For my first quarter reflection I said that the American Experience at the beginning of our country was "one of constant difficulties which often were voiced and
had action taken to resolve them." However, during first quarter I believed that the current American Experience was one of great opportunity in almost all aspects, and I still stand by this belief.
Unlike some powerful governments like those in China and North Korea, the American government is very nonrestrictive- American citizens enjoy many rights citizens in other countries don't, such as freedom of speech. And unlike other countries like India, America has great opportunities for social mobility unhindered by rigid social structures. While America is certainly not the only country with this sort of freedom, for hundreds of years it has certainly been viewed as such: our country has frequently experienced great immigration rates during mass exoduses abroad such as during the Great Irish Potato Famine and World War II. Why else would they choose America but for the chance for a better life. This has been the perceived view of people from other countries, that America is a land of opportunity.
This view in turns helps our country to sustain it; we offer jobs and education to immigrants that help them to choose whatever life they desire, and this labor supports our economy, which offers an incentive again to offer opportunities to members of the lower classes, immigrants being a member of that class. In a failing world economy in which new jobs have often been said to be the answer, America is the land of opportunity that can offer the social mobility that suppressed and economically depressed members of the global society desire. This is my stance on the great American Experience, as it has always been, mostly because both sides of my family's immigration to America can be traced back to leaving their lives in suppressed countries (Germany and Mexico) for better opportunities in America.
Unlike some powerful governments like those in China and North Korea, the American government is very nonrestrictive- American citizens enjoy many rights citizens in other countries don't, such as freedom of speech. And unlike other countries like India, America has great opportunities for social mobility unhindered by rigid social structures. While America is certainly not the only country with this sort of freedom, for hundreds of years it has certainly been viewed as such: our country has frequently experienced great immigration rates during mass exoduses abroad such as during the Great Irish Potato Famine and World War II. Why else would they choose America but for the chance for a better life. This has been the perceived view of people from other countries, that America is a land of opportunity.
This view in turns helps our country to sustain it; we offer jobs and education to immigrants that help them to choose whatever life they desire, and this labor supports our economy, which offers an incentive again to offer opportunities to members of the lower classes, immigrants being a member of that class. In a failing world economy in which new jobs have often been said to be the answer, America is the land of opportunity that can offer the social mobility that suppressed and economically depressed members of the global society desire. This is my stance on the great American Experience, as it has always been, mostly because both sides of my family's immigration to America can be traced back to leaving their lives in suppressed countries (Germany and Mexico) for better opportunities in America.
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