My American Dream

 

My American Dream

When most people speak about the American Dream, What exactly does it mean to them? The American Dream can mean many things different things to people. My American Dream is to be a Registered Nurse, have a family, and live life to the fullest. After listening to our guest speaker Mr. Garcia talk about his life before he became a United States Citizen it made me have a different outlook on my life and America itself. “The American Dream is a phrase we’ll have to wrestle with all our lives. It means a lot of things to different people. I think we’re redefining it now”.-Rita Dove

            My American Dream is to become a Registered Nurse. The reason why I want to become a Registered Nurse is because it was once was my mother dream. When I was a little girl I would play Doctor with my cousins and act as if they were my patients. Also because I love helping people who are in need of a helping hand. It hurt me to see people sick or someone who is dying. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a new born baby, a toddler, a teenager, an adult, even if it’s an elderly person. I also enjoy inter acting with others. It’s also a great way to meet new people.

            Once I start my career in the Medical field I have my dream truck which is a Range Rover. The color I would want it to be is silver with black leather seats. Next I would love to own my dream home. It would be a big two story house that has five bedrooms in it with a two car garage foe me and my husband vehicles, a big yard with a white picket fence around it, and a dog. Once I’m settled into my dream home I would be ready to start a family. I would love to find a significant other. Once I’m married I would want to wait about three or four years and have children. I would love to have a girl and a boy.

            After I’ve become a wife and raised my children I would be living my life to the fullest. I would travel to many countries like Africa, Japan, and even Italy. I would use all different kinds of ways to travel like an airplane, ship, and even a train. Just to say I rode anything they use for traveling. Every city I planned to visit I would try their clothing, try there food, and learn new things that they don’t do in my country. Some if the countries I would travel to I would visit some of the Hospitals to see if I could work as a nurse for a few months at a time to inter act with people who is not from my country. I would love to learn new languages and to see how it feels have patients from other countries who never had an American as their nurse.

            In conclusion like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. says I have a dream (Michael Cart) that I will have my Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing, have my dream truck and  home,  a great family living in my dream home and living my life to the fullest because tomorrow is never promised. I and others believe that working hard is the most important element for getting ahead in the United States (Sandra L. Hanson and John Zogby). After listening to Mr. Garcia life story I really didn’t know what direction I was headed in. I knew what I wanted out of life but I really didn’t know which path to take to pursue my dreams. Hearing his story bought tears to my eyes. Hearing what immigrants have to go through just to try to become successful and live there dream is sad. It gave me every reason to appreciate being born and raised in the United States. If others were able to hear Mr. Garcia story they wouldn’t take America for granted. I’m very proud to say that I’m a United States Citizen.