american dream

I completely agree that the American dream is really over rated. When my parents got divorced my mom was working three jobs and we still didn't have a lot of money. People are blinded by the "American dream", people think that in America everyone can have a house and be comfortable as long as you work hard but in reality there are a lot of people that work very hard and still have nothing. Living the American Dream is all about what you're born into, and unless you get lucky you will have a hard time achieving this. Especially if you get out of college and don't have help from your family, you will owe on your school loans and probably have difficulty finding a job. The media doesn't do a good job of showing us how many people are poor and struggling, and because of this we often don't realize how hard it is to get ahead.