In "The American Dream Leaving America?", Kristof states that the traditional American dream of basically being educated to the point to where you can make a reasonable, honest living and live comfortably is leaving America. He's trying to get people to understand that as time changes, we have less of the resources we had for people to get a proper education. America used to be top ranked as one of the most dynamic countries when it comes to providing mass education. Now we are slowly but surely plummeting. Now we see that other countries are slowly but surely climbing the ladder to a better economy by having better and more resources for education.
I personally agree with Kristof. I believe that America is making it harder by the year for people to obtain a proper education to be able to live comfortably. First of all, they make college expensive. People cant afford it. Then more so, people are discouraged to even go to college just for the simple fact that when they graduate, they'll most likely be spending the rest of their lives paying for their education. What's the point in that?
This is true, I was very hesitant to attend college due to the fear of being in debt. I see how it effected a lot of people around me who are still trying to pay for college. when you're in debt its hard to live the "American dream".
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