to survive.  Also, we need more money for our kids to live this "American Dream" as well.